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Since our last video, we’ve become a fully operational bakery and retail store! It has taken some trial and error to learn and tune the new equipment. But I think we’re fairly happy with how we have things working at this point. Watch the video to see for yourself!

I haven’t blogged about the business much lately and it seems like every other customer that comes into the store asks us, “How are you guys doing?” We won’t get into specific numbers, but the store is definitely seeing tangible growth month to month. That’s not really that hard since we started from $0 a few months ago! It’s very exciting to see repeat business and hear the overwhelmingly positive feedback. We’ve been listening to our customers have been working on some new products to accomodate their requests and needs. I really enjoy telling our retail customers about the custom photo packaging and watching their faces light up as they think about all the neat photos they have of their furry children. It has been received even better than I expected it to be.

We can’t yet afford to market locally as much as I’d like to. I’ve been trying to make up for that by asking customers to tell their friends about us, doing what I can from the computer, and tweeting my face off. I only wished I was able to break away from the store to network in the local community more. All in all, we’re happy with how things are ramping up and pretty excited to see how things go for the Summer. We aren’t bajillionaires (yet). If we continue on our current trend, we will be profitable in 2009 and I think that’s all anyone can ask for right now.

If you like what we’re doing, stop by our retail store or shop online. Recommend us to the 3 biggest dog lover’s you know and tell us what we can do to become your #1 source for healthy baked pet treats!