Zoubek No Cream Puff, but Pulling out of the Biz
The former Duke basketball star shutters his Haddonfield bakery six months after opening it.
Brian Zoubek never experienced the sweet taste of success—at least not in the latest chapter of his young life. The 24-year-old, Duke NCAA basketball champion and Haddonfield Memorial High School standout opened a gourmet cream puff shop in July 2012 with the fanfare of national media after a Haddonfield Patch article went viral. But a plain sheet of white paper taped inside the front window of Dream Puffz Creations, his Haddon Ave. bakery, spelled out an untimely epitaph this week. "Unfortunately, we are now closed for the time being," the sign read. "Thank you for all your support and business..." Late Tuesday evening, after a bout of soul searching, Zoubek said he decided to shutter the business this Saturday. "I learned more in the …
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Joseph Forrest
12:54 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
The costs of running a business are astronomical. Most people fail to plan at all, let alone plan well. Methinks this was his way of bowing out gracefully. I think this was less about "life direction" and more about bleeding money. Between the food costs, utilities, insurance, salaries, and rent....you'd have to sell a helluva lot of cream puffs to cover that nut each month! more ›