Post by copperkid3 on May 11, 2016 11:52:09 GMT -5
When a group of police officers from Clare, (MI.) came together seven years ago to save the town's historic bakery from closing,
they figured the parody of cops making doughnuts would create enough buzz to save the century-old business from the stranglehold of an economic recession.
No one ever told them they had a multi-million dollar idea that would go on to gain international recognition.
"All we wanted to do was save this old bakery," said Al "Bubba" White, vice president and one of the founding nine members of
Cops and Doughnuts, the now-popular bakery, diner and retail store at 521 N. McEwan St. in downtown Clare.
www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2016/05/the_small_town_cops_who_saved.html?ath=c58c2a6a8c809b9aad60e3927185c8b8#cmpid=nsltr_strybutton
Success changed those plans, however. The business, which now has 60 employees and three storefronts in the quaint downtown,
is expanding coast-to-coast in Michigan, salvaging the historic McDonald's Bakery in Ludington to the west and Sutherland's Bakery in Bay City to the east.
In addition to giving the existing storefronts in Clare a facelift, the business is investing more than $1 million this year, White said.
And that's just the beginning.
The boys in blue are in talks about purchasing another old bakery in Indiana. And the idea of franchising the business across the
U.S. and Canada is not far off, White said.
Could Cops and Doughnuts one day become synonymous with Dunkin' Donuts and Tim Hortons across North America?
they figured the parody of cops making doughnuts would create enough buzz to save the century-old business from the stranglehold of an economic recession.
No one ever told them they had a multi-million dollar idea that would go on to gain international recognition.
"All we wanted to do was save this old bakery," said Al "Bubba" White, vice president and one of the founding nine members of
Cops and Doughnuts, the now-popular bakery, diner and retail store at 521 N. McEwan St. in downtown Clare.
www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2016/05/the_small_town_cops_who_saved.html?ath=c58c2a6a8c809b9aad60e3927185c8b8#cmpid=nsltr_strybutton
Success changed those plans, however. The business, which now has 60 employees and three storefronts in the quaint downtown,
is expanding coast-to-coast in Michigan, salvaging the historic McDonald's Bakery in Ludington to the west and Sutherland's Bakery in Bay City to the east.
In addition to giving the existing storefronts in Clare a facelift, the business is investing more than $1 million this year, White said.
And that's just the beginning.
The boys in blue are in talks about purchasing another old bakery in Indiana. And the idea of franchising the business across the
U.S. and Canada is not far off, White said.
Could Cops and Doughnuts one day become synonymous with Dunkin' Donuts and Tim Hortons across North America?