If you like your Archway cookies, better get them fast — that is, if it's not too late.
A sign in the cookie aisle at the North Anthony Scott's Foods on Monday said, “Effective immediately, Archway and Mother's cookies has closed and stopped operations.”
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A message left at the company's headquarters in Battle Creek, Mich., wasn't returned, and a woman who answered the phone at the Ashland, Ohio, plant today said it had closed. A news release issued by the company, Archway & Mother's Cookie Co., said it has filed bankruptcy under Chapter 11 and has discontinued U.S. manufacturing operations. The company also sold products under the Mother's Cake & Cookie Co. subsidiary. The company's Canadian plant was not affected by the bankruptcy.
While other folks were snapping up fancy cookies, I stuck with the soft and chewy Archways. Nothing better than raspberry-filled cookies and a cold glass of milk. Stories I've seen elsewhere said the company was done in by rising fuel and ingredient prices. Another victim of the failed Bush policies!
