A small business in New Orleans, King Cake Drive-Thru, had 100 king cakes stolen from a van early Tuesday morning. Tiffany Langliner, co-owner of King His Cakes Drive Thru, said her sweet treat business suffered after her delivery van was broken into and the windows smashed just before 3 a.m. says. The van was parked in the Treme area of North He d'Arbigny and Ursulins. Langrinet told WDSU that King Cake, which is in its first year of business and only 13 days in business, had only been in the car for a few hours after arriving late Monday before driving to the pop-up shop in Meridian. It was said that it was ready to be transported. “Especially on this day, being in Meridian, I'm not in a situation where I would normally eat a king cake,” Langrine said. “We definitely had a lot of king cakes that we got last night, and we had a lot of fresh ones from the bakery this morning as well.” The King Cake drive-thru will be open Friday through Sunday at Duckworth Tire in Old Metairie. They set up a shop in the parking lot and sell kings. The event ends as soon as the cakes from various shops run out. Langrine said she and her fiancé are planning to get married three weeks after Mardi Gras, and the cost of the break-in is another unspent expense. “All of these king cakes are worth thousands of dollars, although they vary in price and so on.'' And that's not even counting the repairs that were made to the delivery vans, Langrine said. said.
A small business in New Orleans, King Cake Drive-Thru, had 100 king cakes stolen from a van early Tuesday morning.
King Cake Drive-Thru co-owner Tiffany Langrine said business for the sweet treats suffered after her delivery van was broken into and its windows smashed just before 3 a.m.
The van was parked in the Tremé area of North Darbigny and Ursulins.
Langrinet told WDSU that King Cake, which is in its first year of business and only 13 days in business, had only been in the car for a few hours after arriving late Monday before driving to the pop-up shop in Meridian. It was said that it was ready to be transported. Mississippi State, Tuesday.
“Especially on this day, being in Meridian, I'm not normally in a situation where I would have a king cake,” Langrine said. “There was certainly a lot of king cake that we just got from the bakery last night and this morning.''
The King Cake Drive-Thru will be set up in the Duckworth Tire parking lot in Old Metairie Friday through Sunday, selling king cakes from various stores until sold out.
Langrine said trespassing is another unspent expense as she and her fiancé plan to get married three weeks after Mardi Gras.
“All of these king cakes vary in price and so on, but it's definitely going to be thousands of dollars worth of inventory, and that doesn't even take into account the cost of repairing the delivery van,” Langrine said.
