Mother’s Cookies Goes Under

“Mother’s Cookies, an Oakland institution for 92 years, has been shuttered, its owner seeking bankruptcy protection for the company.” Mother’s Cookies was known for generations for their animal shaped cookies with sprinkles that I would inevitably eat too much of.

“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.”  What!? We can’t bail out an all american cookie company? Come on, What Would Cookie Monster Do?

“According to industry lore, the company was founded in 1914 by a newspaper vendor, N.M. Wheatley, as a one-person shop. It expanded and moved to the 81st Avenue location in 1949.”

RIP Mother’s Cookies, sniff, sniff.