On Dec. 1, 2014, Blair Hyslop, co-owner of Mrs. Dunster’s, spoke to the Club Members on his and his wife’s purchase of Mrs. Dunster’s franchise and operations in July 2014.
Blair began his career with Eastern Bakery’s in Saint John and worked at McCain Foods developing emerging markets followed by Barbour’s Foods.
Blair believes Mrs. Dunster is part of the fabric of the community with an extremely loyal following. Five hundred thousand visits annually to the outlet store. The company has 60 employees in the bakery with 20 others on the road selling product. Current operations are a seven day a week, 24 hours a day operation with over 25 million donuts produced annually, and tens of thousands of ginger snaps produced weekly. Eighty-five percent of the product produced is shipped and sold through Mrs. Dunster's distribution system. Over 60 requests per months for community support by local organizations and charities.
Mrs. Dunster's anticipates growth through shipping more of their products and to develop their distribution system by providing opportunities to other bakery’s to utilize a common distribution system.
Rotarian Robert Driscoll thanked Mr. Hyslop for his interesting presentation and presented a gift from the club as a token of our appreciation.