An attempt to sell the bread through a retail storefront failed, he said, when "tourists just couldn't find us."
They thought they could make up the difference by avoiding the expense of a retail storefront and on volume.
The integration extends to 260+ retail storefronts, all of which are owned by the company.
It was later renovated into a car dealer showroom and now is a retail storefront occupied by a local floral shop.
Manchester is mostly residential buildings, with some restaurants, a bank and other small retail storefronts.
Many of the retail storefronts in the project are still vacant.
Up and down the district's streets, the once-shuttered retail storefronts are virtually all occupied.
However, merchants face less risk from physical theft by using a warehouse instead of a retail storefront.
At its peak of expansion (2008) it had as many as 12 retail storefronts in 10 states.
"He said he was going to open a retail storefront," I said uneasily.