Gadgets be damned for fifteen minutes, this is real news! Mother’s Cookies – makers of those delicious, delicious frosted Circus Animal Cookies – is going out of business, citing “rising prices for raw materials and fuel,” according to the San Francisco Examiner. This poor economy bullshit is starting to hit me where it hurts; the stomach.
Mother’s Cookies started in Oakland in 1914 as Mother’s Cake and Cookie Company and remained independent until 1991 when it was purchased by a Belgian company, who then sold it to a Chicago company in the late 90’s, who then sold it to someone else who then sold it to someone else who then moved most of the operational side of the business to Ohio and Canada in 2006, laying off 230 employees.
So maybe the writing was kind of on the wall to begin with, but still — no more Circus Animal Cookies?! Insanity! Might as well starve me to death.
[via Consumerist]
Maybe this is a ploy to get people to go out and buy every last bag off the shelf– “Whoops! Sorry, we actually aren’t going out of business, but thanks for increasing sales!” haha.
Man, those were the days in high school lunch. Buy a package of those right when lunch ended, go to study hall, snack on them, and then take a nice nap.
That is insane! I need my Animal Cookies!!
That is insane! I need my Animal Cookies!!
I guess every joint stock company who bought it tried to squeeze a bit more money out of them and that’s how it goes.
Reminds me of the great movie “Wall Street” from Oliver Stone from the 80s. A perfect sum-up of the damn stock market.
http://blog.tice.de/beitrag.php?file=2008_10_09_2302 – salty animals ; )
If it makes you guys feel any better, this was probably coming anyways…
I got some really good cookies on a plane ride a few months back, but haven’t been able to find them in stores or purchase them on site. I’ll try and find name and post.
Now the financapocalypse hits home. Sure stocks dropped hundreds of points, but who really cares? Seriously though- Mother’s Cookies, now I am pissed.
Don’t worry, some Chinese company will make them cheaper – though you might die eating them.