“Not only am I letting most everyone go, I’m breaking up a tight-knit family. “This was the most excruciatingly painful thing I’ve ever had to do,” she added. White Center, along with Pioneer Square and their headquarter office were closed and employees were laid off. Luckily, our other shops generated enough revenue to get it through the rough winter and it had just started to generate a profit in early March when everything came to a standstill.” Plus, wouldn’t it be great to offer some jobs with great benefits to a community other than downtown? In September 2019 we opened White Center. Would my concept work in a neighborhood without tourists? I needed a project, and the White Center community was warm and welcoming.
“Even though it didn’t work out as a new bakery, there was something challenging about moving out of downtown. The White Center location was opened in Sept., 2019. So, how did I decide which shops to close? It wasn’t easy.” To sell even 500 biscuits a day (more than best-case scenario), having all that overhead is just not sustainable. “You need an Operations Manager, HR Manager, Distribution Manager, Quality Control Manager, Bookkeeper, Maintenance Tech and salaried Shop Managers.
“To manage four locations, provide benefits, employ 58 staff members and produce and sell upwards of 1,500 biscuits and 50+ gallons of gravy a day, you need a production facility, an office and a staff,” Spice said.
Owner Kimmie Spice made the announcement on Facebook on Sunday, May 10, 2020. Photo courtesy Biscuit Bitch / RJB Photo Studioĭue to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Biscuit Bitch will be closing its White Center location at 9602 16th Ave SW.
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