Lubbock compact organization owners replicate on 2022, hopeful for new calendar year

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Though quite a few persons are resolving to take in improved or go to the fitness center extra, some suppliers at the Wolfforth Farmers Industry are just hoping to preserve their enterprises afloat.

“I adore when you fulfill persons or when somebody attempts on some thing and it helps make them come to feel attractive. I really like to see that pleasure on their face,” Mackenzie Naranjo, operator of Orange Blossoms Boutique, reported. “So, I hope to preserve carrying out that through 2023.”

Amanda Rakhshandeh is the proprietor of Pet Desires Lubbock. She’s hoping for yet another calendar year identical to 2022.

“We provide dietary methods and healthy options for people’s fur toddlers, so it was seriously worthwhile to have some accomplishment doing that,” Rakhshandeh reported.

These small business homeowners confronted a great deal of difficulties in 2022.

“I imagine it was the supply concerns are genuinely what we had a tough time with, just obtaining products and things like that,” Mark Woods, proprietor of Otter Mountain, mentioned. “Now, it’s form of been resolved a small little bit, but for a even though it was tough to locate hats, and shirts, and factors like that, to print them.”

Annie Sandifer, proprietor of Sweet Jean’s Pantry, had very similar source chain difficulties.

“Supply chain and costs of products – egg price ranges. We set egg in our mustard and that has really much more than doubled,” Sandifer stated.

While it was even now hard to keep a small business this year, Naranjo with Orange Blossoms Boutique reported she nonetheless experienced much better luck than in 2021 and noticed a great deal of progress.

“I’m thankful that Orange Blossoms Boutique has grown to what it is now,” Naranjo stated. “It’s not accurately exactly where I want it but I’m grateful for every and each a single of my consumers that arrives and outlets with me regardless of whether it is a pair of earrings or numerous products.”

Sandifer suggests a whole lot has modified in her enterprise Sweet Jean’s Pantry.

“We’ve expanded, so it’s been seriously enjoyment to get our merchandise from just undertaking cottage regulation gross sales to business advertising, offering it,” Sandifer reported. “We expanded our product line to 3 styles of mustard.”

Sandifer’s secret component to keeping motivated is to remind herself why she commenced the enterprise in the first spot.

“I usually try to concentration on those people fantastic days and just like, ‘Okay, this is what I want to do. I have a reason for undertaking it,’” Sandifer claimed. “This is a mustard my mom started earning again in the ‘70s and she often preferred to do this, and now she’s 84-a long time-previous, so we’re carrying out it for her.”

All of the owners hope 2023 will deliver tons of business enterprise to permit them to hold pursuing their enthusiasm.