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Mother's Cookies, OUT OF BUSINESS?!
treschicgeek
post Oct 20 2008, 10:14 PM
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(10-08) 17:21 PDT -- Mother's Cookies, an Oakland institution for 92 years, has been shuttered, its owner seeking bankruptcy protection for the company.

The ending was abrupt: Workers for the company, which shifted its baking and distribution operations to plants in Ohio and Canada in 2006, told workers Friday that operations would cease and cookies would no longer be made as of Monday.

The company cited rising prices for raw materials and fuel, and on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

The company that made Mother's cookies at the end was the Archway & Mother's Cake and Cookie Co. of Battle Creek, Mich. It was owned by Catterton Partners, a private-equity firm in Greenwich, Conn., which in 2005 purchased it from an Italian firm, Parmalat Finanziaria, which was plagued by scandals at home.


Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../BU6413DQQO.DTL

Mother's Cookies as in these ones:



Man! These were the cookies of my childhood! & now, they're totally gone from the grocery stores. Everyone stocked up. I just found out today sad.gif

Friggin economy stubborn.gif

Yeah, I know this is random & probably should belong in the Food section, but felt it would be looked at if it was here.

And who else is bummed about this?
 
 
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manny-the-dino
post Oct 21 2008, 12:25 PM
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I didn't know what cookies you were talking about at first but after I saw the picture, I recognized them.

Omg no. sad.gif I liked the circus animal ones too.
 
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post Oct 21 2008, 03:02 PM
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QUOTE(manny-the-dino @ Oct 21 2008, 10:25 AM) *
I didn't know what cookies you were talking about at first but after I saw the picture, I recognized them.

Omg no. sad.gif I liked the circus animal ones too.

It shows...
 
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post Oct 21 2008, 03:07 PM
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QUOTE(Spencer @ Oct 21 2008, 01:02 PM) *
It shows...

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