Blue Chip Cookies
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| Industry | Bakery |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder(s) | Matt and Lori Nader |
| Headquarters | Loveland, Ohio, United States |
| Area served | Midwestern United States, primarily Greater Cincinnati |
| Products | Baked goods |
| Parent | The Blue Chip Cookie Company |
| Website | www.bluechipcookiesdirect.com |
Blue Chip Cookies is a small chain of gourmet cookie bakeries with headquarters in Loveland, Ohio, and currently 6 of locations, mostly in the Midwestern United States. Founded in 1983 by Matt and Lori Nader (Matt Nader died in 1997), Blue Chip Cookies specializes in cookies and claims to be one of the first bakeries to sell white chocolate macadamia cookies.[1]
[edit] History
The first Blue Chip Cookies store opened on Beach Street (Fisherman's Wharf) in San Francisco, California[2][3] 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".[4][5] In 1998, Blue Chip Cookies was purchased by Edgewood, Kentucky–based B.C.C. Enterprises, a rare example of a franchisor that had grown larger than the franchisees.[4] Loveland, Ohio–based BDGS, LLC, acquired Blue Chip Cookies in November 2005 and opened a new store in Historic Downtown Loveland the following year. In January 2007, Blue Chip Cookies resumed franchising with an updated UFOC.
In 2008, BDGS, LLC was rolled into Blue Chip Gourmet, Inc. Blue Chip Gourmet, Inc is now focusing on licensing, with selective franchising. Blue Chip Gourmet, Inc has 3 models for licensing/franchising:
- Blue Chip Cookies—Indoor mall model which is just cookies, customized cookies cakes, soft serve ice cream and select baked goods and soft drinks (Kenwood Towne Center, Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Blue Chip Cookies—Outdoor mall model which features cookies, customized cookie cakes, hard ice cream, and soft drinks (Leawood, Kansas)
- Blue Chip Cookies—Stand alone model which serves cookies, cookie cakes, morning breakfast baked goods, breakfast sandwiches, coffee, espresso, gelato, sorbetto and sandwiches on pretzel bread. (Loveland, Ohio; Lawrence, KS)
Blue Chip Gourmet Inc. is also in the process of rolling out a licensing program for select retailers which currently have established themselves in a marketplace and want to add another line of sweets that are simply the "Best Cookie in the Country"TM or would like to include Blue Chip Cookies in their portfolio of products offered in their new store. In addition, seeking other retailers that are opening new locations that want to serve Blue Chip Cookies as a featured, branded product.
Blue Chip Gourmet, Inc sister company is B.C.C. Direct, LLC dba as Blue Chip Cookies Direct. This is an online business where Blue Chip Cookies are shipped anywhere in the US and internationally.
[edit] References
- ^ Liddle, Alan (1989-03-06). "Cookie chain tests interior seating - Blue Chip Cookies". Nation's Restaurant News. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n10_v23/ai_7419753. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ "Blue Chip Cookies". SF Weekly (Village Voice Media). 2001. http://www.sfweekly.com/bestof/2001/award/best-cookies-27574. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ Chase, Jodie (2008-03-26). "Second Helpings: Blue Chip Cookies popular with lots of readers". Contra Costa Times (MediaNews Group). http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_8700078. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ a b Lawley, Lauren (1998-07-17). "Cookie firm swallows parent". Cincinnati Business Courier (American City Business Journals). http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/1998/07/20/story5.html. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ "Cincinnati: many discounters say it's a 'blue chip' investment". Discount Store News. 1988-05-23. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n11_v27/ai_6387266. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
