Shoppers come for the shirts but stay for Ace and Ginger, the pouch-riding marsupials turning a small business into a local sensation.
Anna Price and Meghan Martinez thought they were simply browsing through downtown Plant City shops when they stepped into Hey Sister & Co.- until a baby kangaroo poked its head out of a pouch near the register.
The two women, who recognized the animals from a recent event at First Baptist Church Plant City, erupted into joy and surprise, joining the growing number of shoppers drawn to the new T-shirt boutique not just for its custom designs, but for its unexpected mascots: the store’s bottle-raised baby kangaroos…