Why Bakeries and Donut Shops are Expanding Their Recipes to Satisfy Many Dietary Needs

Today’s author with https://theveganknife.com/will discuss the need for bakeries, donut shops and sweet shops to re-evaluate their sweet treat offerings in order to cater to a multitude of dietary choices and requirements that today’s customer may have such as vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, dairy free, nut free, soy free, and many more dietary and health needs.

Everyone deserves a sweet treat and that includes people with food allergies and vegans. This is a concept that bakeries and donut shops are starting to embrace. At The Vegan Knife we offer gluten free, vegan, and allergy friendly baking mixes that are easy to make and are free from the top 9 allergens. So that means that The Vegan Knife’s baking mixes are: wheat free and gluten free, dairy free and lactose free, vegan, soy free, nut free, and sesame free. Our baking mixes cover all the top 9 allergens! 

Recently, we have seen an increase in traditional bakeries and donut shops ordering our baking mixes! Why? Because mainstream bakeries and donut shops have realized that by offering allergy friendly and vegan options they are serving clients that were not being served before. Not being able to serve paying clients means loss sales and no business owner wants that! 

You may be wondering how can offering gluten free, vegan, and allergy friendly donuts, cupcakes, or cakes increase my revenue? The best way to explain this concept is with an example. Let’s say a mom stops at your bakery to order a cake for her son’s birthday. However, she has a daughter who is gluten free and some of the kids that will be at the birthday party are allergic to soy and dairy. So, instead of the mom ordering the birthday cake at your store and having to purchase cupcakes at a different bakery, you will be able to meet that customer’s needs and sell her the gluten free, dairy free and soy free cupcakes that she needs. 

The best part is that the The Vegan Knife’s baking mixes are free from the top 9 allergens-which means that the same cupcake or donut you bake for your dairy free or vegan client will be the same cupcake or donut you bake for your gluten free client and your soy free client and your nut free client! No matter which one of the top 9 allergens you are baking for, you will only bake one time! 

We know that at times making a change in your business model can be scary. At times, when we first onboard our commercial bakeries and donut shops, some managers or store owners are concerned that initially no one will buy the allergy friendly and vegan baked goods because no one knows that this option is available at their store. At The Vegan Knife, we offer proactive solutions for our clients. We strongly encourage our commercial clients to advertise in their store and social media that the store will now be offering gluten free, soy free, dairy free, nut free, and vegan baked goods. This announcement should be done two weeks in advance to allow the word to spread. Another suggestion is to initially require customers to place an order for these specialty products in advance. Lastly, requiring customers to order a minimum of 6 cupcakes or donuts is another great option-it will ensure that no product is wasted! 

As you can see, there are many reasons why bakeries and donut shops are following the trend of becoming a one stop bakery or donut shop. At the end of the day it all comes down to being able to offer all the baked goods options under one roof coupled with great customer service. Moving to a one stop shop model can provide a bakery or donut shop increased revenue and build customer loyalty! And everyone wants that! 

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