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Very shortly, a new business will “rise” in Anderson, as Poppy’s Donut Shop, 122 W. Main St., Anderson, will open.
On Saturday, during the annual McDonald County Business Expo, held at the McDonald County High School gym, Poppy’s had a booth, introducing new customers about the business. Gary Wasson is the proprietor of Poppy’s, while his father, Jimmie “Poppy” Wasson, is the chef.
“Well, it was kind of a combination of things: I wanted to get business back to Main Street, Anderson, I love Daylight Donuts, and I just relish the idea of having a family business, where we all get together and do something for our town,” Gary said about why he opened the business. “So, that is where it started and it came together pretty quick within a couple months’ time.”
They will get their doughnut equipment on April 13 and then shortly there after, they will be trained on how to operate the equipment and then will open the shop.
Gary, who has been to the expo before, said one of the reasons he decided to come to the expo is simple – exposure.
“You get roughly a 1,000-plus people running through here. I think the exposure is great,” Gary said. “You see all kinds of families and other businesses. The networking between businesses is pretty good too. The past five years, I have found that to be a great help, getting to know other people and seeing how you can connect throughout not only the county, but Southwest Missouri. It is a great event to come down to for all of Southwest Missouri in my estimation. The whole Southwest Missouri, you can hit it right here in one shot, so I think that it is beneficial for those kind of people, Springfield, Joplin, Rogers and Fayetteville, it is a really great networking spot to hit two to three states right here.”
Gary purchased the old Coast to Coast building, which once housed a mower business.
“We are revealing some of the old 1800s brick in there, kind of dressing it up pretty cool, making it a nice, little quaint shop,” Gary said. “We are going to have some different kind of donuts than other Daylight Donuts have. We are going to have sausage rolls, probably some biscuits and gravy, fountain drinks, coffee, about everything that you want in a donut shop. It is just going to be a fun place to come out and eat donuts.”
Poppy is ready to make some doughnuts.
“This is my first go at it, we will see what happens,” Poppy said. “It will be fun.”
Around 80 businesses were represented at the expo.
Shag-A-Delx Hair & Tanning Salon, owned by Tanya Stone of Anderson, and T-N-T Radiator, owned by her husband, Todd Stone, each had a booth.
“We always come and stay involved in the community,” Tanya said. “We like to always be out there, be in the forefront and let everybody know that we are here for them.”
Very shortly, a new business will “rise” in Anderson, as Poppy’s Donut Shop, 122 W. Main St., Anderson, will open.
On Saturday, during the annual McDonald County Business Expo, held at the McDonald County High School gym, Poppy’s had a booth, introducing new customers about the business. Gary Wasson is the proprietor of Poppy’s, while his father, Jimmie “Poppy” Wasson, is the chef.
“Well, it was kind of a combination of things: I wanted to get business back to Main Street, Anderson, I love Daylight Donuts, and I just relish the idea of having a family business, where we all get together and do something for our town,” Gary said about why he opened the business. “So, that is where it started and it came together pretty quick within a couple months’ time.”
They will get their doughnut equipment on April 13 and then shortly there after, they will be trained on how to operate the equipment and then will open the shop.
Gary, who has been to the expo before, said one of the reasons he decided to come to the expo is simple – exposure.
“You get roughly a 1,000-plus people running through here. I think the exposure is great,” Gary said. “You see all kinds of families and other businesses. The networking between businesses is pretty good too. The past five years, I have found that to be a great help, getting to know other people and seeing how you can connect throughout not only the county, but Southwest Missouri. It is a great event to come down to for all of Southwest Missouri in my estimation. The whole Southwest Missouri, you can hit it right here in one shot, so I think that it is beneficial for those kind of people, Springfield, Joplin, Rogers and Fayetteville, it is a really great networking spot to hit two to three states right here.”
Gary purchased the old Coast to Coast building, which once housed a mower business.
“We are revealing some of the old 1800s brick in there, kind of dressing it up pretty cool, making it a nice, little quaint shop,” Gary said. “We are going to have some different kind of donuts than other Daylight Donuts have. We are going to have sausage rolls, probably some biscuits and gravy, fountain drinks, coffee, about everything that you want in a donut shop. It is just going to be a fun place to come out and eat donuts.”
Poppy is ready to make some doughnuts.
“This is my first go at it, we will see what happens,” Poppy said. “It will be fun.”
Around 80 businesses were represented at the expo.
Shag-A-Delx Hair & Tanning Salon, owned by Tanya Stone of Anderson, and T-N-T Radiator, owned by her husband, Todd Stone, each had a booth.
“We always come and stay involved in the community,” Tanya said. “We like to always be out there, be in the forefront and let everybody know that we are here for them.”
