New family-run business opens in Brookfield
If you travel along Route 7 in Brookfield, you may have noticed this cute new roadside stand.
'We basically just wanted it to feel like grandma's house,' said co-owner Alissa Floyd. Floyd and her mother, Francine McCabe, are the women behind the self-serve cozy market called The Pantry, where customers can pay with cash or the mobile payment apps Venmo and CashApp — they only ask that customers log their purchases in the designated notebook.
'It's kind of a little bit of everything. It's a nice compilation of all the things that we think everybody will enjoy and benefit from,' Floyd said. Inside the shed, customers can find a variety of products made by Floyd, McCabe, and other local vendors. There are baked goods, soy candles, handmade jewelry, fresh cut flowers, home decor, and all-natural skincare, to name a few.
'Everything is made with love for sure,' McCabe said.'We feel like there's a shift in the world nowadays where everyone's trying to get away from the toxic foods and detergents and things like that, so we wanted to bring something more homemade and all natural to the community,' Floyd said. The Pantry has been open for less than a week, and so far, business has been consistent.
'We have people coming in daily checking it out. We have purchases. Our vendors are excited because their items are getting out to a bigger audience than what they were able to get. So it's been really awesome,' Floyd said. The Pantry is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The plan is to make it a seasonal business that will close for the season right before Christmas.
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