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Dominique Ansel Bakery

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8 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 17, 2024 by Dominique Ansel · said 24 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Jun 17, 2024 positive
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Dominique Ansel Bakery recovered its initial investment in under five months
“I think it took us, I will recover our investment, like, very quickly because, you know, it was, we invested so little. it took us about, like, four to five months, I think.”
Dominique Ansel Jun 17, 2024 ▶ 34:06 The Cronut and Dominique Ansel Bakery: Dominique Ansel
Jun 17, 2024
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Over 150 people queued before opening after Grub Street covered the Cronut
“And by day three of the article being posted, we had, I look outside, and I see a line, and I see lines stretching around the corner, so I go around the corner, and it's going all the way down to the block, to the end of the block. I was like, what the hell's …”
Dominique Ansel Jun 17, 2024 ▶ 40:04 The Cronut and Dominique Ansel Bakery: Dominique Ansel
Jun 17, 2024 positive
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A New York Times review brought massive daily crowds within two weeks
“After the New York Times article, I think it was like two weeks after we opened, we were slammed every single day. It was like madness.”
Dominique Ansel Jun 17, 2024 ▶ 26:31 The Cronut and Dominique Ansel Bakery: Dominique Ansel
Jun 17, 2024 positive
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Switching to thinner trash bags saved Ansel's bakery over $8,000 annually
“So I switch it. And I look at my numbers. And it was like shocking. It was like 8000, over 8000 dollars of saving a year.”
Dominique Ansel Jun 17, 2024 ▶ 31:56 The Cronut and Dominique Ansel Bakery: Dominique Ansel
Jun 17, 2024
Disclosure
Ansel lost friendships enforcing a strict no-VIP line policy for Cronuts
“Yes, I mean, I lost a few friends in the process, but I wanted to be true to myself, you know. I was out of respect of people coming as early as two o'clock in the morning. If you want to try, you have to go in line.”
Dominique Ansel Jun 17, 2024 ▶ 42:49 The Cronut and Dominique Ansel Bakery: Dominique Ansel
Jun 17, 2024 neutral
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Ansel requires bakeries to submit daily photo quality reports of three items
“And the team will go through a testing every single day, so they'll pick one pastry, one drink, and one other item, so they will test among themselves and send a report on quality.”
Dominique Ansel Jun 17, 2024 ▶ 57:24 The Cronut and Dominique Ansel Bakery: Dominique Ansel
Jun 17, 2024
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Dominique Ansel Bakery opened with four employees and just $2,000
“So we opened with four employees. We had no managers, no, like, I remember like looking at a bank account once it was like on a business bank account had like 2000 dollars left.”
Dominique Ansel Jun 17, 2024 ▶ 23:14 The Cronut and Dominique Ansel Bakery: Dominique Ansel
Jun 17, 2024
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Ansel worked 20-hour bakery shifts on minimal sleep for four years
“I think I did this for probably like three, almost four years.”
Dominique Ansel Jun 17, 2024 ▶ 29:06 The Cronut and Dominique Ansel Bakery: Dominique Ansel
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