takeover

If you're here, it's probably because you're already familiar with how amazing Lousy Hunter's doughnuts were. The owners of Cloche Coffee knew Tonya and Josh from our collective bartending days. 

 

As we were busy building Cloche in Durham, Tonya and Josh were just as busy wow-ing Raleigh with their doughnuts. As soon as they opened up the opportunity for wholesale, we were drooling for a spot. Our community at Cloche felt the same way we did: these donuts weren't just for vegan doughnut lovers, they were for ALL doughnut lovers! We would regularly sell-out on the weekends and often woke up to Instagram and phone messages from locals begging us to save them some!

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In December of 2021, Tonya and Josh offered us the opportunity to take the reigns. Their only request was that we change the name in hopes that they would revive LH somewhere else in the future.

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It was a no-brainer for us. With their blessing and support, we were determined to keep their recipes alive. That meant facing the hard truth - we're not bakers. Or donut makers. Or vegan. And we'd need to recruit someone who was ALL of those things, if we wanted this Crummy thing to be right!

 

In early 2023, we found Tracy. A vegan baker with a resume that will blow your mind! Not only that, but she's as genuinely good-hearted as she is talented. We've been so grateful to share in this journey with her and can't wait to share more about who she is and what she's accomplishing. This bakery is now as much hers as it is, ours.

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Sincerely,

A & C

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