The Turkey Lady

What makes Market truly Market? What makes it different than the big chains? No one explanation can come close to encompassing this topic, but try this one on for size. Her name is Sue Glouner, but most people at Market know her as “The Turkey Lady” and she focuses solely on and specializes in, you guessed it, turkey. Since 2001, Sue and Doug Glouner have been enthusiastically providing Lancaster residents with the freshest turkey products available anywhere, period. There is a reverence for the word fresh that lingers in every corner of Market, but this is especially true at The Turkey Lady's shop. The Glouner's know that turkey is one of the healthiest low fat meats available, which is why they strive for quality that their customers have come to expect. They know that freshness and quality go hand in hand with good health.

Among the wide swath of health conscious products you may find if you should choose to visit The Turkey Lady are some 18 different varieties of Turkey Sausage, including Maple, Spinach & Feta, Orange Sicilian, and of course Italian. They also serve up fresh turkey deli meats and accompanying cheeses with which during the lunch hour you can have a turkey sandwich built right in front of your eyes. Another mouth watering option is the smoked turkey products that they offer, like their world famous Turkey Jerky, which they literally do ship all over the world, or the smoked turkey sticks and turkey legs that are always a treat.

The Turkey Lady and Turkey Man wouldn't have been able to predict a future in Poultry if you had asked them 15 years ago. But after lifetimes in Corporate America, the Turkey couple is happy with what they jokingly refer to has their, halfway retirement job. They love and value the ability to provide good people with good food and love the customers as seemingly only market vendors can. Folks that love life, when out of curiosity I asked what Thanksgiving could possibly be like for “The Turkey Lady”, she got a gleam in her eye as she told me her Turkey Day secret. “I send the men out onto the deck to deep fry a turkey, that way I can have my whole kitchen to myself!”

And what about the other “half” of retirement? A shameless plug for the Turkey Man's business on the side- Doug custom makes fishing rods, and just this winter he fashioned a seamlessly beautiful 4 weight fly rod for me and it's the best rod I have ever used. Ask him about it sometime.

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