Beloved dessert chain closes down all sites after more than half a century in blow to high street

The Sun

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A BELOVED dessert chain is shutting all of its sites after more than 50 years of service - in a massive blow to the high street.
The popular shop, which served generations of sweet-toothed regulars, said goodbye to loyal customers in Dunfermline, Dundee, Pitlochry and Elgin.
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The break up of The Pancake Place will result in the loss of 45 jobs.
The much-loved Scottish brand began liquidating on Monday morning.
And its full-time and part-time employees were informed of the heartbreaking closures on the same day.
Shutting down signs were seen at the popular locations in Dunfermline, Dundee, Pitlochry and Elgin.
Devastated fans will now have to move on and find another dessert location to visit regularly following the tragic closures of the brand's last four spots.
The location is Dunermline, which closed after 35 years of service, had a final message to its customers on Facebook.
They said: "It's with a broken heart after 35 years for me pancake place closed its doors yesterday.
"Thank you to everyone who came in for breakfast lunch and pancakes will truly miss everyone.
"A huge thank you to my staff wishing them all well going forward."
The Pancake Place had long been a staple for sweet treats, offering breakfast and café snacks to hungry shoppers.
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Perth businessman Blain Ross snatched up the business in 2024 - and the sale came with the elusive original pancake recipe from 1973, according to The Courier.
Its Dundee site manager Sam Wilson told outlet last year how the business had endured the ups and downs in retail over the last half-century.
She said: 'We get an awful lot of customers who say they used to come here when they were wee.
'Their Granny would bring them in and there is a lot of goodwill for the place.'
It comes after a popular pan-Asian restaurant known for its trendy dining and cocktails announced it was closing all its locations, dealing another major blow to the high street.
PEACH, a restaurant group based in East Hertfordshire, annonced the immediate closure of both its sites after five years of serving customers.
And in June, a beloved family bakery shut the doors of another store – the third to close this year – blaming staff shortages and illness in the family.
Bennetts Family Bakers in Broadstone closed for good on Friday, June 14, marking the end of an era for the Lower Blandford Road site.