i got a new customer, while i was at walmart by the bakery!! i was waiting on some chicken from the deli, and a lady asked if the bakery could put her childs name on a cake. the walmart worker said she could not because she worked in the deli and not the bakery...(they are together) and she could not write the little girls name on the cake. the lady looked so sad! i approached her and asked her when her childs party was, she said tomorrow morning. i happened to have my portfolio with me,and showed her my work...well she put the walmart cake back and ordered a cake from me....thats why i'm up so late...this happed at 8:00 pm and cake is due when she gets off her shift in the morning at 7:00 am. good thing for fbt!!

just wanted to share with you!
melody

Awww thats great! Little-guys taking from the BIG-GUys now.. woohoo I love it! Since they love putting so many people out of business nice to know someone took their business... Make sure and give her cards I bet she will spread the WORD!!!

yay! good job!

Good job on getting the customer. You should wow her and I bet it'll generate tons of orders. Good luck. Post asap!!!!

good for YOU!!

I have done the same thing. It does make you feel good. I always carry a pic or two of my favorite cakes. Just added my Mermaidia cake to that because someone is usually looking for a Barbie or mermaid cake.

wow just reading your post gave me chills! I am so proud of you! I hope this generates TONS of business for ya!!

You rock!!! You should be really proud of yourself for jumping in there..I hope you get lots of new business and post the cake when you've finished so we can see.
Cindy

Way to go! Maybe I should carry a portfolio around with me....

Wow! That's exciting! That lady will be much happier with one of your creations than a WalMart cake!! Good going!

Congratulations.....It'll be worth staying up all night to get the order done and in her hands.. Be sure to post the pic when your done..

btw. that's a good idea about carrying photos on you...

Way to go!! I have done that also!!!

That's great. I think we all need to go hang around bakeries such as Walmart, Publix, etc so we can get more orders.

I may do that today just to see what happens.

That's fantastic! I have a particular dislike of WM, so if you can take some of the business back from them, all the better!

Congratulations! I'm happy for you and even more happy for the child who will be getting a great quality cake with his/her name on it! Great job and also a reminder to me to always have cake pics with me! thanks.

thanks guys! the mother loved the cake! i hope to get new business.


and it was worth missing sleep to make some little girls birthday even more special.


melody

WAY TO GO!!! That is great! Good for you!!

That's terrific! You were in the right place at the right time!

That's too funny! David slew Goliath again! Gee, I hope you started a trend, and that it spreads like a virus! Imagine, all those Wal-Mart shoppers turning back to independent bakers and bakeries! Everything old really Would be new again! Congratulations - big time!

Theresa

Good for you!

What type of portfolio do you carry with you?

I love the idea of carrying a portfolio with me. What kind do you carry? How many pictures? It fits in your purse? What a great way to drum up business!

And I love that you took a sale from Wal-Mart. LOL Don't get me started on my dislike for Wal-Mart!

Congratulations!!! that's terrific, I'm sure it'll bring you more business!!!

Lorris

Congratulations! What a great thing to happen for everyone involved. I admire your assertiveness.

How fantastic for you. My nephew wants a Thomas the Tank Engine 3D cake that he saw in a Debbie Brown book, however I don't have the time to make it up so I went to three cake shops to see if they can do it and the cheapest quote was $200.00 and the most expensive was $350.00 (for a cake that serves 30) . One of the bigger chain of cake stores just looked at it and said they don't do this type of work but I could settle for a printed image istead. Anyway my point we do fanstastic work and you cannot compare our work to the larger chains and I think it is sad that they dominate the selling market and let us settle for what they have available. Any way my opnion

I carry one of those small photo books that comes with (here it comes) Walmart photos. Of course, now we do our own. Put some of my faves like 2 wedding cakes (big and small), Mermaidia cake, groom's cake, cookies (definitely the onsie cookie), volcano and surfboard cake.

That way I can everyone something. And I always have a card or two in my purse--in fact, it's time to reorder. Who would have thought in less than a year that I would hand out 1000 cards?

Way to go!!!! I love a story like that, where the underdog comes out on top!
I'm sure the mom is glad she ran into you, your cake was sooooooooo much better than an ol' store bought cake, and much prettier i'm sure.