A Sea Of Red

Bill's Pastry Shop has closed yet again. What is the deal with Lynchburg and donut shops? We just can't keep one. There are plenty of fat people. We need a Dunkin Donuts. But alas, that will die slowly too.

There's a depressing website if I've ever seen one

http://www.billspastry.com/

I'd recommend My Father's Table (bakery) in Forest on Route 221. It's only about a mile west of Sheets.

Blame Kroger, Starbucks and the anti-fat/carb forces.

Rooster Cogburn wrote:We need a Dunkin Donuts.

We already had that, it was right in front of Heritage HS. It went out of business many moons ago...

Apples to oranges...that was when DD was a floundering company that sold donuts. They are now a coffee shop that serves donuts and doing more business than they ever dreamed of. A complete redesign and strategy that saved their company and made it one of the leaders in the coffee industry.

It would do very well to say the least.

looking into my crystal ball here....


"D&D-Lynchburg, a subsidiary of HMO Industries"

Looked into a DD franchise. You have to commit to opening 3 stores over a period of time, or at least it used to be that way. I agree a Dunkin Donuts would be a huge draw, I can't tell you how many LU students hit the one in Roanoke, and many make the trip just for that

PAmedic wrote:looking into my crystal ball here....


"D&D-Lynchburg, a subsidiary of HMO Industries"

Market is already taken It was looked into

ECUnited wrote:I can't tell you how many LU students hit the one in Roanoke, and many make the trip just for that

It really does suck not having Dunkin' Donuts around the corner in Lynchburg. DD is an everyday part of life up here in MA. Heck one of the draws of our last move was having a Dunkin' Donuts legitimately 20 feet away from our apartment building haha Someone really needs to give it another try in the Burg

Open it near the hospital. Medical staff love donuts and there's quite a few practices over there.

ECUnited wrote:Looked into a DD franchise. You have to commit to opening 3 stores over a period of time, or at least it used to be that way. I agree a Dunkin Donuts would be a huge draw, I can't tell you how many LU students hit the one in Roanoke, and many make the trip just for that

EC...if you went through with it, you could try the old Stikfire location on Wards Rd (Ive been thinking about what could go in there and maybe getting with somebody with a little more business sense than I have to try to make something happen)

LUconn wrote:Open it near the hospital. Medical staff love donuts and there's quite a few practices over there.

That's one of the things that could be either a problem or an opportunity depending on how you look at it. The business concentrations in this area are so spread out, there's isn't really just one perfect spot for a Dunkin. There isn't that one place that will get you tons of traffic. On the other hand, La Carreta has used this to their advantage with their several locations. I just don't know if it could work for a coffee/donut shop in Lynchburg.

Things are just...different here, to say the least.

ALUmnus wrote:

LUconn wrote: Things are just...different here, to say the least.

This.

Make it a doughnut buffet and it might do well in Lynchburg.

I think that there also used to be a DD on the corner of Oakley and Memorial, across from Food Lion. This was back in the late '70s , so I might be thinking of another donut franchise. Regarding Bill's, it is hard to maintain a business that has kept the same business model for the last 40 years. Keeping up with the times and continuing adapt is a big part of business success.

LUconn wrote:Open it near the hospital. Medical staff love donuts and there's quite a few practices over there.

Shoot if that happened people in my profession would keep it open themselves!!

flamehunter wrote:Make it a doughnut buffet and it might do well in Lynchburg.

Hahaha

Bring in Blue Collar Joe's