Below is a list of the Staff Favorites that have been compiled if you would like to show your appreciation to any of our staff members.
Staff Favorites List
| Staff Name | Favorite drink at Starbucks or Biggby | Favorite soda or cold drink | Favorite candy | Favorite salty snack | Favorite healthy snack | Favorite fast food restaurant | Favorite dine-in restaurant | Favorite color | Any allergies or other things to avoid? |
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| Agar, Tammi | Hot Chocolate | Smoothies with no kiwi | Chocolates with caramel and Reese Cups | Kettle Chips and trail mix | Made Good and Kind, fruits, and veggies, hummus and guacamole | Qdoba, Outback | Caffeine and Kiwi | ||
| Alderink, Jamie | Strawberry Creme Frappuccino | Chick-fil-A frozen lemonade, decaf diet coke | Sweet-tarts, Sour Gummy Bears, chocolate with pecans or nuts | Chex-mix, mixed nuts, | Veggies with ranch | Coopers Hawk, 4 Roses in Plainwell, Chick-fil-A | none | ||
| Barrett, Jordan | Vanilla Latte | Dr Pepper | Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Peanut M&M's | Garden salsa Sun Chips and BBQ chips | Trail mix, dried cherries | Thai express, Buffalo Wild Wings | none | ||
| Bosma, Annika | Caramel Macchiato, decaf | Lemonade and Diet Coke | Reese's and Twix | BBQ potato chips and Cheez-its | Fruit | Anything Teriyaki (not available in GR), Michigan Moonshine, The Matchbox | none | ||
| Brown, Sally | Skinny Vanilla Latte | Ice - any flavor; Diet Coke, most diet drinks | Dark chocolate, Sweet tarts | Pretzels, almonds | Kind bars, fruit | Qdoba, The Green Well, Anna's House, Morning Belle | none | ||
| Bultman, Natalie | |||||||||
| Clow, Dana | none | Flavored water, Lemonade | Peanut butter cups, Gummy bears | Pretzels | Yogurt, trail mix | FireRock Grille, Chick-fil-A | none | ||
| Copeland, Curt | Carmel Macchiato | Any Celsius drink | none | none | none | 5 Lakes, Monelli's | none | ||
| DeKryger, Vicki | |||||||||
| DeRuiter, Peyton | Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew, or Hot Caramel Macchiato | Flavored sparkling water, | Kit Kats, Dark Chocolate | Chips & Salsa | Fresh fruit and veggies | Electric Cheetah/Old Goat, Bobcat Bonnies | none | ||
| DeVries, Katie | Decaf sweet cream cold brew | Diet Coke, San Pellegrino | Reese's, Snickers, Charleston Cookie Dough Bites | Any Chex mix or homemade Chex mix (YUM), Cheez-its | Yogurt and granola, apples, pineapple, any melon | Carrabbas, Luna (downtown), Jimmy Johns | none | ||
| DeWeerd, Bob | none | Lemonade | Reese's, Lemonheads, Peanut butter M&M | Chicago Style popcorn, Chex-Mix, Caramel | Apples, Grapes | Gilmore Group restaurants, Chick-fil-A | Too much salt | ||
| DeWeerd, Chris | Peppermint Mocha | Diet Coke | Snickers, Dark Chocolate, Caramel | Corn chips, mixed nuts | Fruit and Veggies | Chick-fil-A, Chili's, Logans | none | ||
| DeWeerdt, Stacey | Hot Chocolate | Diet Coke/Diet Pepsi | I like pretty much any candy at all :) Laffy Taffy, Bumpy Nerds and Starburst Jellybeans | Dots Pretzels, peanuts | Cheese and Crackers | Uccellos, Panda Express, Crazy Horse, any pizza places | none | ||
| Dobbs, Sandy | Green Tea | Water | none | "Healthy" potato chips - no preservatives | Raw veggies | The Green Well, and Leo's | Gluten, dairy & preservatives | ||
| Douma, Jason | none | Milk, Mountain Dew | Starbursts, Sprees, Jolly Ranchers | Sour cream and chive chips , Cocktail cashews peanuts | Apple or banana | Applebees, Logan’s Roadhouse, Russ’ | none | ||
| Escobar, Heather | White Chocolate Hot Chocolate | Gatorade Zero - Cool Blue, Vanilla milkshakes, smoothies | Reese's, Peanut M&M's, cookies | Yogurt covered pretzels, | Apple Sauce, Green Bananas, Animal Crackers | Panera, Olive Garden, Anna's House | Corn, Blue Cheese, | ||
| Ezell, Reba | Caramel Apple Cider | Diet Pepsi, Strawberry Lemonade | Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Andres Mints | Chicago Mix Popcorn, Honey Roasted Almonds | Cheese and crackers, apples and dip | Red Robin, Chili's, Panera | none | ||
| Grimm, Eric | none | Water | Twix, Milkyway, 100 Grand | Mixed nuts, Salted caramel | Vegetable plate, pineapple | Pete's, Olive Garden, Chili's | none | ||
| Haagsma, Jill | Iced Macha Tea Latte or the "Pink Drink" | Diet Coke | Scotty black licorice | Skinny Kettle Corn | Vegetables and hummus or guacamole, cheese and meat/charcuterie | Byron Family Restaurant, Pete's, Ale Bird | none | ||
| Hartman, Renee | Pumpkin Spice latte or a Vanilla latte | Ice tea unsweetened, Lacroix or other soda water | Mambas, chewy candy, Peanut M&M's | Popcorn, Popcorners, | Veggies with hummus or ranch, fruit, popcorn | Bobcat Bonnies, New Holland Brewery, Chick-fil-A | none | ||
| Hendrikse, John | Coffee (black) | none | none | Chips and guac/queso/salsa | Any fruit/vegatable | Founders, Irie Kitchen, Greco's Pizza | none | ||
| Heyboer, Rick | |||||||||
| Hoekwater, Jana | Skinny Vanilla Latte | Diet Coke | Chocolate | Potato chips, Pretzels | Fruit | Country Side Inn | none | ||
| Hoekwater, Julia | Flat White with Almond Milk | Pure Leaf Sweetened Tea | Dark Chocolate | Sun Chips/ Popcorn | Trail mix, Nuts | Qdoba, Anna's House | none | ||
| Hoezee, Kari | none | water | Reese's, Peanut M&M’s | Cheez-its, Goldfish crackers | Celery, fruit, carrots | Culver’s | none | ||
| Holbrook, Kerri | Hot chocolate | Pepsi, Root beer | Anything chocolate | Chips | Apples, carrots | Any | none | ||
| Hooker, Robert | |||||||||
| Howe, Brady | |||||||||
| Hudson, Justin | |||||||||
| Huttenga, Bruce | none | Ice tea non-sweetened | Snickers, Milky way | Potato chips | Almonds, Bananas | Chili's, Chipotle, Wolfgang's | none | ||
| Jager, Rod | Vanilla Latte | Verners, Arnold Palmer | Payday, 100 Grand | Cashew, Sweet and Spicy Doritos | String cheese, Clementines | PF chang, Culvers, Logans | none | ||
| Johnson, Taylor | |||||||||
| Kerstetter, Ryan | Darkest blend of coffee with cream | Diet Cherry Pepsi | none | Dill Pickle Sunflower Seeds | Honey Crisp Apples | Rail Town, Jimmy Johns, Chick-Fil-A | none | ||
| Kingma, Mike | Caramel Mocha | Monster, Strawberry Cream Rockstar | Starburst, Peanut Butter M&M's | Nacho Cheese Doritos, | Veggies and ranch/hummus | Chick-fil-A | none | ||
| Kisner, Dianna | Caramel Macchiato | Diet Soda, Monster (low-cal), Bai | Dark Chocolate, Mint Chocolate | Sun Chips, Cheetos | Trail Mix, Hummus, Fruit | Cheesecake Factory, Donkey | none | ||
| Klomp, Josh | Caramel Macchiato | Coke | Sour Patch Kids, Pay Day, Snickers | Pretzels | Carrots | Chick-fil-A, Tres Amigos | none | ||
| Kooistra, Ashley | Chai latte or Pumpkin Spice anything | Cold brew coffee, apple juice, and cherry vanilla coke | Mini M&Ms, Cotton candy, and Pocky | Beef jerky, Bugles, Flaming Hot Veggie Straws | Cheese and crackers, yogurt with fruit and granola | Anything sushi, Noodles and Co, Panera | none | ||
| Kool, David | none | Mt. Dew, Coke, Any Soda really | Skittles, M&Ms | Doritos, Cheez-Its | Apple, Yogurt | Peppino's, Culvers, Chick-Fil-A | none | ||
| Kool, Nick | none | Root Beer, Sprite | Snickers | Chex mix, popcorn | Apples | Pete's, Chick-fil-A | none | ||
| Kroeze, Ben | Pike Place Medium Roast black coffee | Vanilla Coke | Sour Mike n Ike’s and Reese’s Fast Break | Takis, Pizza Pringles | none | Jersey Mikes, Wing Doozy | none | ||
| Kuipers, Rachel | Refresher | Flavored sparkling water | none | Popcorn | Any and all fruits | Panara Bread, Little Mexico | none | ||
| McCauley, Marissa | |||||||||
| Meengs, Jeff | Cappuccino | Diet Coke | Junior Mints | Boom Chicka Pop | Fruit | Chipotle, Fricano's | none | ||
| Mefor, Rachel | Hot or Iced Decaf Pumpkin Spice Latte/Peppermint Mocha/Mocha with Almond Milk (no whip) | Iced Tea, Iced Decaf Mocha (dairy free) | York Peppermint Patties, Dark Chocolate with Caramel, Dark Chocolate with Mint | Multigrain Crackers, Popcorn, Nuts | Popcorn, Nut Mixes, Fruit | Luna, Electric Cheetah/Uncle Cheetah's Soup Shop, Zivio | I'm allergic to green bell pepper and I am (mostly) dairy free. | ||
| Niewiek, Sadie | |||||||||
| Oetman, Cristel | Anything with chocolate & caramel | Raspberry Tea, Sweet Tea | Reese's Big Cups, Snickers | Chips and salsa/cheese, Chex Mix | Vegetables, Blueberries | Mexican or Italian anywhere! | none | ||
| Permoda, Patty | Carmel latte non-fat, with coconut milk | Ginger ale | Chocolate or Hot Tamales | Lays Potato Chips | Trail mix | Logan’s, Tres Amigos, Panera Bread | Gluten intolerance | ||
| Post, Maelia | Hot chocolate | Chick-fil-A Lemonade | Chocolate & Caramel | none | Trail mix, Granola | Fire Rock, The Mitten | none | ||
| Postma, Deb | Plain black coffee | Water | Dark chocolate, M&M's dark chocolate, Dark chocolate Hershey kisses | Potato chips, Honey Mustard Dots Pretzels, Southwest Dots Pretzels | Trail mix, Honey roasted almonds | Papa Murphy's, Hopcat, Culvers | none | ||
| Pothoven, Chuck | White chocolate mocha | Cherry Coke | Reese's, Kit-Kat, Twix | Cheddar & Sour cream chips, Caramel corn | Cheese/crackers, grapes | Olive Garden, Carabba's, | none | ||
| Potts, Kelli | Mint Mocha | Lemonade and Diet Mountain Dew | Airheads, Snickers, Skittles | Potato chips | Fruit and veggies with hummus | 5 Lakes Brewing (who support SCHS!), Chick-fil-A, Subway | none | ||
| Rozema, Josh | none | Mountain Dew, La Croix | Skittles - purple bag | Chips and salsa, | Pretzels | Pete's, New Holland | none | ||
| Sall, Chris | Extra Hot White Hot Chocolate | Diet Coke | Crispy Crunch Bar (Canadian😉), Chocolate covered raisins, Swedish Fish | Anything salty!😊, Cracker, chips… | Cheese, boiled eggs, meat sticks/jerky | Olive Garden, Electric Cheetah (Cascade), Anna’s House | none | ||
| Scholten, Melissa | |||||||||
| Schrotenboer, Todd | Coffee | Gatorade, Lemonade | Smarties, Mambas | Combos, Pringles | Fruit (not melons), Carrots | Russ', Chick-Fil-A | none | ||
| Schweir, Kelsie | Oatmilk shaken espresso or Sweet cream cold brew! | LaCroix | Sanders Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel, Justin’s PB cups, Sweet tart Ropes | Potato chips, Cheez-its | Any fruit, veggies with hummus, Lara bars | Chick-fil-A, Core Life, Maru Sushi | none | ||
| Selvius, Jackie | none | Mountain Dew | Milk Duds, Snickers, Twix | Skinny Pop, Peanut Butter Pretzels | Fresh Fruit & Dip, Caramel Apples | Qdoba, Red Lobster | none | ||
| Shultz, Susie | Sweet Cream Cold Brew | Lemonade, Iced Tea, Arnold Palmer | Dark chocolate, Chocolate salted caramels, Peanut butter or brownie M&Ms | Dott's pretzels, Chicago style popcorn, pistachios, almonds, cashews | Salted nuts, cheese sticks, yogurt, any fruit, Kind Bars | On The Border, Carrabba's, Red Robin, Chick-fil-A | none | ||
| Sikkema, Gwen | Skinny caramel mocha | Sparkling water | Chocolate...chocolate...chocolate | Popcorn, caramel corn, Dot's pretzels | Veggies and hummus | Chick-fil-A | none | ||
| Slotsema, Amy | Hot chocolate or Caramel apple cider | none | Chocolate (Dove's, Reese's, M&Ms, Sea Foam, etc.) - not cheap stuff | Chicago Style Popcorn | Almonds, cashews, mixed nuts | Papa Chops Eatery | Gluten Free | ||
| Smith, Heather | |||||||||
| Sterenberg, Josh | |||||||||
| Swanson, Chuck | Almond Milk Chai with Vanilla - frozen | Diet Coke | Hot Tamales Candy, PayDay Candy Bar | Regular Doritos | Fruit, Cashews | Outback, Olive Garden, Dorados | none | ||
| VandeKopple, Joel | none | Coke Zero | Sour Patch Kids | none | none | Outback Steakhouse, Longhorn Steakhouse | none | ||
| VandenHeuvel, Ryan | Mocha Grande | Arnold Palmer, Mt Dew, and Cherry Coke | Mini Starbursts, Snickers, Chocolate-covered almonds | Pop corn, Pop Corners, Chex Mix | Fruit (grapes, strawberries, apples) and trail mix | Anna's House, Herb and Fire, and Qdoba | none | ||
| VanderMaas, Marc | |||||||||
| VanderTill, Danielle | Chai latte with espresso | Diet Coke, Diet Dr. Pepper, Vitamin water | Twix, Skittles, Twizzlers | Sour cream and onion pringles, Butter braid pretzels, Popcorn | Cucumbers and hummus, apples, smoothies | On the Border, Uccello's, Culvers | none | ||
| VanElderen, Leah | Iced vanilla latte | Regular Coke, any flavor Kombucha | Pretzels | Trail mix, Peanut butter, Banana, Clif bars | Luna, Rose's, any other! | none | |||
| VanHaitsma, Roberta | Coffee: Latte with Oat or Almond Milk | Pellegrino or any Unflavored carbonated water | Very dark chocolate, Chocolate covered nuts | Salted mixed nuts, Tortilla Chips & Guacamole | Hummus with vegetables and crackers | Maru, Anna's House, Brewery Vivant | Milk/ Dairy | ||
| VanStee, Mark | Non-Fat Café Latte | Diet Coke, Propel Water, Gatorade Zero | none | Starbursts, Reese's Peanut Butter cups | Apples, Strawberries | Buffalo Wild Wings, Railtown Brewery, Peppino's | none | ||
| Veldhouse, Dana | Hot chocolate with mint | Diet Coke | Reese's, Twix | Wheat Thins, Veggie straws | Fruit | Qdoba, Chick-fil-A | none | ||
| Vermaas, Maria | Vanilla sweet cream cold brew | Fresca | Anything gummy | none | none | Cheesecake Factory, Roses, Chipotle | none | ||
| Versluys, Julie | Chai Tea Latte | Pepsi, Coke, lemonade, | Peppermint Patties, Sugar Babies, 100 Grand | Pretzels, Sun Chips (original flavor), the cheese and caramel popcorn from Costco | Apple slices, pineapple, sugar snap peas | Culvers, Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, Rincón Criollo | green pepper, coffee | ||
| Vroegop, Janet | Matcha Tea Frappacino | Izzy | Almond Joy, Peppermint Pattie, Andes Chocolate mints | Cheesies, popcorn, gluten free | Almonds | Fire Rock, Chick-Fil-A, Simply fish | Gluten | ||
| Walstra, Kent | none | Pepsi or Coke | Mint M&M's, Peanut M&M's, York Peppermint Patties | Chex Mix, chips and dip | Fresh fruit | Chili's, Panera, Qdoba, Bosna Express | none | ||
| Ward, Liz | |||||||||
| Weaver, Abby | |||||||||
| Wesseldyke, Susie | Extra hot decaf latte | Any brand sparkling flavored water (*no caffeine), caffeine free diet coke | Dark chocolate | Dots original pretzels, roasted salted almonds | Olives, strawberries, parm crisps/whisps, roasted pistachios, roasted salted almonds | Electric Cheetah, Paddock Place | Avoid caffeine in beverages | ||
| Westra, Rachel | Java Chip Frappuccino | Diet Pepsi, Diet Coke, Diet Squirt, Sparkling Ice, Propel | Swedish Fish, Watermelon Sour Patch Kids, York Peppermint Patties, Ghiradelli Dark Chocolate and Raspberry squares, candy corn (in the fall), conversation hearts (in February) | Chex Mix Original Flavor, Goldfish crackers (original, pretzel, and cheddar), Baked Lays', Combos with cheddar cheese | Trail mix, mixed fruit, bananas, raspberries, Skinny Pop | Chipotle, Chick-fil-A | none | ||
| Wierenga, Rebekah | none | Bubly - lime, grapefruit, pineapple/coconut, ginger peach | Chocolate, especially quality dark chocolate; Reese's Peanut butter cups | LaFiesta tortilla chips and guacamole | Skinny Pop, original | Chick-fil-A; Panera; any sort of non-chain, locally owned place | none | ||
| Wiers, Allison | Skinny Vanilla latte | LaCroix | Albanese Gummy Bears, Peanut butter M&M's | Salt & Vinegar kettle chips, Tortilla Chips with salsa/queso/guacamole | Granola, honey crisp apples, watermelon | Little Mexico, Qdoba, Little Bangkok, Chick-fil-A, breweries | Milk and ice cream | ||
| Witte, Kyle | |||||||||
| Wright, Krista | |||||||||
| Zoodsma, Molly | Honey Oatmilk Latte | Lemonade, Iced Tea, Diet Coke | Anything sour, chocolate | Chips, Cheez-its | Nuts, Fruit of any kind | Chick-Fil-A, Firerock, Monelli's | none | ||
| Staff Name | Favorite drink at Starbucks | Favorite cold drinks | Favorite candy snacks | Favorite salty/savory snacks | Favorite healthy snacks | Favorite restaurants | Any allergies or other things to avoid? |