Bakeries Report High Demand For Holiday Sweets
By Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno
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TÃA, Guam (January 1, 2002 – Pacific Daily News)---The island's economy may have slowed, but people didn't hold back on buying baked sweets throughout the holidays, some island bakery owners said.
Today caps what they said has been a busy season of collectively churning out thousands of pies, cakes, cookies and other holiday treats every day beginning the week of Thanksgiving.
At Elite Bakery, Louella Villo said she was particularly surprised by a surge of customers the day before Christmas.
Villo, whose family owns Elite Bakery, said she expected that sales would slow because of a typhoon watch. But as soon as Guam's skies cleared, she said, people dashed out for last minute shopping for Christmas goodies at the Tamuning bakery.
The robust demand, despite a weakened economy, demonstrates, Villo said, that the spirit of the holiday celebration prevailed over...