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Businessman rescues bakery with an offer of dough

(MCT) — There will be presents under Rose O'Carroll's Christmas tree this year.

The owner of Rose's Wheat Free Bakery and Cafe in Evanston struck an 11th-hour deal Saturday with Camping World and Good Sam CEO Marcus Lemonis to keep open the struggling confectionery. The gluten-free shop was slated to close Christmas Eve unless it raised more than $100,000, which would have resuscitated it through March.

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