Hello all,
I can't believe, just like that, we are already at April's doorstep! Hope this newsletter is finding everyone well and healthy...and, of course, keeping social distancing at the maximum. We are happy to say that we will once again do pre-ordered curbside pickup service this week. At the end of every Saturday, our team discusses whether we should continue and the vote for this week was a "yes". We are keeping our eyes and ears posted to what's happening out in the world beyond the bakeshop walls and just trying to be safe and mindful for ourselves, our own families, and for all of you.
We did a little poll on our social media channels this weekend to see what folks would like to see on the menu. (If you don't follow us by the way, here are the links to our Facebook and Instagram!) We saw all the feedback and we aim to please - you'll find more savory pastry options this week, the addition of a Take & Bake breakfast bread pudding, and some more variety on the sweet side too. To help small businesses, our state and local government are also allowing curbside pickup sales for alcohol right now so we went ahead and made all our wine/beer inventory available for purchase online as well. We have a great selection of affordable wines and craft brews so please check those out!
You may be wondering about the AWESOME picture posted above...well let me tell ya about how the iconic Rosie got a baker's update and got properly Crust & Crumblified :) Our friends at Rockford Art Deli are doing this amazing project right now called #HereForGoodRKFD. The focus of this mission is keeping local independently owned businesses here for good and keeping the print shop alive. With the purchase of a shirt, you can support the good folks at RAD as well as all your favorite Rockford businesses (200 of them so far!) because $10 of every sale goes directly to the participating business. As you can guess, we are participating and that Baker Rosie up there is our T-shirt design. One of C&C's frequent customers actually, Aaron Johnson from Aaron Branding, collaborated with us not only on this beautiful design but our previous release of branded merch items as well. If you love it as much as I do, which I hope you do - you can purchase the shirt HERE.
Here's a friendly reminder on the important ordering info for the week and a link to our online shop:
DEADLINE to place Thursday orders will be 9am WEDNESDAY
DEADLINE to place Saturday orders will be 9am FRIDAY
Take care and talk to you soon,
Jojo