Ten years ago, the Pablo and Robles families made the challenging decision to move their humble business of selling desserts to Colton where the business climate was steady and the opportunity to invest in a nice corner location in the downtown area made good economic sense.
Formerly a Mexican bakery shop, the site at the corner of East H Street and Ninth Street proved to be a dream come true. Word on the street spread quickly as employees from nearby business establishments started to come to Flantastic, Inc. to try the “estilo casero” (homemade) desserts that were fast becoming a popular fare for coffee breaks. Soon, residents from the neighborhood became frequent customers as well, and with this growing customer base, the request for an expanded menu started to catch on.
Although it was short lived, Manager Luis Robles experimented with homemade breakfast platters. In addition, a few traditional lunch snacks were offered, but the idea of small restaurant offerings became time consuming and expensive. Consequently, this breakfast experiment pulled valuable time and energy away from the principal product of this operation - traditional homemade desserts; pan de elote (corn bread), cheesecake, arroz de leche (rice pudding), flan (custard), and gelatines.
Once Flantastic, Inc. clearly established that the path forward was their specialty homemade desserts, this small family-oriented business not only had become a Colton mainstay, but their products had become in high demand. Flantastic, Inc.
has become the primary supplier of quality “estillo casero” desserts for several restaurants in Colton, and in the surrounding region. Today, these prized desserts are delivered to over 250 clients, including restaurants in Colton, Riverside, throughout San Bernardino County and recently to Los Angeles, where two trucks travel to make deliveries twice a week.
“Colton has been a great place for us,” exclaimed Luis Robles, who continued, “The community has been welcoming and the location works very well.” His staff of five employees are always busy preparing, baking, and packaging the orders which are refrigerated the night before. At 6:00am the deliveries to go out and soon after, the product supplies of ingredients begin to arrive so that the entire process can start again. “Everything is fresh and we have a great process…we all work well together,” says Tomas Bedolla, production leaser. With this enthusiastic crew and a quality product, it’s no wonder that Flantastic, Inc. has become quite popular and has been so successful.
The City of Colton is fortunate to have this successful business offering unique dessert items to the menus of local restaurants and beyond. We congratulate Flantastic, Inc. on their ten years of successful business in Colton.
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