The Brief
- Summer is the slow season for local businesses. The Local Donut in Scottsdale struggled to make payroll recently.
- Owner Daniel Tes turned to social media to share the shop’s financial challenges and ask for support.
- The community quickly responded by packing the shop, with some local businesses even pre-paying for customers.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Running a donut shop is a grind – as one worker noted, “Early is an understatement. We start at 11, 12 at night.”
The backstory:
It’s a grind Daniel Tes does not take for granted.…