Viral bakery and cupcake ATM phenomenon Sprinkles Cupcakes is closing its doors 13 years after the owner sold it to private equity. Founder Candace Nelson announced the move in social media videos on ...

The boutique chain’s co-founder, Candace Nelson, said that the business had ceased operations at year’s end. It was sold to a private equity firm more than a decade ago. By Christine Hauser Sprinkles ...

Sprinkles Cupcakes, which started in Beverly Hills 20 years ago and expanded across Southern California, including La Jolla, and into other states, abruptly closed Wednesday with little explanation.

All Sprinkles Cupcakes locations, including a store in Houston, will close immediately, according to the bakery chain's founder and former owner. Sprinkles Founder Candace Nelson, who sold the company ...

That’s the way the cupcake crumbles. Sprinkles, the iconic California cupcake company, has announced a “winding down” of operations at its remaining 15 retail locations, blindsiding employees at the ...

The popular gourmet cupcake chain Sprinkles Cupcakes closed its doors Wednesday, 20 years after opening its first location in Beverly Hills. Founder Candace Nelson, who sold the company to private ...

Sprinkles Cupcakes has abruptly closed all its bakery locations nationwide, including its Austin store in the Domain Northside. The Austin-based company, which first got its start in 2005 in Beverly ...

In a shocking development, all Sprinkles Cupcakes locations are apparently closing for good, per the founder and former owner of the dessert chain. Pastry chef Candace Nelson shared on Instagram that ...

Sprinkles Cupcakes co-founder Candace Nelson announced the company would be closing its doors. Nelson founded the company in 2005 but sold it to a private equity firm in 2012. The company expanded ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Sprinkles Cupcakes, a chain of scratch-made gourmet cupcakes, cookies and cakes that got its start in Beverly Hills and was later bought by a private equity ...

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