Scottsdale Donut Shop Survives 10th Year Crisis After Community Covers Payroll

Q: What unique, experimental flavors built such fierce loyalty that a Scottsdale community rushed to save this struggling bakery from financial ruin?

The reporting does not identify a full roster of signature experimental flavors, but it does make clear that Daniel Tes built loyalty through constant flavor experimentation at The Local Donut. In the available coverage, the only specific favorite singled out by a customer is the shop’s blueberry doughnut, praised on-air as “the best.” What the combined coverage shows is that Tes’s appeal was not tied to one novelty item alone. Customers and local supporters responded to a broader reputation for creative, rotating donuts, strong food quality, and friendly service. The owner himself said that “creating donuts and coming up with different flavors” is what fuels the shop, suggesting that the experimentation was a core part of its identity and a reason regulars stayed attached. So, based on the published material, the clearest factual answer is that The Local Donut’s loyalty was driven by Tes’s inventive flavor approach overall, with blueberry being the only flavor specifically named in the reports.

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The Local Donut in Scottsdale stayed open after owner Daniel Tes said a summer slump left the 10-year-old shop unable to make payroll and at risk of closing.
A social media plea for help triggered the turnaround: customers packed the store the next day, and other local businesses prepaid for orders in a pay-it-forward show of support.
Tes said the shop had struggled to recover after spring training and that the previous week was its worst of the summer.
Regulars told FOX 10 Phoenix they were relieved the business survived, while Tes said he now wants to keep serving the community and pay that support forward.