02/09/2026
I am absolutely working my socks off at the moment. I am making more Oaticakes than Ive ever made and still supply can't keep up with demand right now.
I'm getting multiple messages at all hours of the day and night asking when I'm going to be making more Oaticakes.....
Unless the website specifically says the business is shut, then I am always making more Oaticakes. At the moment I am practically working 7 days a week. If I'm not making Oaticakes then I'm packing orders, printing labels, bagging up or going out to buy ingredients. There is only one of me and everything takes time to do.
So why don't I expand? If I'm this busy why don't I get bigger premises, get some help in etc?
I'm sorry but that's never going to happen. Because I want Oaticakes to survive the long game and so far it has, almost ten years as a registered business.
It's not always like this. There are quiet months. There have been quite a few of those this year with the increased cost of living. Staying in the garden room I have no rent to pay. Having no help I have no wages to pay. Having had a website purpose built for me I now have no monthly website fees to pay, just a minimal annual hosting cost. When the weeks are quiet I don't have to worry about covering those costs. I can also easily reduce how much produce I buy, how much electricity I use as and when I need to, to keep costs down.
Over the many years Oaticakes has been running I have lost count of the number of other bunny businesses I have seen come and go. If you pop on Instagram you will see small businesses of all types closing daily. I want Oaticakes to keep going as long as I'm physically able to continue.
So yes it might be frustrating for you not to be able to buy all the Oaticakes you want today. It's frustrating for me that I can't always make enough to go round despite my best efforts. But by keeping Oaticakes small it guarantees you will be able to buy Oaticakes tomorrow and the next day ๐
I'm so incredibly grateful for all your orders and wonderful support and I'm sorry to those that keep missing out. But be assured I am working as hard as I possibly can to get Oaticakes back on the website x