Reply #3: I heard abotu the Battle Creek office closing a few days ago [View All]

[Book Lover]

This is the best link I could find right now; I know there are meatier stories out there, though.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008810070409

on edit: Here's the story from the SFGate; there's more at the link

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/08/BU6413DQQO.DTL

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.