Metro Detroit businesses are helping each other out

Metro Detroit businesses are looking at each other for help by offering incentives to shop, eat, and bank at places within their local circle.

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With discounts, gift cards and even low-interest loans, Metro Detroit businesses are encouraging consumers to spend their money at local establishments to help bolster southeast Michigan's moribund economy.

Hiller's Markets offers shoppers who buy $100 worth of groceries a discount at a dozen Metro Detroit eateries.

Great Lakes Beverage foots the bill for employees who dine at city restaurants.

And Michigan First Credit Union offers car buyers lower interest rates on loans for vehicle purchases at some Michigan dealerships.

These companies and others say it's important for consumers to start spending again, especially at local businesses that have been struggling since the state's economy began tanking four years ago, and they're doing what they can to generate more business.

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