Mike’s Country Store growing

By Albany Herald News

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June 19, 2016

Mike Rogers, the owner of four Mike’s Country Store outlets in Lee, Dougherty and Colquitt counties, shows off a cheese-and-jerky product he will soon package and market throughout the region. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Mike’s Country Store is adding a processing plant as it continues to grow.

Customers have lots of meat to choose from at four Mike’s Country Store locations. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

A butcher makes exacting cuts of meat at the newly opened Mike’s Country Store at 3203 Gillionville Road in Albany. The store held its official ribbon-cutting/grand opening Friday. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Mike’s Country Store owner Mike Rogers boasts “It’s all about the meat!” in his ad campaign, and his stores carry one of the area’s largest supplies of freshly cut meat. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

With his new Southern Meat Processing plant now open, Mike Rogers soon plans to package and market his own specialty products throughout the region. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Fresh meats are what customers are looking for when they visit one of the four Mike’s Country Stores in Lee, Dougherty and Colquitt counties. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Meat processed in Mike Rogers’ new Southern Meat Processing plant on Philema Road fills the display cases in his four Mike’s Country Stores. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Brandon Boynton packages fresh vegetables at the Southern Meat Processing plant recently opened by Mike Rogers in Lee County. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Custom-made sausages cure in the smokehouse at Mike Rogers’ Southern Meat Processing plant on Philema Road in Lee County. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Steven Deal hangs newly encases sausages on a rack at the new Southern Meat Processing plant opened by Mike Rogers to supply meat to his his four Mike’s Country Store outlets. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Mike’s Country Store offers dozens of meat-related products such as rubs, garnishes and sauces at each of the store’s four locations. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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