He starts with a staff of three bakers and after one year he has fifteen bakers working full time, including his two sons. The bakery in Troy closes after Matteo's death and his family moves to Bronx, New York. A new bakery, Paul's Bake Shop on White Plains Road in the Bronx is opened by his son. The bakery closes after six years when a decision is made to move to New Jersey. A new store opens in what is now Edison, New Jersey.
Business doubles in the first few years.
An order department is opened to handle call-in orders. La Bonbonniere's Corporate Cake Club program is started. Every company gets a 6th cake free based on the average price of the previous five. La Bonbonniere Bake Shoppes is chosen by New Jersey Monthly Magazine as the 1995 Family Business of the Year. Two years later it will close because the convenience store it is located inside must close.