Peachey’s Baking Company is opening a brick-and-mortar store in The Landings shopping center in Sarasota. The owners, who have for years sold donuts and pretzels out of a light-blue food truck, say the shop will begin welcoming customers for a grand opening on May 10.
Brothers Nate and Sam Peachey have gained a cult following with their Peachey’s Baking Co. donut truck, which appears at local events from November to April, selling large made-from-scratch donuts and pretzels. The food truck also travels to fairs around Florida, New York, Iowa, Minnesota and North Carolina.
The donuts are so popular the Des Moines Register recently wrote about the fact the vendor, which attracts long lines in Iowa, was not attending this year’s Iowa State Fair in August. The owners cited the Sarasota store opening as the reason it was “cutting back on events” in addition to timing and weather not being “ideal for its operations.”…