Yesterday, I paid a visit to my favorite bakery in Charlotte to only find out that they are price gauging their long term customers. It was very noticeable that they were no lines at all on Saturday. We noticed immediately that the tartlets were marked up over two dollars more than the normal pricing! A simple small cake which is now $5.29. A tartlet we would normally have for $3.29 is now $5.29. I think what surprised us the most was the quart of soup that was always $9.99 is now$14.00. The plates are even smaller to. Even soup and sandwich was marked up $3.00 higher and a much smaller portion of soup. They don't even give you bread with the soup anymore. They even took the water cooler from the back away. Yes, it was very obvious change in management or pure greed ! We asked why the prices soared so high, and her answer was production cost. The soup is the grandma's recipe and it is a simple recipe for the leak soup. Shame on you for taking advantage of your customers. This is deplorable and disgusting. Your employee looked it at us straight twice and said production costs. We would normally bring home box of goodies to share with my daughter. This was a very special place for both of us to spend our Saturday afternoon. We notice how your customers we're not walking out with boxes of goodies. We noticed your lines were very short, actually obsolete. If you sad to see an ioconic establishment cheap their customers for the almighty dollar. You definitely lost us as a lifetime customer . Do not go there unless you want to be ripped off!