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'Not an easy decision': Chrusciki Bakery closing Lancaster location and merging staff with Clarence store

Posted at 11:49 AM, May 09, 2024

CLARENCE, N.Y. (WKBW) — Big changes are coming for a beloved bakery in Western New York.

Chrusciki Bakery announced on Facebook Thursday it will be permanently closing its Lancaster location.

All staff at the Drullard Avenue store will be staying with the company. They will be merged with the Clarence location on Transit Road and 'will have more space to grow and create'.

The Lancaster store had been open for 14 years.

"We are excited! While this was a hard decision, as a business owner sometimes we need to do what is best for all," owner Ania Duchon said on Facebook. "Our entire staff is remaining on with Chrusciki Bakery, Inc. and joining us at the Clarence location. We cannot wait for everyone to be under one roof and create MORE goodies together!"

According to the website, the Lancaster location permanently closed as of April 27.

Owner Ania Duchon told 7 News reporter Jaurdyn Johnson the decision to close the Lancaster store was a hard one.

"Do we stay and we keep both or do we bring the whole team under one roof?" said Duchon.

Duchon says the Clarence location is bigger, and offers a space that makes her customers and employees happier.

"They are honestly so relieved, now that we're all set up and we're ready to work and organized. They really are happy, its the windows, the lights that come through it really just makes you feel better," said Duchon.