Just heard that Mother's Cookies has closed down (San Jose)

ailsagirl

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Wed Oct-08-08 07:32 PM
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Just heard that Mother's Cookies has closed down (San Jose)

and (former) employees hadn't a clue.

Don't have a link-- heard it on KGO.

:(

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mackerel

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Wed Oct-08-08 10:12 PM
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1. Are you sure?

They had been struggling for the last 18 months. The employees must have known something. Any severance packages?

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ailsagirl

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Thu Oct-09-08 10:20 AM
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4. Here's an article...

Edited on Thu Oct-09-08 10:22 AM by ailsagirl

http://www.ktvu.com/news/17668178/detail.html

God, 92 years

:(

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proud patriot

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Wed Oct-08-08 10:36 PM
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2. wha? those were some good cookies

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ailsagirl

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Thu Oct-09-08 10:21 AM
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5. They are-- I went out and bought a couple of packages this morning

I hope something can be worked out...

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Book Lover

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Wed Oct-08-08 10:58 PM
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3. I heard abotu the Battle Creek office closing a few days ago

Edited on Wed Oct-08-08 11:27 PM by 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.

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AlCzervik

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Thu Oct-09-08 12:15 PM
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6. Noooooooooo!!!! I am so sad to hear this.

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succubus.blues

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Thu Oct-09-08 01:52 PM
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7. aw.

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Joe Bacon

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Sat Oct-11-08 01:58 PM
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8. No more macaroons

:-(

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litlady

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Sat Oct-11-08 02:42 PM
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9. Sad, I've been eating many types of their cookies all my life. :( nt

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mackerel

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Sun Oct-12-08 07:05 PM
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10. Cease all operations in the U.S. You know what that means

producing cheaper product overseas. Cheaper food products run the risk of having melamine in them.

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