S5 E7: Selling and Embodying Happiness with Patti Soskin, owner of yum! Kitchen and Bakery

When you walk into yum! Kitchen and Bakery, and you see the menu, there are so many different selections that depending on what your palate wants for the day, you can find something. Patti Soskin opened yum! Kitchen and Bakery 18 years ago, now operating three locations in the Twin Cities, with her husband, Robbie. Patti has been in the restaurant business for her entire career. yum! is first and foremost a family and community restaurant. You are a guest in her restaurants, not a customer - as if you’re a guest in her home.

This episode will leave you hungry for yum!: we learn how the business got started, how a passion turned business remains a passion, how the menu is curated and maintained, how they survived COVID, and just how to maintain a family-like business. Patti says she sells happiness and we can attest to this personally. Happiness is truly in her DNA: she loves loving people and it is so apparent in every way. Don’t miss the 4th location coming to Woodbury, MN summer 2023 and The Patti Wagon.

Our favorite yum! treats: Patti Cake & Coconut Cake

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Katie Harms @katie@katieharms.com, www.katieharms.com or Lisa Rubin @ lisa@wardrobeconsulting.net, www.wardrobeconsulting.net .

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