New-to-market cookie shop chain franchisees plan to make it big
Photos courtesy of Crumbl)
Following an expansion trail from out West, a chain that specializes in oversized cookies is expected to make its Central Virginia debut with several locations this summer.
Utah-based Crumbl Cookies has an initial wave of stores in the works from two different franchisees in Bon Air, Mechanicsville, Colonial Heights and Glen Allen.
Crumbl sells its cookies in one-, four-, six- and 12-packs in a variety of rotating flavors, as well as ice cream flavored like its cookies. Chocolate chip and chilled sugar cookies are always in stock, the latter of which is a personal favorite of Dixie Fentriss, one of the franchisees bringing the concept to the region.
Staunton’s Chicano Boy Taco picks Midlothian for second location
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Equipped with sandbags out front and a “We’re Back” sign, Chicano Boy Taco reopened in Staunton after a flood last summer. (
Courtesy of Justin Hershey)
On a rainy afternoon last August, Justin Hershey was getting ready to lay down for a nap at his place in downtown Staunton a small city west of Charlottesville in the Shenandoah Valley.
He’d noticed the gutters outside his home were struggling to keep up with the rain coming down, so he called the staff at his nearby restaurant, Chicano Boy Taco, to check in. They said things were going fine.