Ep. 78: All Things Holy...Donut with CEO, Jeff Buckwalter
Party's Over: Post Grad Podcast
English - May 04, 2021 04:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Business Careers post grad college graduation millennial career friendships early 20's 20's post grad blues Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this episode Ashley and Liz had the opportunity to sit down with the CEO of one of Maine’s greatest gems , The Holy Donut! You’ve all heard us talking about our love for these donuts once or twice so getting to sit down and interview Jeff as well as visit the Scarborough location was right up our alley!
The Holy Donut is a family founded, owned and operated business. Jeff shares with us how the business was founded by his sister in-law, in her kitchen and how the family knew right away that she was on to something! Shortly after, The Holy Donut was founded. The business began to grow rapidly and the donuts sold like hot cakes (???) thanks to Maine’ supportive small business environment.
Jeff shares with us what it is like to work with family, growing pains, and some of the pivotal moments, one being how breaking his ankle may have saved the business! We learned all about the process for creating new flavors, some fan favorites, and how the COVID-19 pandemic affecting their business,
This episode was so much fun and left us feeling thankful to be part of a community that supports local businesses!