Small Business: How lockdown success launched online cake shop Sweet Talk
14 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Mariska Schoeman, owner of online cake shop Sweet Talk. Photo / Supplied
Aimee Shaw is a business reporter focusing on retail, small businessaimee.shaw@nzherald.co.nz@AceeyShaw
Auckland woman Mariska Schoeman discusses how lockdown was the catalyst to dive into her cake business full-time and launching a new division to compliment her cakery.
What does your business do? Sweet Talk make cakes and also puts those cakes into jars and sends them nationwide. I make cakes for weddings, birthdays and events and specialise in making modern cakes using a meringue-based butter cream. With all arms of the business put together; the wholesale, studio and weddings, we re making anywhere between 50 to 120 cakes weekly.
The Cakery reopens after shut down due to pandemic
The Cakery reopens after shut down due to pandemic By Molly Godley | February 11, 2021 at 6:55 PM EST - Updated February 11 at 8:15 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Cakery recently made a move to a new location on Dawson Road. They hope this move is more convenient for customers after a difficult year.
The Cakery has been in the community since 1982 and is ready and open for business.
The COVID-19 pandemic limited their operation.
Owner Courtney Wagner said after getting the okay from the city to re-open they only operated curbside.
“We shut down for one week during the pandemic, we heard that only essential business were to be open. ”No one was coming in the building and that just helped with cleanliness,” said Wagner.