• Survive '25

    Rebuild

    BRADENTON BEACH, Florida – Well, it appears that we won’t be getting a free mattress. Michigan’s own Gardner White Furniture can rest easy now because, as our Jazzercise friend’s husband, Roger, posted on the newly unchecked Book of Face: “So much for the free furniture.” Back in mid-July, the local retailer ran a promotion tied to the Detroit Lions winning (yes, winning, not just playing) the 2025 Super Bowl. Everyone in Michigan would get a rebate for their entire furniture and mattress purchase bought during a set period last July. Our enthusiastic salesman told us about it when we bought the thing and that the family-owned, 112-year-old company had taken out a…