How do you support small businesses?

I purchase gift cards from local businesses to be used as prizes for fundraisers.

Alison Billings

I [shop] at smaller independent butchers, ethnic delis and grocers.

Lyle Beaugard

I talk about [small businesses] to others, share their content and buy their stuff. I’m a firm believer in if you don’t support the small businesses you will lose them.

@ddoherty34

It’s as easy as supporting them right from the start: promoting their content, liking their photos, buying their product.

@voulu_comms

We prefer to shop locally whenever possible. Being in an area with a very small downtown, we have found our local artisans, used bookstores, vintage and antique shops, and craft stores invaluable for both keeping us occupied with projects and reading, and helping us pass the time [and] getting exercise walking downtown.

Carol Greenwood Brister

I look for local products that Costco carries.

Irma Lazer

We almost exclusively eat at local, non-chain restaurants.

Hannah Berry

Having my own small business where I go to fairs and festivals, I try to buy from the other small businesses that are there as well. So often at Christmastime, at these events, I can find unique gifts.

Paul Phillips

By buying and promoting it to [our] family, friends and acquaintances.

Cristina Labayen

My wife and I buy most of the meat we consume from a local family farm.

Markus Fuchs