here and be a happy girl,” she said.
Bakers’ beginnings
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OCTOBER 2015
Jeri began baking cust om cakes
out of her home for various parties
at Houston Elementary School in
Mineral Wells, where she worked
as a teacher. On one occasion a
fellow teacher asked why she wasn’t
baking full time, which got her mind
cooking.
During a school test, Jeri recalls
day dreaming about owning a bakery.
As the students worked quietly, Jeri
was doing work of her own, drawing
up plans for her future business.
Upon retirement from public
education she immediately began
searching for potential store fronts.
Opting for a high-traffic area, Jeri
landed on York Avenue in 2009,
where Jamie first experienced the
bakery.
In 2012, Jeri moved the business
to Santa Fe Drive, where she baked
another three years until deciding to
retire once more.
Jeri’s Back Home Bakery was
placed on the market in February,
and Jamie, Erin and Amy closed
March 25. Along with the brand, the
trio purchased all of Jeri’s recipes and
kept her staff with hopes to expand
and share Jeri’s magic with the world.
“Although [Jeri’s] was already
going along really well, I still think
there is a lot of room to grow,” Amy
said.
“[Jeri’s] has a really loyal
following that has stayed with us,
which we are really grateful for. We
just really want to grow it,” Jamie
said.
“We want to have a Jeri’s bakery
in every town in the United States,”
Erin said. “People come in and
love being here. I almost think it’s a
mission. We want to be able to share
[this] with as many people as we
can.”
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