“Cake Boss” Pal Valastro closes its Santa Monica retailer… shuts down its brick-and-mortar operations and focuses solely on on-line orders.
Buddy used to personal Carlo’s Bake Store on the well-known Santa Monica Promenade, nevertheless it closed for good this week… and there is a signal on the door saying a public public sale for all the shop provides.
Of us at Carlo’s Bake Store inform TMZ … the Santa Monica location has determined to not renew its lease because it shifts to an e-commerce enterprise technique.
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We’re instructed the bakery has elevated gross sales for on-line orders in recent times, particularly in California, with fewer clients really stopping by the shop, even for individuals requesting supply close by.
Nonetheless, Buddy is not utterly abandoning the standard bakery setup…it seems to be like that is restricted to Santa Monica.
We’re instructed a brand new Carlo’s Bake Store will open in New York Metropolis’s Instances Sq. in December… which BV thinks will entice locals and vacationers alike. There may be positively lots of foot visitors.
In the meantime, the individuals who labored on the Santa Monica location sadly seem like shedding their jobs simply earlier than the vacations.
