SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 The average cost of gas is nearing $6 due to global oil costs and regional supply constraints, and the pain at the pump is impacting local businesses like Izola Bakery in East Village.<\/p>\n
Co-founder and executive chef Jeffrey Brown said the bakery could see the process for making its flaky croissants cost more if high fuel prices stay high.<\/p>\n
“Everybody who gets a delivery or makes a delivery is going to feel these fuel charge increases, you know, from our food supplies, from our construction materials, all of it,” Brown said.<\/p>\n
From tariffs announced a year ago to gas and oil prices increasing due to the war in Iran, running the bakery is becoming difficult.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been really squeezing and working it, but always maintaining that quality. And so now it’s like woosh woosh woosh,” Brown said.<\/p>\n
Brown received a letter 11 days ago stating the cost to ship materials for renovations at his dough factory in City Heights would increase. He said the cost for a semi-truck delivery is $4,000, and the letter shows the West Coast will be hit the hardest.<\/p>\n
“That the cost of delivery for our construction materials was going to increase $1,000 a load per load,” Brown said.<\/p>\n
The bakery hauls in supplies every day, including buying flour by the pallet.<\/p>\n
“We haul stuff in every day. We take, we get flour and buy the pallet, and I am very confident that we’re going to get a note any day saying your flour delivery cost is going up,” Brown said.<\/p>\n
As things change quickly, the team is reacting to keep quality the same by sourcing some products domestically.<\/p>\n
“We’re sourcing some products domestically. We now buy our milk in the county, and I have to say it tastes better, you know, and it’s a little bit cheaper,” Brown said.<\/p>\n
The bakery is named after Brown’s grandmother, Izola Eaton.<\/p>\n
“It’s named after my grandmother, Izola Eaton. She had one of those kitchens where it was full of people,” Brown said.<\/p>\n
Despite the financial pressure, Brown hopes the bakery will continue rising under the heat.<\/p>\n
“We’ll figure out how to get the food to you. You guys come and see us, and everything will be great,” Brown said.<\/p>\n
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