|
Cookies By Design
Cookies by Design, also known as Crumb Corps, LLC, formerly Cookie Bouquet, is a producer of baked goods. The company current has about 70 corporate and franchised locations across the United States and had $54 million in sales in 2006. History Cookies by Design was founded in 1983 in Plano, Texas by Gwen Willhite after she lost her previous job. The company's signature product was the "cookie bouquet": arrangements of cookies or other baked goods on sticks in a decorative container, similar to a flower bouquet, intended to be given as gifts or used for decor. The first franchised Cookie Bouquet location opened in 1987. The company changed their name to Cookies By Design after the trademark was challenged during the company's expansion into California by a San Jose company called Cookie Florist that also sold similar bouquets. The company was sold to Crumb Corps in 2007, and Jon Rice took over as president and CEO. The company was sued by Eat'n Park in 2010, Eat'n Park alleging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plano, Texas
Plano ( ) is a city in Collin County, Texas, Collin County and Denton County, Texas, United States. It had a population of 285,494 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is a principal city of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. History European settlers came to the area near present-day Plano in the early 1840s. Facilities such as a sawmill, a gristmill, and a store soon brought more people to the area. A mail service was established, and after rejecting several names for the nascent town (including naming it in honor of then-President Millard Fillmore), residents suggested the name ''Plano'' (from the Spanish word for "flat") in reference to the local terrain, unvaried and devoid of any trees. The post office accepted the name. In 1872, the completion of the List of Texas railroads, Houston and Central Texas Railway helped Plano grow, and it was incorporated in 1873. By 1874, the population was over 500. In 1881, a fire raged through the business district, destro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
