What Makes Choices Unique? Our Good Food Partners - Meet White Oak Gourmet

Thomas and Lori Leavitt, Owners of White Oak Gourmet

When you shop at a local market and grocery store, you can expect to find unique offerings you won't find anywhere else in Rockford. Meet the people behind White Oak Gourmet - fresh, ready-to-eat meals.

A few years back, when checking out another small independent grocery store in Chicago (all right, we were actually kinda spying), we came across these amazing White Oak Gourmet, ready to eat items - many were gluten-free and vegan. We tasted them and the rest is history.

Now, Choices picks up freshly prepared White Oak Gourmet food weekly. These unique offerings provide a quick, ready to eat option for those busy nights, when you are craving something healthy and delicious, but just don’t have the time to plan, prep, and cook something. We’ve got you covered.

Meet the People Behind the Food

Meet Thomas and Lori Leavitt, owners and operators of White Oak Gourmet, located in historic downtown Long Grove, Illinois.

The name of their fresh food operation is named after White Oak Pond in Holderness, New Hampshire. Formerly a family vacation retreat and now an organic farm operated by their nephews. Each year, Tom and Lori return to cook and share family meals together and relax in the idyllic and tranquil beauty of the New Hampshire mountains.

Flavor is foremost, and they take inspiration from world flavors to give customers healthy and tasty products that keep them coming back. Their fresh bowls, salads, and wraps are sold throughout Chicagoland. Originally, a direct-to-customer meal service, they branched out in 2017 to offer their fresh products to retailers. Their commitment to using the very best locally sourced and sustainably produced food ingredients made them a perfect fit for our Choices standards.

You will find our White Oak Gourmet offerings in a special cooler, near the kombucha, fresh salads and fresh salsa.

Here are a few of the many options from White Oak Gourmet that you will find at Choices.

Kathie ToulouseSeptember 9, 20211 Comment