Makiki Bake Shop owner opts to close for ohana's sake

By Lee Cataluna

~~<p>On Saturday mornings, Burt Fujii drives a delivery truck from Honolulu to Pearl City, out to Waipio, Mililani and Wahiawa, then to Haleiwa, back around to Ewa, up to Makakilo and around to Nanakuli. It's a route that takes him five hours to complete. For the past 14 years, it's been a manageable task, even though Fujii's full-time job is as an agent at Business Insurance Services on Piikoi Street. When he bought Makiki Bake Shop in August 1997, he took on the role of pop in the old mom-and-pop business, and if that meant he never got a day off, that was OK.</p>
<p>But now his own parents need him, and Fujii has made the difficult choice to close the bake shop.</p>
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On Saturday mornings, Burt Fujii drives a delivery truck from Honolulu to Pearl City, out to Waipio, Mililani and Wahiawa, then to Haleiwa, back around to Ewa, up to Makakilo and around to Nanakuli. It's a route that takes him five hours to complete. For the past 14 years, it's been a manageable task, even though Fujii's full-time job is as an agent at Business Insurance Services on Piikoi Street. When he bought Makiki Bake Shop in August 1997, he took on the role of pop in the old mom-and-pop business, and if that meant he never got a day off, that was OK.