The fortunes of a donut shop owner changed instantly after the owner’s son’s viral photo.
The recently opened Missouri, Texas donut shop that just wasn’t getting any customers.
Then things changed on Saturday when the owner’s son, Billy By, tweeted a photo of his endearing father at the register with a tearful emoji.
“My dad is sad ’cause no one is coming to his new donut shop,” he wrote.
My dad is sad cause no one is coming to his new donut shop 😭 pic.twitter.com/y5aGB1Acrc
— billy (@hibillyby) March 9, 2019
His original post got 262,000 people talking about Billy’s Donuts, making a destination out of the spot.
It was also retweeted by celebrities with millions of followers.
Twitter’s official account shared its support.
You donut want to miss out on Billy’s and neither do we! We’ll be there tomorrow morning #LoveTwitter.”
A day later , BY revealed all his father’s dougnuts were sold out.
“Thank everyone so much! We sold out today! We appreciate all the love and support. My dad isn’t sad anymore!” By wrote on the company’s Facebook page.
Just wanted to update yall! We completely sold out of donuts and kolaches! You are all amazing. I can’t thank everyone enough for coming out and supporting local businesses. This means so much to my family ❤️ pic.twitter.com/o3GQcKvVnG
— billy (@hibillyby) March 10, 2019
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