What's next for Sister Pie in Detroit's West Village

What they're saying: "It's a moment between different chapters of Sister Pie …" Ludwinski tells Axios.

• During this time, Sister Pie won't sell baked goods every day out of its storefront, but it will offer baking classes, fulfill special orders, sell at Eastern Market, and experiment with different kinds of classes and occasional lunches.

The latest: In a letter to the Free Press, Ludwinski corrected a rumor that Sister Pie had "gone out of business."

• The bakery is taking an "interlude," she says, to have the capacity to rework its business model, as many small businesses across the country struggle. Eight employees were laid off, with one left on.
• Costs and revenue weren't matching up, especially with Sister Pie's competitive wages and benefits, which Ludwinski says she's always been proud of.

Zoom in: Sister Pie's experimental lunches will offer customers a way to be included in its research and development process, Ludwinski says.

• Customers don't generally buy baked treats daily. But there's a need for more lunch options, she adds, and she's spending time figuring out a menu and how it could fit into Sister Pie's operations.

What's next: The focus in July is on building a vision. Then it's about going to "stakeholders" like community members or business advisers and seeking feedback, then working on a strategy for implementation.

• The timeline for resuming daily retail isn't yet known.