OnwardRosa V.
“I want to stand behind that counter on a Saturday and have nobody notice anything changed.”
Background
Pastry sous chef at a downtown hotel for nine years: production for banquets of four hundred, ordering, food cost and a crew of six. Culinary school before that.
What they'd build on it
Keep the name, the head baker and the Saturday line, learn the café accounts from Anna in person, and add the office catering she has been turning away.
- Who'd run it
- Would run it themselves
- Where their search is
- Have made an offer or signed an LOI
- Why they want to buy
- Be my own boss · Take over something that already works instead of starting from scratch · Change careers or start a second career
- Has owned or run a business before
- No
- Has bought a business before
- No
Nine years making other people's pastry. I want my name on the lease and someone else's name on the sign — hers.
What they’re looking for
The business and owner they're looking for
A bakery or café in Grand Rapids under $1M revenue, with a production team that stays and an owner willing to carry part of the price.
What happens to the people who work there, and why
The head baker is the reason the bakery works without its owner. She gets a raise and a say before I change anything in her kitchen.
- Plans for the team
- Keep the whole team as it is
What Rosa would keep the same
- The business name
- The location
- Phone number, website and email
- Key customer relationships
- The services or products offered
- How the work gets done
- Vendors and suppliers
How long they'd want the owner to stay: 3 to 6 months.
The words and figures here are Rosa’s own. Onward verified their identity and had a reviewer check their funds.
- Identity verifiedEmail, phone and a government ID check, all confirmed by Onward. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Funds checked by a personFunds checked by Onward. A reviewer read the evidence and Onward kept the outcome — the reviewer’s access to the document ended with the decision. Checked October 1, 2026.
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Request early accessHow they'd pay: Bank or SBA loan · Seller financing
When they'd close: Actively looking now
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- Who's helping them
- M&A attorney · CPA or accountant · SBA lender or bank
Says they can show: lender pre-qualification — their own words, not yet checked by Onward.