mother 's cookies is a brand that originally had a bakery based in oakland , california , that operated from 1914 to 2008 .

a sister company , archway cookies of battle creek , michigan , was founded in 1936 .

both mother 's cookies and archway declared bankruptcy in 2008 .

at its height , the company distributed cookies throughout the united states , and was one of the leading cookie makers in the country .

the kellogg company acquired the mother 's cookies trademark and recipes in december 2008 and brought the brand back to west coast grocery store shelves on may 14 , 2009 .

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kellogg plans to reintroduce many of mother ' s cookies most popular cookies . mother ' s cookies brands include iced animal crackers , sandwich cookies and wire cut cookies .
kellogg company plans on reintroducing many of mother ' s cookies back into stores on the west coast by june , 2009 . while we may not have all varieties of mother ' s cookies available at that time , we are working on some of your favorites like mother ' s circus animals , mother ' s iced oatmeal cookies , mother ' s parade animal cookies , mother ' s chocolate chip , mother ' s coconut cocadas , mother ' s macaroons , mother ' s taffy sandwich cookies , mother ' s english tea cookies , mother ' s double fudge sandwich cookies , mother ' s vanilla crème sandwich cookies , and mother ' s iced lemon cookies .
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kellogg ' s eventually bought the assets of mother ' s , and mother ' s cookies returned to store shelves in 2009 .
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2002 - mother ' s ® cookies bakes more than 17 million cookies a day to keep up with demand .
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from mother ' s ® cookies ' humble beginnings on a street corner cart to the introduction of original circus animal ® cookies , today ' s comeback would not be possible without mother ' s ® cookies ' many loyal fans . here are some memorable mother ' s ® cookies milestones from the last 95 years :
1983 - mother ' s ® cookies moves to the big screen in the movie scarface .
thank you for the recipe . i’m going to miss mother’s cookies ( sob sob ) .
there are 140 calories in a 1 pouch serving of mother ' s circus animal cookies .
double batch of love found at mother ' s cookies . . . part 1 - oakland momma
for more information and to help spread the word about mother ' s ® cookies return , visit urltoken .
dennis pfeifer , who distributed mother ' s cookies in california , said quality controls slipped as the company faltered .
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kellogg company acquiring trademarks and recipes of mother ' s cake & cookie co .
mother ' s cookies was founded in oakland in 1914 . the plant in east oakland shut down suddenly in 2008 . 1
old mother ' s cookies lofts is a 21 - unit live / work loft building which formerly housed the mother’s cookies bakery and warehouse . its units are open and expansive with industrial brick , steel and wood features incorporated throughout the entire building .
mothers4 / c / 27feb98 / bu / lc evelia leyva , a packer at mother ' s cookies for four years , puts taffy cookies in their proper place . about 25 - 30 percent of mother ' s cookies are hand - packed . ( chronicle photo by lara cerri ) less
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mothers4 / c / 27feb98 / bu / lc evelia leyva , a packer at mother ' s cookies for four years , puts taffy cookies in their proper place . about 25 - 30 percent of mother ' s cookies are hand - packed . ( chronicle photo by lara . . . more
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mother’s started making the cookies again a year or so ago . so you’re lucky you missed out on that period where there were no circus animal cookies to be had !
i have been so engrossed in mother’s cookies for the past several weeks , it sparked my interest in trying my hand at a bit of mother’s inspired baking . so tomorrow i hope to bring you a second valentine’s day smile in the form of iced oatmeal cookies and circus animals…because cookies never hurt anyone did they ? certainly not leopoldine…
since 1914 , mother’s ® cookies has been the true original . relive your childhood with one of these 9 memorable varieties . there’s a memory in every bite™ .
many of you have been asking about the future of mother ' s cookies , so we contacted kellogg ' s with your questions . in our inbox from a kellogg ' s spokesperson today :
1952 - mother ' s ® cookies launches a unique promotion involving baseball player cards inserted in packages of cookies and continues to give them away as promotions at games until 1998 .
mother ' s cookies , an oakland institution for 92 years , has been shuttered , its owner seeking bankruptcy protection for the company .
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photo credits : featured image – 1980’s mother’s cookie logo , allen via flickr mother’s cookie lofts picture : adrienne schell early photo in front of 1st mother’s cookie storefront , early picture of mother’s cookie factory on 81st street , and picture of mique & floyd wheatley : 40 years of progress for mother’s cookie bakery , published by clissold publishing co , copyright 1954 more recent image of mother’s cookie factory in 2006 : russell mondy via flickr picture of leopoldine wheatley with her grandchildren as well as on the couch supplied by diana cuttrell . picture of leopoldine wheatley & old knudsen supplied by diana cuttrell
mother’s ® cookies are currently available in arizona , california , colorado , idaho , iowa , kansas , missouri , montana , nebraska , nevada , new mexico , oregon , texas , utah and washington . if your local store doesn’t carry mother’s ® cookies , just order them now online !
sources : mother’s milestones : urltoken omc lofts history page noah wheatley thread on urltoken information supplied via diana cuttrell , granddaughter of noah & leopoldine wheatley , including section of transcript of interview done by leopoldina’s great granddaughter , laura . 40 years of progress for mother’s cookie bakery , published by clissold publishing co , copyright 1954 mother’s cookie publication honoring mother’s first lady , march 22 , 1977 ( believed to have been printed in the oakland tribune )
normally we love mother ' s cookies . these oatmeal ones are usually crunchy and bite size . this bag however the cookies were not crunchy - not so good . normally i would give these cookies a great review because they are normally great .
i cannot believe mother’s cookies closed down . i love those cookies ( even though they are sooo not healthy ) . your cookies are really cute ! if i cannot find them in the store , i think i’ll buy premade animal crackers and frost them .
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kellogg company acquiring trademarks and recipes of mother ' s cake & cookie co . - dec 03 , 2008
battle creek , mich . , may 5 / prnewswire / - - crestfallen cookie lovers once again can enjoy the sweet symbols of so many fond memories . mother ' s ® cookies , the long - time family favorite , are making a comeback . with the same great taste fans remember , mother ' s ® cookies made their highly anticipated return to store shelves in the western region of the united states starting on may 4 - just in time for the 95th anniversary of mother ' s day as well as the mother ' s ® brand .
what ? ! i had not heard this - i loved mother’s cookies . it was hard enough when they got rid of the dinosaur cookies…i was a big fan of circus animals , macaroons , and the taffy ones .
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the end of an era has come and we must bear up as best we can in hopes that someone , somewhere , will resurrect the cookies , perhaps under another name . surely , we cannot live without mother’s cookies !
keebler makes these cookies and i see them on the shelf in super walmart . do you think they are the same thing , i live in ny , sounds like most are from out west that are calling these mother’s cookies ?
mother ' s cookies ' brands are a complementary fit to our existing cookie portfolio ,
said david mackay , president and chief executive officer , kellogg company .
we will use our brand - building and innovation expertise , our understanding of the cookie category as well as our existing distribution infrastructure to grow the mother ' s cookies business .
we had just checked every store for mother’s cookies… . special traditional christmas gifts for our children . alas , we found none . so , i went to the internet and found that mother’s has gone under . say it isn’t so ! our 4 children ( aged 39 to 45 ) do not know yet and we are wondering how to break the news to them . this is terrible news ! we are glad to get the recipe for the animal cookies but wonder if we can also get a recipe for mother’s taffy cookies ?
does anyone know if flour was an ingredient in mother’s coconut macaroon cookies ? my hubby and i are arguing . he says there was , i say there isnt , anyone know ?
keith roberts , the director of finance for the archway & mother ' s cookie company , said he found accounting irregularities .
catterton renamed the business the archway & mother’s cookie company and put a senior adviser and three of its partners on archway’s board . it also installed keith lively , a managing partner at insight , as archway’s chief executive .
i’m very confused by reading this post , and curious as to what happened with the mother’s cookies company . i was sitting here in 2012 enjoying a few circus animals with my evening coffee , when , as a baker , i wondered if i could make something similar myself , but healthier and cheaper . reading all of these comments from 2008 about stocking up on cookies as i eat my fresh cookies from a bag that says “mother’s cookies the original” four years later is more than a little confusing .
mother ' s was founded 92 years ago in oakland by a former newspaper peddler who parlayed a cookie recipe into a company .
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omc lofts was converted from the original mother’s cookies factory , a local oakland business widely known for its desserts and snacks . in 1922 , mother’s cookies purchased the property and constructed several buildings from 1922 to 1949 that served as the corporate office , warehouse and bakery . many of the original factory features such as the original cookie ovens , weight scales and delivery doors have been carefully preserved .
“during the time i was at mother’s , we were bought and sold by a number of companies . somebody would buy us , suck out all the profits and sell us to someone else , ” said mark s . zinzer , who began working at a mother’s distribution center in portland , ore . , in 1995 .
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about 230 employees of mother ' s cookies found out friday that their jobs were crumbling when company officials announced that baking and distribution now done in oakland was being shifted to plants in canada and ohio .
i’ve never had mother’s circus animal cookies before , but i remember teaching preschoolers back in college and giving the gingerbread men cookies to them as snacks . it was surely a great memory . your version looks wonderful and cute , just how i’d imagine they would be like !
[ … ] of eating mother’s circus animal cookies as a kid then you will be happy to see this recipe for vanilla sugar animal cookies with royal icing from dessert first . while nothing will quite take the place of that special taste from the past , [ … ]
from our humble beginnings on a street corner nearly 100 years ago , to the introduction of our newest varieties , mother’s ® cookies is the true original . take a look at some of our memorable milestones .
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i had no idea mother’s was no more — now i’m going to have to go looking for these , if i can still find them .
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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 .
catterton said in a statement it
took a number of actions to remedy
the company ' s financial crisis ,
but these actions were not sufficient to overcome the losses and return mother ' s cake & cookie co . and archway cookies llc to profitability .
parmalat ' s north american dairy businesses include the sunnydale plant in brooklyn , one of the largest fluid milk plants in the usa , plus five other locations in alabama , georgia , michigan and new jersey . the company also owns a u . s . - based bakery group that includes cookies sold under the archway , mother ' s and mrs . alison ' s names .
mother ' s later had a series of corporate owners : a belgian company , artal b . v . , bought it in 1991 ; it was owned by specialty foods corp . of illinois in the late 1990s ; in 2000 , specialty sold mother ' s and archway cookies to parmalat , which in turn sold the combined business to catterton for an undisclosed sum .
many suppliers and customers are quietly scouting alternatives in case parmalat ' s u . s . operations falter .
under catterton ' s ownership , archway and mother ' s has consolidated , closing plants in du quoin , ill . , and plant city , fla . , in 2005 before announcing the oakland shutdown .
the mother ' s cookie brands will be managed as part of kellogg ' s snacks business unit , whose cookie brands include chips deluxe® , fudge shoppe® , sandies® and murray® sugar free , among others .
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since 1914 , mother ' s ® cookies have been delighting generations with favorites like the pink and white sprinkled circus animal ® cookies and the rich , creme - filled taffy ® sandwich cookies . when the iconic brand ceased production in late 2008 , cookie lovers lost not only a delicious snack , but a closely held family tradition . in december 2008 , kellogg company acquired the trademarks and original recipes , ensuring that the cookies will continue .
after catterton took over , archway began ratcheting back spending on in - store promotions , which distributors contended made their cookies less competitive in stores . catterton also abruptly shut a bakery and distribution plant in oakland , calif . , which had made mother’s cookies for several decades . operations were shifted elsewhere .
in 2000 , specialty sold mother ' s and another brand , archway cookies , to the italian firm parmalat finanziaria , for a reported $ 250 million . in 2005 , parmalat , plagued by scandals at home , sold what is now called archway & mother ' s cookie co . to catterton partners , a private equity firm in greenwich , conn . , for an undisclosed sum .
people were crying , people were in pain ,
said gabriel villarreal , 51 , who has worked at mother ' s cookies for 25 years . he earns about $ 18 an hour plus benefits as a union baker .
for those of you that live near a 99 cent store… they appear to hve purchased all the over stock of mothers cookies . i was there this morning and they have taffy cookies and animal cookies . just thought i would share
in 2006 , mother ' s cake & cookie co . was uprooted from its plant on 81st avenue in oakland and relocated . about 230 employees lost their jobs .
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in a statement , west called the closure
a challenging decision . . . to further establish and ensure
the future of the archway and mother ' s brands .
he said the announcement came without warning when managers called an all - hands meeting at the mother ' s cookie plant on 81st avenue at the end of the workday friday . villarreal said the closure was announced by paul west , vice president of manufacturing for archway & mother ' s cookie co . , which is headquartered in battle creek , mich .
have you tried any new recipes to try to match the mother’s flavor ? i saw this blog post and she says they taste the same . i’d love to see the cookies made and decorated by you , as you seemed to have mastered the look ! urltoken
. . . . just buying three bags ! these cookies are so dang good . i couldn ' t stop eating them . the next thing i know the bag was over half way gone . these cookies are the closest thing to archway iced oatmeal cookies . taste wise they are nearly identical . i just wish the mothers cookies were a bit more crispy ( that ' s my only complaint ) . these cookies are so delicious they should be against the law . somebody call 911 .
according to industry lore , newspaper vendor n . m . wheatley started mother ' s cookies in 1914 as a one - person shop . it expanded and moved into its present location in 1949 . by 1991 , the mother ' s brand , though still baked in oakland , had passed to the ownership of a belgian company , artal b . v . by the late 1990s , it was owned by specialty foods corp . of illinois .
also , i have to say that looks wise , your cookies look indistinguishable from the real thing — great job . in fact , i’m not even positive which are the mother’s cookies and which are yours . i’m sorry to hear ( though not surprised , given the industrialized processes and unpronounceable ingredients ) that you’re not able to replicate them taste wise ( was it the texture ? did the cookies not ‘crunch’ the same way ? ) .
so , with this post i bid adieu to mother ' s cookies , to english tea and iced oatmeal and striped shortbread and circus animal cookies . thanks for making my childhood a little sweeter , and for being a stepping stone on my path to making my own baked goods . you ' ll always have a special place on my kitchen shelf .
but some former employees and distributors , noting that archway and mother’s had survived tough economic times before , don’t accept that explanation . they say the company was simply mismanaged into extinction .
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i know what you mean about nostalgia . i still think about the bakery cookies from the town where i grew up . can’t drive by there without wanting to grab some cookies !
one of my best memories as a child 60 years ago . these cookies have a buttery flavor with a soft frosting outside and crispy cookie inside . the original mothers cookie company went out of business , after 92 years , but fortunately kellogg ' s began producing the animal cookies again . these animal cookies and oreo cookies are classics that should never go out of production . obviously i recommend these cookie to satisfy that sweet tooth .
and parmalat ' s u . s . suppliers , customers and employees wonder whether the firm will be able to maintain its foreign assets .
i definitely feel the void…they are a part of my childhood . very shocking 🙁 the animal cookies and the taffy cookies were my favorites . i’ll have to give your version a try !
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emojis you could eat ! come to think of it , it ' s suprising nabisco hasn ' t rebranded and relaunched these cookies as
coojis
or something .
i never experienced mother’s until moving to ca seven years ago . needless to say , i was both shocked and pleased to see the halloween version at target here in ma this past weekend . 🙂
love these cookies great to take to work or school my favorite since i was a kid .
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sitting in his office late one evening in april last year , keith roberts , the director of finance for the archway & mother’s cookie company , stared in shocked silence at the numbers on his desk .
catterton’s spokeswoman said it was members of insight’s team who were “installed in positions of substantial operating responsibility” at archway . catterton has also argued in court filings that archway’s operations were impossible to sustain in a deteriorating economic environment .
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still others noticed odd quality - control problems emerging . some distributors said they saw a significant increase in the numbers of cookies they received where the package hadn’t been sealed correctly , leaving vendors unable to sell them . “one of my last loads , i got a pallet of taffy cookies and they were all open . unsealed , ” said dennis pfeifer , who had a mother’s route in northern california and oregon .
catterton , a private - equity firm with a track record of buying and fixing up consumer products companies , didn’t disclose what it paid for archway and mother’s , but it was clearly fired up over the deal . “archway and mother’s are household names with strong regional brand awareness that offer great potential for continued expansion , ” j . michael chu , a catterton managing partner , said in a press release announcing the deal .
i also love mothers taffy cookies , my father - in - law found this cookies in texas about a month ago and brought me some . i will find out where he got them and follow up
i will miss the cookies , too . i went out and bought what i could find , but unfortunately , it was only 3 bags . your cookies look just like the real thing , though !
say it isn’t so ! i haven’t had mother’s circus cookies in years but i loved them as a child and never imagined they would disappear one day . it’s sad to know i missed my last chance to bite the head off a lion or tiger and experience the satisfying crunch when sweeter - than - sweet icing gave way to the plain vanilla cookie beneath . still , i bet yours are better . homemade cookies always trump store - bought . besides , those are the cutest cookie cutters .
circa 1915 - wheatley trades in his corner stand and relocates to a small , one - person operation on 12th avenue in oakland , calif . where he bakes about 2 , 000 cookies each day and night . his cookies sold for $ 1 a box , and his vanilla cookies were an overnight hit .
archway then began providing fresh cookies to elite . but , according to mr . roberts , archway never properly accounted for the $ 200 , 000 to $ 400 , 000 in stale cookies that elite returned .
archway ' s origins date to 1936 , when the husband and wife team of harold and ruth swanson began baking soft oatmeal cookies and doughnuts in their garage in battle creek , michigan . in the company ' s early days the cookies were distributed only locally , packaged from the start in clear wrappers that helped stimulate both appetites and sales . during world war ii , with baking ingredients in short supply , the swansons decided to concentrate exclusively on cookies . swanson home style cookies , as they were known , grew into a line of 15 different varieties by the late 1940s .
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however , u . s . - based insurance firms , mutual funds , retirement plans and other u . s . institutional investors hold roughly two - thirds of parmalat ' s $ 10 billion bond debt , said evan flaschen , a bingham mccutchen partner who represents one of the embattled firm ' s largest creditor groups .
in the late 1980s , as americans grew increasingly health - conscious , archway responded to concerns about saturated fat by removing the ingredient from all of the company ' s products . studies showing that oat bran was an especially beneficial dietary fiber were also published around this time , and sales of archway ' s oatmeal cookies grew as a result . in 1988 the company ' s date - oatmeal cookies were lauded as the most healthful cookies on the market by a consumer watchdog organization , and four other archway varieties finished near the top of the ranking of 250 cookie brands .
a former employee inside the headquarters , who declined to be identified because of continuing litigation , said that as the company’s troubles worsened , the company began using less expensive ingredients in its cookies .
the bakery now produces lance cookies that are sold to big chains like target and wal - mart . but production of archway cookies is scheduled to resume soon . lance has told the employees that it hopes to have the plant fully operational by the end of 2009 - - that is , five lines of cookies being produced simultaneously .
i bought a bag of the mother ' s iced oatmeal mini cookies for our teenage son . the majority of time the cookies have raisins in them which he does not like . the results are in - he loves these cookies . he said they have a perfect taste with not too much sugar . he said they are not the soft chewy kind and are not hard , kind of in the middle . he would prefer a slightly harder oatmeal cookie . but i like them the way they are . perfect for snacking with coffee and love the smaller size .
archway cookies meets increased product demand ,
industrial engineering , september 1 , 1992 , p . 18 .
oh , they really are the cutest cookies… . i am sure they are delicious as well . cheers , elra
5451 w . dickman road battle creek , michigan 49015 u . s . a .
the company ' s assurances haven ' t eased the concerns of its u . s . suppliers and customers , or the workers whose livelihoods are intertwined with the firm .
in 1995 archway entered into an agreement with the battle creek - based kellogg company to use kellogg ' s all - bran cereal in a line of low - fat cookies . this represented the first time kellogg ' s would allow another company to market a co - branded product . the new cookies were a success , and propelled archway for the first time into the number three spot in u . s . cookie sales , though it slipped back to number four after a time .
many of you have already heard that the venerable mother ' s cookies has closed down . i found out about this last week just as i was leaving for a trip ; therefore i spent much of the weekend mourning the end of this beloved institution and wondering if all the circus animal cookies would be gone from the stores by the time i returned . judging from the many articles written urging cookie fans to stock up on their favorites , not an unfounded fear .
key to the company ' s success was the quality of its soft - baked cookies . these were much less common in the cookie market , but at the same time were perceived to be closer to homemade than other cookies . soft - baked cookies had higher moisture content than ones that were dry and relatively hard , and thus had a much shorter shelf life . to compensate for this , the company developed a system of baking cookies only after orders for them were received , allowing it to keep store stocks fresh and minimize waste . archway ' s goal was for stores to sell half of the cookies on display each week , ensuring that the vast majority would be purchased well before the six - week
sell - by
date was reached .
and archway’s collapse is a reminder of the apparent lengths to which some of the nation’s biggest banks went to do deals with private - equity firms during the recent buyout boom .
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besides putting 230 of the oakland plant’s employees out of work , the closure had another negative effect . it lengthened the time between when the cookies were baked and when they hit store shelves around the country .
cookies that taste so homemade , you can almost taste the recipe ,
the slogan proclaimed . mmm… recipes . nabisco churned out an entire line of these chewy cookies at the peak of the soft - cookie era , the 1980s .
catterton’s spokeswoman also pointed to the company’s strong track record . “archway notwithstanding , catterton has helped to capitalize and grow nearly 75 successful consumer companies in its 20 - year history . ”
would definetly buy this product again ! great price for lots of cookies for only $ 2 . 00 . and good flavor
example 1 : murdoch childrens research institute in australia wanted to thank mothers for helping keeping kids healthy and safe by pampering them for mother’s day by drawing the prize of a two night stay in a hotel , flight costs included . to enter the contest to give their mother the big prize , the children had to tell in 25 words or less why their mum or a special woman in their life deserved to be pampered .
my great - grandmother always filled her cookie jar with those wonderful pink animal cookies when we came to visit . i have a very special place in my heart for those visits and those sweet treats . your cookies look just like the real thing !
i am very distraught over the demise of the mother’s cookies institution . i just returned from san francisco feverishly searching the safeways for my favorite chocolate chip angel shortbread square delight . to my dismay none was found . i grew up on these for goodness sake ! if there is any cookie manufacturer who can recreate exactly the angel i would be in heaven on earth ! ! ! ! !
archway cookies , kellogg co - brand low - fat cookie ,
food & drink daily , may 9 , 1995 .
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so why , if my blog is dedicated to the best of all that is sweet , and to the joys of baking at home , would i be so distraught over the end of a commercial cookie manufacturer ? chalk it up to the power of nostalgia . going to the grocery store with my mother when i was young , the cookie aisle was always my favorite ( does it surprise no one here that i ' ve always had a sweet tooth ? ) when we went down the aisle lined with cookies , crackers , and cakes , i would always scan eagerly over the offerings , wondering if this time my mother would relent and buy us a treat . of all the different brands , mother ' s cookies always stood out , with their striped purple and red packaging and the icon showing a happy mom in the corner . the products also seemed seemed so much more distinctive and interesting than the rest : the striped shortbread , the chocolate chip angels , and , of course , the circus animal cookies .
i am a cookie lover , mother’s cookies my favorite factory made cookie . once i found a cookie by them called zoo animals , loved , loved them , i will so miss their cookies . . many of the good quality food items i liked seem to be vanishing . . a good cookie is hard to find . . thanks for the animal cookie recipe . . another cookie i love is mrs . fields toffee cookie , unusual and the company does not send them out . . they have to be made right at the little store…
the company was founded in 1914 when woodrow wilson decreed that mother ' s day would be a national holiday in the us . noah m . wheatley started with a recipe he purchased from a customer and a corner stand . a year later , he started a one - person operation on 12th avenue where he baked about 2 , 000 cookies a day . 2 the factory building is now a series of lofts .
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thanks lisa ! i haven’t used the candy melts but it’s possible . update us with the results !
battle creek , mich . , dec . 3 / prnewswire / - - kellogg company today announced that it is acquiring the trademarks and recipes of mother ' s cake & cookie co . , a regional brand with a loyal consumer following in the western u . s . kellogg did not purchase any other assets of the company . the closing is expected to be finalized on december 4 .
mr . zinzer is more blunt : “our cookies turned to crap . they were nowhere near as good as they used to be . ”
do you remember kookaburras , pixies and juliettes ? these are a few of the 7 discontinued girl scout cookies we want to come back .
when i opened the bags of cookies they were moist , as if they had been refrigerated and then became wet when in the heat in the box where they were packaged . the frosting on every cookie was smeared and the sprinkles were not many on each cookie . i was extremely disappointed in my purchase of the cookies . i had planned on placing one cookie on each of my 50 cupcakes that i was making for a baby shower . i purchased 4 bags of cookies and i had to open all 4 bags and sort through all of the cookies to pick out the best ones to place on my cupcakes . the cookies looked terrible . i will not purchase these again in the future and will be talking to others about my horrible experience . also , online should state how many cookies are in each bag , i would not have had to purchase 4 bags for 50 cupcakes , but glad i did so that i had more cookies to select from since 75 % of them were not distinguishable , you could not tell what animal it was because the frosting on the cookies were smeared on them .
unfortunately , mique passed away in 1955 and his son floyd took over the company . leopoldine continued to be heavily involved in mother’s cookies . prior to her husband’s death she served as director , and later as treasurer . from 1951 - 1971 , she was chairman of the board of directors . eventually she held the title of director , emeritus . as her duties with the company wound down , and she enjoyed time at her beloved home and with her several grandchildren , her door was open to an unexpected 2nd chance at love .
it was probably for the best that i didn ' t get to gorge on these cookies , and for that i thank my mom . it also kept these cookies in the realm of special treat , so even after i grew older and went shopping on my own , i would always look on these cookies fondly . i like to think these cookies played a role in developing my interest in baking : after all , they were so prettily decorated , so my liking them must have indicated that i wanted to make things as equally eye - catching and tasty .
well , i ' m keeping my eyes open for any remaining bags , but i guess the rampant nostalgia that overcame me upon hearing of mother ' s demise made it impossible to resist enjoying these cookies one more time . besides , i needed to open the bag so i could take some pictures of the little frosted animals in all their pink and white glory – so at that point not eating a few would have been unfathomable .
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1914 - n . m . ( noah ) wheatley runs a newspaper stand on the corner of san francisco ' s market and kearney streets and decides to purchase the rights to a recipe of some home - baked cookies from one of his customers .
estimated employees : 3 , 100 milk plants : dasi products . decatur , ala . facility makes ice cream mix and processes extended - shelf - life milk . new atlanta dairies . atlanta . large bottling plant . parmalat / white knight . grand rapids , mich . facility puts milk in brick packs . farmland dairies . wallington , n . j . ultra - high - temperature processing plant . welsh farms . west caldwell , n . j . frozen dessert facility . sunnydale farms . brooklyn , n . y . one of the largest fluid - milk facilities in the nation . bakery : archway cookies . battle creek , mich . , and ashland , ohio . the plants make parmalat the third - largest cookie maker in the country , after nabisco and keebler . the facilities make archway cookies , mother ' s label original circus animal cookies and numerous private - label cookies .
as the scandal unfolds , parmalat says its 3 , 100 - employee u . s . division is operating normally and is not currently for sale . meanwhile , the u . s . financial exposure runs into the billions , with insurance companies and other institutional investors holding more than 60 % of parmalat ' s estimated $ 10 billion bond debt . the toll is likely to rise as other u . s . investors report losses .
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yours turned out great . the icing is just too hard on these cookies , but you’ve got the look . oh how i will miss those .
leading u . s . banks such as bank of america and citigroup have been snarled in the unfolding investigation .
catterton , insight , archway’s board and a number of former executives are defendants in the suit . catterton , the court documents say , prolonged the alleged fraud so it could try to refinance archway’s debt or sell the company .
cerberus had its own auditors examining archway’s books . cerberus and its financing company declined to comment for this article .
over the next several years archway also rolled out a line of fat - free cookies , as a wave of studies that exposed the harmful effects of fat in the diet were published . annual sales , which were not disclosed by the privately held company , reached an estimated $ 68 million in 1993 , and grew an astounding 138 percent the following year with the success of archway ' s fat - free cookies .
thousands of dairy farms and co - ops supply milk to parmalat ' s six u . s . bottling , frozen dessert and processing plants . dairy field , a publication that tracks the industry , estimates that the plants as of 2002 made parmalat the nation ' s 25th - largest dairy processor , with estimated sales of $ 625 million .
example : everything kitchens , a kitchenware and appliances supplier in the us , organized a giveaway of a kitchenaid stand mixer for mother’s day with a simple sweepstakes with registration but they combined it with a discount coupon on the thank you page for all participants upon registration as a surprise since it wasn’t announced in the sweepstakes .
in late august , about three weeks after mr . roberts’s resignation , as archway neared the completion of its ernst & young audit , mr . pechawer said he told one of the auditing managers about his concerns about archway’s accounting .
your animal crackers look amazing . it’s funny i am not sure if the brand of these cookies is the same here in the north east . i have had them on one occassion . loved them , too much and thought i better not have these around . but seeing your post and your beautiful cookies makes me think i need to make these for my kids . thank you . it was a sweet and wonderfully written post .
omg , i had the exact same experience with these cookies growing up — i could have written this entry , from my mother refusing to buy them due to how unhealthy she felt they were to me still thinking of them fondly whenever i see them ( the temptation to buy them now that i’m grown always there ) , despite being a fan of homebaked goods .
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“normally i would have $ 4 , 000 of product physically sitting in my truck , but they were charging me for $ 14 , 000 worth of cookies . cookies that didn’t exist , ” mr . gallagher said . “they went from doing this at the end of the quarter to doing it every six weeks . ”
it ' s a profitable though taxing job , made more tiring since last month ' s explosion of a financial scandal at its parent company an ocean away . authorities estimate as much as $ 10 billion is missing from the accounts of parmalat , the italian dairy giant best known for its long - shelf - life milk and familiar around the world as a producer of frozen desserts , juices and cookies .
archway cookies , inc . is one of the top cookie makers in the united states . the company ' s biggest sellers are variations on its original oatmeal cookie , which together account for more than 40 percent of sales . archway ' s line of over 60 varieties also includes fat - free , low - fat , and sugar - free types , as well as holiday cookies sold at the end of the year . the company makes soft - baked cookies , which have a shorter shelf life than the
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brands and are generally preferred by consumers over the age of 50 . in the late 1940s the company began selling baking franchises in order to expand nationwide , but it bought most of them back in the 1960s . by the late 1990s only four franchise bakers were left , with two company - owned bakeries supplying the bulk of the country . in 1998 archway was purchased by specialty foods corporation , which also owned california - based mother ' s cake & cookie . the combined companies made specialty foods the number - three cookie maker in the country .
during his review , mr . roberts said , he also uncovered a large , $ 1 . 2 million order from a new warehousing customer , elite logistics , which occurred on the last day of archway’s fiscal year in 2007 . elite was supposed to distribute the cookies to the independent producers that would have normally been supplied directly by archway . but distributors didn’t order quickly enough and the cookies at elite began to go bad , court documents said .
tuesday , lawyers representing citigroup met with an italian prosecutor who is investigating the company ' s bond sales , reuters reported .
the story of mother’s cookies began in 1914 , with a young man named noah mique wheatley , an orphan from england who wound up working on a farm in canada at the age of 14 , much like an indentured servant . noah , who preferred to go by his middle name of mique , ran away at the age of 16 , with only a 6th grade education . he made his way to san francisco , where he worked hard as a newspaper vendor on the corner of market and kearny streets .


gowling wlg is a multinational law firm formed by the merger of canada-based gowlings and uk-based wragge lawrence graham & co in february 2016 , in the first multinational law firm merger co-led by a canadian firm .

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gowling wlg ( canada ) llp and gowling wlg ( uk ) llp are members of gowling wlg international limited , a company limited by guarantee registered in england . gowling wlg is the name and brand under which the members of gowling wlg international limited and their respective affiliates provide services around the world . however , gowling wlg ( canada ) llp and gowling wlg ( uk ) llp operate and carry on business as independent and autonomous entities . they are not one international partnership and the members of gowling wlg international limited are not legal partners with each other . gowling wlg international limited does not provide legal or other services to clients . rather , its purpose is to act as a coordinating entity for its members . our structure is explained in more detail on our legal information page .
gowling wlg is an international law firm comprising the members of gowling wlg international limited , an english company limited by guarantee , and their respective affiliates . each member and affiliate is an autonomous and independent entity .
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forming wlg was the first step towards creating a new international law firm . as a founding member of gowling wlg , the firm offers clients increased international capability , connections and coverage .
gowling wlg head of international projects quentin poole ( pictured ) , said the firms took their time after the new year to ensure everything was in the right place , with t’s crossed and i’s dotted for the over 1 , 400 head gowling wlg venture .
the 19 - strong london private client team from gowling wlg has today joined leading private client and real estate law firm forsters llp .
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gowling wlg is a new international law firm created by the combination of gowlings , a leading canadian law firm , and wragge lawrence graham & co ( wlg ) , a leading uk - based international law firm .
sector know - how ambitious for their clients’ success , gowling wlg provides commercial , sectorspecific advice based on an in - depth understanding of clients’ businesses .
in addition to the above office locations , gowling wlg offers clients access to specialised experience and expertise in countries around the globe . learn more at urltoken .
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gowling wlg has posted revenue of £390 . 1m in the firm’s first combined financial results since the union of wragge lawrence graham & co and canada’s gowlings .
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gowling wlg , a new international law firm created by the combination of gowlings , a leading canadian law firm , and wragge lawrence graham & amp ; co ( wlg ) , a leading uk - based international law firm , launched today .
in this month’s member profile we featured gowling wlg , a well respected law firm in the region of waterloo with legal roots in the area dating back to 1887 . with a staff of 115 , including 43 lawyers , gowling wlg’s office in waterloo region services clients across southwestern ontario and beyond . consisting of specialists in all [ … ]
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gowling wlg international limited has a six - member international board comprising three members from each of the founding firms , gowlings and wragge lawrence graham & co . those members are :
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gowling wlg represents a natural evolution for its founding firms - gowlings and wragge lawrence graham & co - who , throughout their histories , have continually adapted to better serve their clients ' needs .
as an international , sector - focused law firm with more than 1 , 400 legal professionals in 18 cities around the world , gowling wlg is here to help you overcome your complex business challenges .
gowling wlg is an international law firm built on the belief that the best way to serve you is to be in tune with your world , aligned with your opportunity and ambitious for your success .
albeit one month later than expected , the 622 - partner law firm now called gowling wlg boasts 18 cities across canada , europe , the middle east and asia , but there are already plans for more growth .
each gowling wlg member and its respective affiliates provide legal services in particular jurisdictions , and each of them is subject to the laws and professional regulations of the particular country or countries in which it has established offices .
many gowling wlg people have worked in the industries they now advise , giving them specialist insight . they recognise the pressures clients face , the changes in their marketplace and the risk , as well as opportunities , which present themselves .
it ' s an exciting time for us at gowling wlg , and this is only just the beginning ,
said lukasiewicz .
our vision is for gowling wlg to be one of the top sector - focused law firms in the world - and we plan on adding like - minded firms to our combination in the near future in order to grow and enhance our practice in the sectors , services and geographic regions where our clients need us to be .
with roots tracing back to 1887 , gowlings - now gowling wlg ( canada ) llp - has grown to become one of the largest and most respected law firms in canada , with a reputation for innovation in client - focused service delivery .
wragge lawrence graham & co ( wlg ) was formed by the merger of wragge & co and lawrence graham in may 2014 .
gowling wlg is world law group’s representative law firm in england and wales , connecting clients with more than 15 , 000 lawyers globally . the firm also works with a global network of trusted independent firms , meaning that clients receive the best possible service in every jurisdiction .
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the founding firms bring a legacy of collaborative , people - oriented cultures to gowling wlg , having both been repeatedly recognised as top employers in their markets . gowlings has been named one of the 50 best employers in canada by aon hewitt for six straight years . wlg has appeared on the uk ' s best workplaces list , produced by the great place to work institute , every year since the list began in 2001 .
as a global , sector - focused law firm , gowling wlg can help you navigate the complexities of establishing and conducting business in canada . with expertise that covers a wide range of services and sectors , our team understands the distinct challenges you face - and is uniquely positioned to help you succeed .
forsters private client team already enjoys a strong profile amongst us and european clients . this acquisition enables it to extend its geographic reach to the middle east and asia , where the former gowling wlg partners are recognised for advising high net worth individuals and families , investors , family offices and entrepreneurs with complex needs .
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one of the defining characteristics of gowling wlg is our strong belief in the power of relationships to deliver tangible business results for our clients ,
said peter lukasiewicz , chief executive officer of gowling wlg ( canada ) llp .
forging strong relationships with our clients gives us tremendous insight into their worlds , which , in turn , makes us more attuned and responsive to their needs , as well as genuinely ambitious for their success . building strong relationships internally is also a key priority , as that ' s what allows us to collaborate seamlessly across sectors , services and borders to bring our clients the best of our firm .
with more than 1 , 400 legal professionals in 18 cities across canada , the uk , continental europe , the middle east and asia , gowling wlg provides clients with legal advice at home and abroad in a range of areas - from complex cross - border transactions and intellectual property matters to high - stakes litigation and disputes .
‘our vision is for gowling wlg to be one of the top sector - focused law firms in the world – and we plan on adding like - minded firms to our combination in the near future in order to grow and enhance our practice in the sectors , services and geographic regions where our clients need us to be . ’
wragge lawrence graham & co - now gowling wlg ( uk ) llp - is a uk - based international law firm that provides a full service to clients , worldwide . the firm is synonymous with outstanding client service and sector knowledge , providing advice and solutions based on an understanding of the commercial issues , challenges and opportunities faced by clients .
at the core of gowling wlg is a commitment to helping our clients navigate increasingly complex challenges in a tough business and legal environment ,
said david fennell , chief executive of gowling wlg ( uk ) llp .
more and more , our clients are looking outward to global markets for new opportunities . they need a law firm that not only has expertise in those markets , but also understands their business and their sector , and can move at their pace . this is true for our domestic clients as well , who know that there are immense benefits to having legal advisers who understand their industry in their home market , but can also draw on international connections and best practice .
“ the gowling wlg team are an excellent addition to our private wealth offering and to the wider firm . our strategy of focusing on what we are good at has been successful and we have no intention of changing it . this acquisition will be another significant step in forsters becoming a recognised market leader in one of our chosen areas of excellence .
as a gowling wlg client , you ' ll have access to in - depth expertise in key global sectors and a suite of legal services . with over 1 , 400 legal professionals across offices in 18 cities worldwide and specialised expertise in countries around the globe , we ' re positioned to help you rise to the challenges you face - both today and tomorrow .
thinkhouse offers a range of seminars and resources , tailored exclusively to help in - house lawyers in their day - to - day roles . since its launch more than a decade ago , we ' ve added thinkhouse foundations , a public sector - focused thinkhouse event , a regular it master class and tupe club . for further information on thinkhouse , gowling wlg ' s in - house lawyer community please visit urltoken .
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as the combination between wragge lawrence graham and gowling lafleur henderson to create a £400m practice has gone live today ( 22 february ) the firm already wants to deliver a new tie - up by 2018 , and is targeting germany and east asia .
wlg has a strong financial services pedigree thanks to its market - leading investment funds practice , award - winning pensions experts and a highly rated private capital team , which advises uk and international high - net - worth individuals . in dispute resolution , wlg brought together wragge & co ' s strengths in intellectual property , construction and commercial litigation with lawrence graham ' s focus on international disputes , particularly in the areas of fraud and asset tracing , contentious trusts and insurance / reinsurance .
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the move introduced a new firm to the uk legal market , giving clients access to a broader range of services , increased capability in london and the uk , and enhanced international coverage . wlg is synonymous with outstanding client service and sector knowledge providing advice and solutions based on understanding the commercial issues , challenges and opportunities clients face . the merger created one of the uk ' s largest real estate practices - a broad - based practice acting for institutions , investors , developers and occupiers - and the uk ' s number one aim firm ; a position further enhanced through wlg ' s combination with gowlings .
wlg has been repeatedly recognised as a top employer and has been a fixture on the uk ' s best workplaces list , appearing every year since the list began in 2001 . the firm offers clients exceptional capability in the uk , from its bases in london and birmingham , as well as its offices in brussels , france , germany , monaco , the united arab emirates , china and singapore .
wlg can trace its roots back to 1730 , when lawrence graham became one of the first law firms to register in the city of london . wragge & co was founded in 1834 . since then , both have established themselves as major uk firms before embarking on international growth . wragge & co opened offices in germany and china in 2008 , a full service office in paris in 2010 and in dubai in 2011 . lawrence graham opened its first overseas office in 2003 in monaco , followed by dubai , singapore and moscow ( the latter by joint venture ) .
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the new firm also features a strong focus on key global sectors to provide clients with in - depth experience and expertise specific to their industries , including advanced manufacturing , energy , financial services , infrastructure , life sciences , natural resources , real estate and tech .
we ' re immensely proud to be recognised as a top employer , and are firmly committed to encouraging diversity and inclusion in all of our offices ,
said fennell .
this allows us to attract and retain great people as well as great clients , who know that motivated and engaged people deliver top - quality advice , approach problems with creativity and imagination , and will go the distance to help them succeed .
on the road to launch , both founding firms have already worked closely together , including on matters in canada , the uk , china , the middle east , france , germany and singapore . the firms also recently joined forces to win a global intellectual property mandate from cereal manufacturer weetabix .
with more than 1 , 400 legal professionals in 18 cities worldwide , we provide our clients with in - depth expertise in key global sectors and a suite of legal services at home and abroad . we see the world through our clients ' eyes , and collaborate across countries , offices , service areas and sectors to help them succeed , no matter how challenging the circumstances .
the firm is home to more than 700 legal professionals in offices across canada ( montréal , ottawa , toronto , hamilton , waterloo region , calgary and vancouver ) and in moscow and beijing .
building on its early strength in intellectual property , gowlings has diversified to offer a full suite of business law , litigation and intellectual property services in all of canada ' s key industries , including energy , mining , financial services , government , infrastructure , manufacturing , life sciences and technology .
gowlings ranks among the busiest law firms in the world for canadian m & a , and is known for its deep advocacy expertise before courts , tribunals , regulatory bodies and governments in canada . the firm has also been named one of the 50 best employers in canada by aon hewitt for six straight years .
it is home to a leading broad - based real estate practice and is one of the uk ' s top aim ( alternative investment market ) firms . it has a strong financial services pedigree thanks to its market - leading investment funds practice , award - winning pensions experts and a highly rated private capital team . its dispute resolution teams have particular strengths in intellectual property , construction , international arbitration and commercial litigation .
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gowlings law firm to combine with u . k . ’s wragge lawrence graham - wsj
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poole said : ‘you can imagine with a project like this you don’t know how long various things are going to take . there are a whole range of things that just need managing and coordinating around integration of systems .
beyond integrating the offices , the firm has its sights set on further expansion . poole said partners at both firms are on the same page , with a joint strategy memorandum sent out before the vote on the combination took place . that plan includes that the firm will deliver a new tie - up by 2018 .
‘we will be looking for combination firms . strategically our priorities would be germany and east asia , so we’re proactively working on that . there are one or two other places where we’d be opportunistic , so if a really good firm in one of the other jurisdictions we would go for it , but the main focus for us at the moment is germany and east asia . ’
a six - member international board has been formed comprising three members from each of the legacy firms . from the uk chief executive david fennell , strategic development director jenny hardy and chairman andrew witts have places , while from the canadian side chief executive peter lukasiewicz , partner scott joliffe and managing partner james buchan all have roles .
lukasiewicz believes their joint experiences together will make them strong players in the international market .
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with roots tracing back to 1887 , gowlings has grown to become one of the largest and most respected law firms in canada , with a reputation for innovation in client - focused service delivery .
building on its early strength in intellectual property , gowlings has diversified to offer a full suite of business law , litigation and intellectual property services in all of canada ' s key industries , including energy , mining , financial services , government , infrastructure , manufacturing , life sciences and technology . gowlings ranks among the busiest law firms in the world for canadian m & a , and is known for its deep expertise in client advocacy before courts , tribunals , regulatory bodies and governments in canada .
becoming a founding member of an international law firm is a natural progression for gowlings , which has always operated with an international mindset , forming strong partnerships globally to better serve the needs of its clients . prior to the combination with wragge lawrence graham & co , gowlings was home to 2 , 000 people in 10 offices across canada and in london , moscow and beijing .
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the team includes four partners – anthony thompson , catharine bell , nick jacob and daniel ugur – as well as ten solicitors and five other members of staff . the private client team at forsters now comprises 48 lawyers and together with family and contentious trust and probate , the firm ' s wider private wealth offering will contribute more than one third of the firm ' s revenue .
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