In South Jersey, the Del Buono’s Bakery brand is built on bread — and an array of realistic and fanciful statues outside its headquarters.
Del Buono's Bakery on the Black Horse Pike has been in business for nearly a century. It moved from Camden to Haddon Heights in 1963 and has become a local landmark for its outdoor display of statuary, including animals, dinosaurs, fanciful characters, and people.
“Oversized and other statues like these flourished during the age of the automobile. They were unique in their ability to attract customers,” said Paul Schopp, assistant director of theWhitman, 61, bought the bakery and the statues 11 years ago from Nino Del Buono, whose dad founded the business on the 400 block of Emerald Street in South Camden in 1926. The bakery moved to Haddon Heights in 1963.“I was with a lady and we were walking in the dark to find a gas station,” he said.
Owners of miniature golf courses, boardwalk businesses, and carnivals called with offers to sell or donate statues. At the Haddon Heights headquarters, customers and visitors take photos of their kids, or themselves, in front of favorites like the pair of Blues Brothers-inspired dudes sitting on either side of the main entrance.
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