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22
Dec 2023
Ripon coffee shop Messy Buns closes
Messy Buns, on Duck Hill in Ripon, closed its doors on Tuesday.
The café, which opened in 2017, served cakes, coffee and sweet treats.
Owner Lydia Peters posted a tearful video on Facebook to announce the news yesterday.
She said her electricity bill tripled at the start of 2023 and, with the increasing cost of food and ingredients, the business was no longer viable to run.
Ms Peters told the Stray Ferret “less and less people” came into the café every week, but hopes her video would make people realise “how hard it is to run a business”.
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However, she urged people to continue supporting other Ripon businesses:
Ms Peters will continue to offer cake-making and catering services despite the closing the café. She told the Stray Ferret:
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