The Belfast location will accommodate the growth of manufacturing to make, package and ship the mixes. Baking will remain in Northport.
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The owner of a Northport company that makes scone mix and fresh-baked scones has moved the manufacturing side of the business to Belfast.
Veronica Stubbs leased a 2,000-square-foot unit at 136 Waldo Ave. to produce the mix for her business, the Scone Goddess.
The building is a former redemption center. In a hearing on her application, Stubbs told Belfast’s planning board that she would have two to three part-time employees operating within the space Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Stubbs founded the Scone Goddess LLC in 2020. She started by selling home-baked scones at local farmers’ markets. With the pandemic, she pivoted to selling her mixes online. The mixes require only the addition of cream.
Her line-up of flavors grew, she hired staff and added shipping capabilities. Today, the business, located at 1390 Atlantic Highway in Northport, produces mixes for retail and national wholesale distribution and fresh-baked scones for local customers
Zero impact
The Belfast location will accommodate the growth of manufacturing to make, package and ship the mixes, she told the board. There will be some test-baking, but production baking will remain in Northport, she said.
Production is a simple process, she said, that takes a minimal number of employees and machinery. There will be a truck delivery of ingredients approximately twice a month.
“It’s quiet, it’s clean, it’s zero impact,” she said. “No one will even know we’re there.”
Stubbs said she didn’t envision the company growing beyond the Belfast lease, other than perhaps adding another day of operation per week.
The project required a site plan amendment for the unit from retail to light manufacturing. There were only minor interior changes to the existing building and no exterior changes.
The facility will not be open to the public and there will be no signage. Stubbs explained that the lack of signage at the Belfast facility aims to discourage visitors. She said that just a tiny yard sign, at the Northport location, attracted passersby looking for scones before the bakery was even built.
The board unanimously approved the application.
“It’s all good: I had one for lunch,” said one board member.
