The owner of a small cake business has spoken of her upset at discovering it had been vandalised just five days after opening. Chloe Tyrell discovered the door of her cake shed business, Chloe’s Little Treats, had been damaged in the early hours of Thursday morning.
She became aware that her business, based in Alexandra Road, Gorseinon, Swansea, had been targeted after receiving messages from the community and customers.
Miss Tyrell, whose business sells brownies, blondies, cookie bars, cheesecake jars, old school sponges and other indulgent cakes which she bakes herself, now faces having to pay £300 for repairs not long after opening. Never miss a Swansea story by signing up to our newsletter here.
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She said: “I’ve been open for just five days. I became aware early hours this morning after multiple messages from members of the community, neighbours, and customers who were visiting late at night.
“I didn’t go straight down because I had woken up early hours in the morning because of my phone going off, I have a newborn and a severely autistic son, it wouldn’t be fair to rush them out of bed.
“I went straight down this morning to remove the old damaged doors and then to B&Q to get replacement doors leaving us out of pocket as a new business.”
She added: “To replace the doors and get new hinges and so forth costs around £100, but to replace the whole set up would be more than £300.
“I was quite upset, and disheartened, I’ve had loads of positivity regarding the shed from the community to then find this had happened. It’s sold out every time I had re-stocked.”
Miss Tyrell continued trading the next day, choosing to leave the business without doors whilst they were being replaced.
“I didn’t report it to police,” she added.
“Our CCTV didn’t pick it up from the inside, it would be a waste of time. We’ve tried neighbours but with no luck.”
Anyone with information is encouraged to get in touch with the business. Its Facebook page can be found here.
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