With François Payard, Marlon Abela co-founded François Peyard Bakeries, a chain of bakeries,[1] which closed in New York in 2018.[7] In 2014, Marlon Abela acquired the historical wine merchant OW Loeb.[8] In early 2018 a series of delays in payments to suppliers and deliveries to clients triggered a series of hostile press articles.[9] Abelas's company said in January 2018 "O.W.Loeb intends to honour its commitments to their clients and is in the process of doing so."[7] The company relocated to the MARC head office in Mayfair with new senior personnel, and said that Abela was "looking forward to implementing new strategies".[10]