Blue Chip Cookies facts for kids
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| Industry | Bakery |
| Founded | March 1983 |
| Founder | Matt and Lori Nader |
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United States
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Midwestern United States, primarily Greater Cincinnati, Kansas City, Kansas; online to the United States and Canada |
| Products | Gourmet cookies |
| Owners | Donna Drury-Heine, Robert Heine |
| Parent | The Blue Chip Cookie Company, Inc |
The Blue Chip Cookie Company is an American business that sells yummy gourmet cookies. They also let other stores sell their cookies using special agreements. Their main office is in Milford, Ohio, USA. You can find their stores in Ohio, Kansas, and Kentucky.
Matt and Lori Nader started the company in March 1983. Blue Chip Cookies is known for its fancy cookies and cookie cakes. They even created the very first white chocolate macadamia cookie!
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The Story of Blue Chip Cookies
How It All Began
The first Blue Chip Cookies store opened its doors in March 1983. It was located on Beach Street in San Francisco, California, near a famous area called Fisherman's Wharf. A few years later, in 1986, the company started letting other people open Blue Chip Cookies stores in different cities. This is called franchising.
Growing Across the USA
In 1986, a Blue Chip Cookies store opened in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati was known as "Blue Chip City" at the time, which was a fun connection! Later, in 1998, a company from Edgewood, Kentucky, called B.C.C. Enterprises, bought Blue Chip Cookies. This was interesting because B.C.C. Enterprises used to be one of the stores that had a Blue Chip Cookies franchise.
In November 2005, a new company based in Loveland, Ohio, bought Blue Chip Cookies. They opened a new store in Loveland in June 2006. Then, in January 2007, Blue Chip Cookie Company, Inc. started allowing new franchises again.
Cookies Online and for Businesses
Around 2007, Blue Chip Cookies began to focus on selling cookies online. They also started offering special cookie gifts for businesses. Their main baking and office building is a large 3,000-square-foot (280 m2) facility in Milford, Ohio. This move helped them create a whole new way to sell their cookies.
Blue Chip Cookies now specializes in making cookies for corporate gifts and special marketing campaigns. They promote their products as great gifts for holidays or for businesses to give to their clients.
Today, The Blue Chip Cookie Company, Inc. is changing how they share their brand. Instead of just franchising, they are now licensing their brand. This means they let certain stores across the United States use their brand name and their secret cookie recipes.
