By Chris Basinger, Staff Writer
TRUSSVILLE, Ala.–Trussville’s local Peach Cobbler Factory reopened this weekend with new faces, a new look, and new menu items that are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.
The dessert shop initially opened in October 2023 under a different owner, but shut its doors in less than a year.
That was when a new local mother-daughter duo took ownership of the location and started working to save it.
“The opportunity came up for us to take over this one and we just love Trussville and it’s close to our home so we just couldn’t pass it up,” co-owner Pepper Cox said.
Cox and her mother Melva Rasalan both live in Springville and had been working on opening a Peach Cobbler Factory there before they were offered the chance to run the Trussville store.
Though they still plan on opening the new Springville location in early 2025, right now they are focused on making the store in Trussville the best that it can be.
“We’re just trying to give it a little bit of a different feel since it is new ownership,” Cox said.
“Even though it’s the same place, we want it to feel a little bit different.”
From reorganizing the kitchen, buying new furniture, and remodeling the dining room, the duo has been all in on getting the store to look its best.
At the same time, the veteran-owned store will be serving as a test location for new menu items, letting locals try out savory pot pie cobblers, cheesecake in a cup, holiday pecan pies, and other treats before they are available at other franchise locations.
The shop will also offer catering for parties and weddings, and though it only just reopened, they have already had their first success story.
“When the store was closed there was a wedding that had a contract that they had left and it was kind of forgotten,” Cox recalled.
“We were cleaning and we found the contract and we were like, ‘Hey, did you know that they’re not open anymore,’ and she said no. And so we were like oh my God what are we going to do because the store was not ready–we didn’t have any products or any licensing–so the franchise helped us and we drove to Huntsville and got cobblers, came back here and made sure we were ok with the health department and then we did the wedding.”
“All that to say we do weddings and catering,” Cox joked.
As the shop opens its doors again to the community, the new owners are hoping for it to become a gathering space for all dessert lovers and already have plans for trivia nights, local writing groups to meet there, and fun to be had.
“We’re gonna offer fundraisers too for schools and other things,” Rasalan added.
“We want to be very community oriented so we plan to be very involved,” Cox continued.
The Peach Cobbler Factory is located at 5870 Trussville Crossing Boulevard and is open 365 days a year from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
