On this day ninety-two years ago, specifically in 1931, luck wanted Bernardino Moreno to win 17,000 pesetas in the Christmas lottery. A prize with which he decided to open a business that today does not stop growing.: the pastry chef Mallorca.
Moreno and his wife, María García, located their first establishment at number 7 Bravo Murillo Street. from Madrid, where they earned the recognition of the neighborhood especially for the ensaimadas and torteles that come from their workshop. And at eighteen years old, with the age of majority in the first place, His children, José, Manual and Juana, opened another pastry shop that is currently the most profitable in the company.on Velzquez Street.
Already entered into the fourth generation family running the businesswith a product line expanded to include savory pastries, cooking, chocolates and candies, and cateringAmong others, the Mallorca pastry shop has become a benchmark and an icon of gastronomy in Madrid, and also for the rest of Spain, since half of its income comes from sales through its website.
More demand than supply
The success of the company is such that With its new managers it has returned to its originswith fewer machines and more artisanal cuisinevery focused on quality, which has had to close the purchase option for some products because demand exceeds supply.
And, even so, the figures for what it ships are impressive. They already have more than 1,000 orders for Christmas Eve, although they hope to reach 2,500 in these last few days, as those responsible for the business explain to Metropolis. And between today and the 24th they can make another two thousand liters of consom. This year They have also sold 6,000 panettonesin the week of Three Kings they will ship about 40,000 roscones A success story that began on this day thanks to the Christmas lottery.
