'Honest' bakery wants customers to feel trusted

Susie White has opened a bakery at the end of her driveway in Worcester

A woman has turned her driveway into a bakery business that operates on an honesty box basis as she wants her customers to "feel she trusts them".

Susie White, from Worcester, has filled a "glorified cupboard" into Battenhall Bake Shed, located on Battenhall Road.

The keen baker said she was inspired after seeing something similar when she visited Exmouth, Devon during half-term.

She said: "The second I saw it, I said, 'We've got the perfect spot for it' and I love baking cookies and cakes, and I thought, 'Right, let's do it!'."

Discussing her new business, which opened for the first time on Saturday, she said: "It's a little pink cupboard at the end of my driveway and it is filled at the weekend with cakes, and cookies and traybakes.

"It's on a self-service honesty box basis so people can come and have a sweet treat whilst they're out at the park."

Ms White said she was "so surprised" by how busy her opening weekend was

Ms White said "it just rained all day long" on her opening weekend, but she was left "so surprised" by how many people stopped and bought a sweet treat.

"By the end of Sunday there was only a handful of things left, so for an opening weekend I was really pleased," she said.

Asked if everyone had been honest and paid for their goods with cash or by using the QR code, Ms White said: "I'll be honest, I didn't even tot it up because I feel like we're in this world where everybody tells us how bad everyone is and everything's awful, but I just don't agree.

"I think truthfully, most people are really good so I decided not to worry and I want people to feel that I trust them and it's a lovely thing to have in the community."