Doing Business in Cayce
Cayce enjoys a strong pro-business climate that many companies find attractive as they look for a new business location. From being home to a Fortune 500 company headquarters to numerous family-owned businesses, Cayce is a great place to do business. Companies like CMC Steel, Love Chevrolet, Krispy Kreme, Congaree State Bank, American Engineering, and SCANA all add to the quality of life in our community.
For more information about locating or expanding your business in Cayce, please contact City Manager John Sharpe or the Lexington County Economic Development Office.
Smoking Ban Ordinance
At the March 2, 2010 Council Meeting, Council passed an Ordinance amending the Cayce City Code to add a new Chapter 35 Regulating Smoking in Places of Employment. This ordinance becomes effective June 1, 2010. General Information (click here for complete text of ordinance). Amendment to Smoking Regulation Ordinance
Cayce Businesses in the News
Pardon Krispy Kreme's mess
By Kristy Eppley Rupon
krupon@thestate.com
(803) 771-8308
Reprinted from The State, Business Section (Friday, Mar. 05, 2010)
Doughnut maker still selling treats at Cayce eatery during renovations
Despite the boarded-up windows, the Cayce Krispy Kreme is not going out of business. The company is in the midst of a major renovation that will redefine the look of the store that has been on Knox Abbott Drive for nearly two decades, assistant manager Fred Young said. Meanwhile, the company is selling 11 doughnut varieties and drinks out of a portable trailer on-site from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. daily. The Greenville store is shipping in doughnuts twice a day to fill orders.
The doughnut conveyor belt will be even more visible to customers when the Cayce eatery completes renovations at the end of the month. The store will move its entrance to the Knox Abbott Drive side of the building and add a barstool seating area facing 12th Street. It also will add an espresso bar and begin offering the Kool Kreme ice cream products.
Renovations are expected to finish by the end of the month. The last time the store was renovated was eight years ago, Young said. But that project focused on the back room. This is a total overhaul. The overhead doughnut conveyer belts will be replaced by a waist-level line and a new technology that allows for quick cooling. That means it will take less time to produce and package the doughnuts, and will save the company money, Young said. "It'll be the same doughnuts that you've always known and loved," he said. But will you still be able to watch the doughnuts make their rounds and get glazed? "That is too much of the Krispy Kreme experience to make that go away," Young said. He said the viewing area will be opened up as a front wall is removed, which will make the entire preparation area visible.
The store will move its entrance to the Knox Abbott side of the building, and add a barstool seating area facing 12th Street. The store also will begin offering the Kool Kreme ice cream products similar to what is sold at the new store in Lexington and will add an espresso bar. "It will be much, much different," he said