- Blue Chip Cookies
Blue Chip Cookies is a chain of bakeries with headquarters in
Loveland, Ohio , and dozens of locations, mostly in theMidwestern United States . Founded in 1983 by Lori Nader, Blue Chip Cookies specializes incookie s and claims to be one of the first bakeries to sellwhite chocolate macadamia cookies.cite news|title=Cookie chain tests interior seating - Blue Chip Cookies|author=Alan Liddle|first=Alan|last=Liddle|work=Nation's Restaurant News|date=1989-03-06|accessdate=2008-06-08|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n10_v23/ai_7419753]History
The first Blue Chip Cookies store opened on
Pier 39 (Fisherman's Wharf) inSan Francisco, California cite news|title=Blue Chip Cookies|work=SF Weekly |publisher=Village Voice Media |year=2001|accessdate=2008-06-08|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/bestof/2001/award/best-cookies-27574] cite news|title=Second Helpings: Blue Chip Cookies popular with lots of readers|author=Jodie Chase|first=Jodie|last=Chase|work=Contra Costa Times |publisher=MediaNews Group |date=2008-03-26|accessdate=2008-06-08|url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_8700078] in March 1983. In 1986, the company began franchising stores in selected markets.In 1986, Blue Chip Cookies opened a store in
Cincinnati, Ohio , a result of the city's efforts to market its nickname, "Blue Chip City".cite news|title=Cookie firm swallows parent|author=Lauren Lawley|first=Lauren|last=Lawley|work=Cincinnati Business Courier |publisher=American City Business Journals|date=1998-07-17|accessdate=2008-06-08|url=http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/1998/07/20/story5.html] cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n11_v27/ai_6387266|title=Cincinnati: many discounters say it's a 'blue chip' investment|work=Discount Store News|date=1988-05-23 |accessdate=2008-01-21] In 1998, Blue Chip Cookies was purchased byEdgewood, Kentucky –based B.C.C. Enterprises, a rare example of a franchiser that had grown larger than the franchisee. Loveland, Ohio–based BDGS, LLC acquired Blue Chip Cookies inNovember 2005 and opened a new store in Historic Downtown Loveland the following year. In January 2007, Blue Chip Cookies resumed franchising with an updatedUFOC .References
External links
* [http://www.bluechipcookies.com/ Company website]
* [http://www.bluechipcookiesfranchise.com/ Blue Chip Cookies franchise site]
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