Annies Country Pantry

Pineapple Habanero Sauce Review- LeRoy Butler & Mr. Stan Anderson

Meet Mr. Stan Anderson. A little over 3 years ago we opened Annie's Country Pantry in West Racine. Ron and I had never met the crazy man in this video but Stan has become a trusted advisor. I cant exactly tell you why he has accepted that role, but let me tell you who he started out as......

This guy calls me on a Friday night about 4pm in the store at Annie's Country Pantry, almost sounding in a panic, he said he was sending his son right over because they were having wings for dinner and he did not realize they had used the last bottle (he'd bought one I guess in is first visit to the store and until that point I'd no idea who Stan Anderson was.

I felt humbled and incredibly embarrassed as I hadn't secured a kitchen yet and I had run out of the Pineapple Habanero Sauce. As he went on in his panicked voice and I finally broke in and told him I was all out. I thought I'd just told a four year old I was taking his toy car away and he had to go to bed...the panicked voice escalated. I was stunned really, Didn't know what to say, there wasnt another bottle at Annie's Country Pantry. I began spinning slowly eyeing the store, had I somehow missed one and did I have a bottle on display somewhere... OH Crum!!!! Here's my honesty, I DID HAVE A BOTTLE IN THE STORE.... oNLY IT WAS THE BOTTLE THAT 2 YEARS EARLIER LeRoy Butler had signed for me. So I told this crazed man that I DID have a bottle, only it was a signed bottle and my family would kill me if I let it go....to which he exclaimed, "I WILL BE RIGHT IN!" Minutes later in walks this guy, in quite cold weather with a track suit and sandals....I thought I was being punked really. He said he just had to have the sauce, what was I to say, NO??? It was just, after all, a mans signature, in the whole scheme of things (No, I gave up football long ago when in grad school I stayed up watching double or tripple or something overtime into the wee hours of the night and GB lost, so I became superstitious and I gave up watching for the GREEN and GOLD, cause they only loose when I WATCH!!!! (LOL)

So I let the jar go, I guess I took his ten, suggested he could just take it since I was going to die later that night when my family found out that I let it go. I wont, cant forget the next scene of his act (not sure it was an act tho......) He gets half way to the door, turns around and says, I will return the bottle, Oh AND BY THE WAY, I'M A BEARS FAN!!

This gentle giant became known to me as Stan Anderson. One day I asked him what he did and he filled me in that he was a "goalie coach." I was excited to hear this because at the time I had a grandson who fancied himself as a goalie. Since then my grandson Luca has been to every camp Mr. Anderson has put on.

But Stan became a real hero to me. You see he became a fan and as those of you who have followed my story could attest, Stan saw me standing almost upright to bent over at an 82 Degree curve to the right when things got to the worst when my Physical Therapist from Athletico Physical Therapy, Jared Roznowski, found Dr. Saman Shabani who corrected the curve and gave me time out of a wheelchair, when no one else would help me. Given a 5% chance of surviving the 35 hour surgery, I chose hope.....not a chair.

Stan saw me thru the rough times and in fact over the last two years saw me thru a few surgeries and saw me to the door one of those times. That, my friends, brings me to tears, that, my friends, is what Annie's gave me. True friendships, like each of you. thank you isnt enough to a kid who thought so much less of herself than that.

Video Title- Mr. Stan Anderson (Venmo Challenge Racine) January 20, 2023

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Now at Mocha Lisa's in Caledonia, Wi.

January 23, 2026

Ann Muller and Ronald Muller have chosen Mocha Lisa Coffeehouse located at 2825 4 1.2 Mile Road was chosen to be the FIRST RETAIL VENDOR FOR Annie's Country Pantry "Just" and "Just a Little" spreads. DID YOU KNOW??? Annie's Country Pantry JAM, made by Ann Muller and Ronald Muller has these characteristics... Gluten Free Have NO added Additives or Preservatives "JUST" has NO added sugar or sugar substitutes, the FRUIT stands alone to sweeten the spread!!! ^Just a Little has (at most) less than 60 calories per 4 ounce jar^ "JUST" is a Trademarked brand of Annie's Country Pantry indicating it has only Fruit, Lemon Juice, Pectin and ("calcium" to aid in setting) Annie's Country Pantry Jams ARE ALWAYS ***GLUTEN FREE***!!!! "JUST" was Trademarked by Annie's Country Pantry to indicate that it sets itself apart from every other brand on the market in that it only contains at most, 3 ingredients and one chemical-Calcium-necessary for setting. THE "JUST" JAM HAS NO SUGAR WITH THE ONLY INGREDIENTS BEING FRUIT, LEMON JUICE, PECTIN AND CALCIUM-(this helps the fruit thicken). Unlike other "name brand spreads on the market they have **NO added ADDITIVES, PRESERVATIVES OR WORDS YOU CANT PRONOUNCE OR UNDERSTAND. **THEY CONTAIN NO ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS AND, CONTRARY TO WHAT ONE WOULD THINK, OTHER BRANDS ACTUALLY HAVE SUGAR IN THEIR NO SUGAR SPREADS!!!!! **Ann Muller is required by the FDA to call her "jams" "SPREADS" BECAUSE THERE ARE NO NUTRITIONAL LABELS ON THE PACKAGE. **Annie's "Spreads" are really considered PRESERVES because they are ONLY FRUIT, No juice is added. The "Just a Little" variety is called this because, again, due to FDA guidlines, without nutritional labels, you cant refer to "sugar" in the title, so Ann Muller coined the phrases "JUST" and JUST a LITTLE." The Just a Little has about 60 calories "PER 4 ounce jar OR LESS. GO TO Mocha Lisa Coffeehouse TOMORROW AND PICK YOURSELF UP A GREAT CUP OF "JOE" AND A FEW JARS OF Annie's Country Pantry SPREADS, TRY THEM ALL AND FIND ONE YOU LOVE.....THEN TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!!!! iF THERE IS A FLAVOR YOU WOULD LOVE TO HAVE CHERI AT Mocha Lisa Coffeehouse CARRY TELL HER, IF I DONT MAKE IT, I LIKELY CAN!!!