96 - From Nurses to Donuts: Building The Sugar Queen from Scratch
What does it really take to leave healthcare and build a thriving food business from scratch?
In this episode of The Big Orange Business Podcast, Haley Jones sits down with Staci Meyer, owner of The Sugar Queen Creamery and The Sugar Queen Doughnutry, to share the full story behind one of Knoxville’s most beloved dessert brands.
Staci walks through:
Leaving nursing and healthcare to start a family business
Growing from a food truck into two brick-and-mortar locations
Why everything they make is truly scratch-made
Bringing donuts back after customers waited years
Staffing, systems, and…
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