23/10/2026
💔 A TOUGH DAY FOR SMALL BUSINESS 💔
Unfortunately, both of our markets have been cancelled due to the weather. 🌧️
We were due to attend:
📍PAISLEY HALLOWEEN PARADE
📍CHATELHERAULT
As much as we completely understand that safety has to come first, I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t really hard to take as a small, self-employed business owner.
So much time, preparation, baking, stock, money and hard work goes into getting ready for markets. Everything is made with love, and you spend days preparing, hoping to have a successful weekend and bring in those much-needed sales.
When you’re self-employed, there’s no guaranteed wage at the end of the month, no paid days off when things don’t go to plan, and no compensation for a weekend of lost sales. 💔
For a small business like Coco’s Kitchen Dog Bakery & Deli, every market, every order and every customer really does make a difference. Behind the pink branding, the bakes and the smiles is a person working incredibly hard to make a little business succeed.
It’s okay to admit that days like this are disappointing, stressful and worrying. We put so much of ourselves into what we do, and sometimes the things outside our control can hit us hard.
💕 If you’re a small business owner going through the same thing, I see you. We keep showing up, keep trying and keep putting our hearts into our businesses, even when things don’t go to plan.
To everyone who supports Coco’s Kitchen, whether you shop with us in person, place an order, share our posts or recommend us to a friend, please know how much it means. Every single bit of support helps more than you realise. 🐾💗
Today might not have gone to plan, but we’ll dust ourselves off, get back into the kitchen and keep going. 🎀
Thank you for supporting our little business. It really does mean the world. 💗
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