Local Buyout Takes A Bite Out Of A WI Donut Business

DEFOREST — When large businesses consolidate they can often leave small vendors with holes in their clientele.

JD's Bakery in DeForest learned last week it will be losing around 30 percent of its business when La Crosse-based Kwik Trip announced the acquisition of of Middleton-based PDQ.

“It was a little disappointing,” said Jeff Davidson, vice president of JD's Bakery.

The wholesale bakery estimates it sells about 200 dozen doughnuts a day to PDQ. Davidson says PDQ didn't give him warning before the announcement.

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