Tag: McDuffies Bakery Clarence

  • Small Business Saturday Recap

    Small Business Saturday Recap

    Another Small Business Saturday is in the books. The event, created by American Express in 2010 as a way to recognize the important role that small businesses play in our community, has gained increasing popularity in recent years, and if traffic on our own Main Street in Clarence is any indication, this year’s event was a…

  • It’s Main Street’s Turn on Saturday

    It’s Main Street’s Turn on Saturday

    The turkey’s been carved, the stuffing eaten, and the pie plates emptied. Thanksgiving is over and soon Black Friday will be too. Say goodbye to the malls and the big-box stores and say hello to the one day of the year where we celebrate all things local – Small Business Saturday. We have a great…

  • Small Business Saturday Spotlight: McDuffies Bakery

    Small Business Saturday Spotlight: McDuffies Bakery

    We’re taking a look at some of the businesses participating in this Saturday’s Small Business Saturday. For almost four decades, McDuffies Bakery, 9920 Main Street has been baking Scottish shortbread cookies and specialty cakes using only the finest ingredients available. Along the way they attracted clients from grocery stores, hotels, airlines and coffee shops. In 2010,…

  • Sweet songs at McDuffie’s

    Sweet songs at McDuffie’s

    By Joe Genco We’d been out Christmas shopping and running other errands. It felt like a good day for soup and it was Small Business Saturday so we headed to McDuffie’s. My niece, Sara Elizabeth, was providing the live entertainment, so that was automatically the highlight. A close second, however, was the chili. It was…

  • Small Business Saturday wrap-up!

    Small Business Saturday wrap-up!

    It was a picture perfect day for this past weekend’s “Small Business Saturday” on Main Street in Clarence.  Many of the retailers we spoke to proclaimed it to be their most active-ever Saturday after Black Friday. For a first-time effort, “Small Business Saturday”  received very positive participation from both consumers and Main Street businesses.  From 10:00…