Blue Chip Cookies

The Blue Chip Cookie Company, Inc

Company type	Private
Industry	Bakery
Founded	March 1983;42 years ago (1983-03)
Founder	Matt and Lori Nader
Headquarters	Milford, Ohio , United States
Area served	Midwestern United States, primarily Greater Cincinnati, Kansas City, Kansas; Sherman, Texas San Clarita, Californiaonline to the United States and Canada [1]
Products	Gourmet cookies
Owners	Donna Drury-Heine, Robert Heine
Parent	The Blue Chip Cookie Company, Inc
Website	www.bluechipcookiesdirect.com

The Blue Chip Cookie Company is an American gourmet cookie licensor and e-commerce gourmet cookie businesses with headquarters in Milford, Ohio, United States, and store locations in Milford, Ohio, Leawood, Kansas, Newport, Kentucky,San Clarita, California, and Sherman, Texas. Founded in March 1983 by the Nader family (Matt Nader died in 1997), Blue Chip Cookies specializes in gourmet cookies and cookie cakes and created the first white chocolate macadamia cookie. ^[2]

History

The first Blue Chip Cookies store opened in March 1983 on Beach Street (Fisherman's Wharf) in San Francisco, California. ^{[3] [4]} In 1986, the company began franchising stores in selected markets. In 1987, Blue Chip Cookies developed National Cookie Day as an annual promotion on December 4. ^[5]

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". ^{[6] [7]} In 1998, Blue Chip Cookies was purchased by Edgewood, Kentucky–based B.C.C. Enterprises, a rare example of a franchisee that had grown larger than the franchisor. ^[6] A privately held Loveland, Ohio–based company, acquired Blue Chip Cookies in November 2005 and opened a new store in Loveland in June 2006. In January 2007, Blue Chip Cookie Company, Inc resumed franchising and licensing. ^{[8] [9]}

In 2007, Blue Chip Cookies focused on driving its online e-commerce business and corporate cookie gifts/marketing by opening an online store. The 3,000-square-foot (280 m²) commissary facility for online, corporate gifts, and corporate headquarters is based in Milford, Ohio, and the strategic decision has been instrumental in creating a new business channel. In addition, Blue Chip Cookies' special niche is corporate gifts, nationwide cookie delivery, and gourmet cookies for clients. The company promotes its products as America’s Original Gourmet Cookie Gift Company. Corporate cookie gifts

The Blue Chip Cookie Company, Inc. is now licensing the brand, including its proprietary recipes, to select retailers across the United States who will make them from scratch and serve them in their stores. This is a change from their franchising model.

References

1. "Home". bluechipcookiesdirect.com.
2. Liddle, Alan (March 6, 1989). "Cookie chain tests interior seating - Blue Chip Cookies". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
3. "Blue Chip Cookies". SF Weekly . Village Voice Media. 2001. Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
4. Chase, Jodie (March 26, 2008). "Second Helpings: Blue Chip Cookies popular with lots of readers". Contra Costa Times . MediaNews Group . Retrieved June 8, 2008.
5. Brooks, Nancy Rivera (August 30, 1987). "'National Cookie Day' Could Be Blue Chip Event". Los Angeles Times .
6. Lawley, Lauren (July 17, 1998). "Cookie firm swallows parent". Cincinnati Business Courier . American City Business Journals . Retrieved June 8, 2008.
7. "Cincinnati: many discounters say it's a 'blue chip' investment". Discount Store News. May 23, 1988. Retrieved January 21, 2008.
8. "Licensing and Distribution Program". Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
9. "BDGS, LLC takes stock of its resources and acquires a 'Blue-Chip' brand". bison.com. March 5, 2016. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2019.