Muddy Paws has made more than 480,000 cheesecakes over the past three decades, including on the Food Network, at the White House and for TV host Al Roker, according to the company’s website.

If you’re a regular customer at Four Muddy Paws in Edwardsville, you may not have noticed anything different during a recent visit. Behind the scenes, though, change was underway. Four Muddy Paws has ...