‘Why do people think this is okay?’: Manchester cake shop sprayed with graffiti as owners share upset

The shutters of a cake shop in the city centre was daubed with graffiti earlier this week with the owners saying it has cost them ‘good money’ to fix.

Loaf MCR, on Oxford Street, posted on social media on Monday morning (December 4) to say that their shutters had been graffitied. The act of vandalism also ended up causing damage to a window mural painted by Lobster House Studios.

The cake shop is currently handing out Willy Wonka-style golden tickets to customers offering a handful of prizes, like Jason Manford tickets and hotel stays. The window mural paid homage to this campaign depicting drawings of candy and sweets.

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Posting on Instagram, the owners of Loaf MCR wrote: “Walked in this morning to find someone has graffitied our shutters (again) and it’s transferred through to another beautiful window designed and hand painted by @lobsterhousestudios.

“It costs us good money to get this work done and due to the nature of the work, it’s not easy for us to fix or replace either! She’s heavily pregnant and has finished for the season, so there’s no way we can fix the mess they’ve caused properly.

“We’re lucky it’s not destroyed the whole thing but the principle stands! Why do people think it’s okay to do this in the dead of the night on commercial property, especially in a very public space?

“Independent businesses try their best at Christmas to make most of the busy season before we hit January, which is the most challenging of the year.”

Loaf MCR, which also has a base at Affinity Living Riverside in