Monday, October 13th 2008

So Long, Mother's Cookies

This is exactly why Mondays are disgusting and gross. I always hear horrific news like this on a Monday morning. Workers at Mother's Cookies were told on October 3rd that the company is shutting down for good and cookies will no longer be made. NO!!!!! Who's going to make those delicious frosted animal cookies?! I used to eat that shit with milk for breakfast.

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Monday. Their distribution plants in Ohio and Canada are closed forever The private equity firm that owned Mother's blamed rising fuel and ingredient prices. I blame those Keebler elves. Do those bitches have an alibi? And if the Keebler elves are involved, you know the Olsen trolls had something to do with it.

Employees at Mother's were not given the federally required 60-day notice due to "unforeseeable business circumstances." That means they couldn't pay them anymore.

This is the end of an era. It's also the end of days. Why go on if we can't have those scrumptious frosted circus animal cookies anymore?

If you'll excuse me, I have to furiously search the interwebs and buy up every last bag of Circus Animal cookies. Since the world is ending, I want to go down stuffing my face with sprinkled frosted goodness.

Rest in peace, Mother's Cookies....

Source: SF Gate

Thanks Danielle

Posted by: Michael K


Not quite the same as dunking a pink circual animal into a glass of milk, but this is still one pretty cool way to let Mother's Cookies live on:

http://sfist.com/2008/10/13/mothers_cookies_lives_on_in_tshirt.php

mom2crue's picture

Oh FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! My kid loves these things. So does my fat ass. We could only get them when we are in the US. Why didn't we stock up last time. SHIT. I wonder if I can find more, we are there every other week! He's only two and a half. How do we break the news to him. :(

Sweet Lord baby Jesus in heaven, why do things like this happen? First Rupert, now this? I'm sticking my head in the oven in 3, 2, 1.....

paris herpes's picture

These cookies were nasty...sorry, they tasted like candles most of the time. The oatmeal ones were okay, but after awhile it was just like eating ten spoons of sugar.

Your face!

I am really upset about this news! first and for most these cookies were madd cheap 2 bucks and you get millions of cookies! so upsetting! if mothers leaves is archway also leaving?

Andraya's picture

Wait! Are they shutting down just the frosted animal ones or the combo bag with the chocolate ones too??? SADNESS!

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Submitted by gyeah on October 13, 2008 - 2:35pm.

today hunger strike, tomorrow immolate.
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LisaRose's picture

I never liked these frosted cookies but this is very sad and all those employees... sad. :(

letinstar's picture

ohhh...nooo! this is very sad...the world is ending...;(
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Wil In Minneapolis's picture

Shit. Fuck. Hell. I loved those goddamned things!

gyeah's picture

today hunger strike, tomorrow immolate.

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talkdiva's picture

so sad :-( i used to love these...

Green Is Good's picture

*Sigh* I can't find the humor in this. A lot of people are losing their jobs.

But the Bush and Cheney clans gets to skip off into the sunset much RICHER and untouched by any of the economic chaos.

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PSL and all Luda fans: I want him to say to me "If your man doesn't tell you how beautiful you are every day then let me tell you, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL BABY." OMG I love his voice

have you ever heard this song SUGAR with him and Trick Daddy?
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yeah sexy voice....

some celebs who have pet my doggie:
Demi Moore
Jason Priestley
David Schwimmer
Christian Bale
Fergie
Peter Horton
Kyra Sedgwick
Sharon Osbourne

just to name a few.....lol

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aquarius's picture

Mine is not nearly as exciting, but my husband called on his lunch break about an hour ago to tell me he talked to Maria Menounous this morning. He seemed quite smitten with her and said she was extremely polite and friendly. I said, "yes, but did her hair have VOLUME?"

So yeah, I'm totally jealous of PSL and my husband, I haven't seen anybody famous in weeks.

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Submitted by parissucksliterally on October 13, 2008 - 1:18pm.

OMG! I am SO jealous! He is by far my favorite rapper.

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PSL I want to pet your doggie! LOL How was his voice? All sexy right! Slurp! Is he short?
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Hey, PSL! Wow! Don't ever wash your dog again! that must be one happy pooch! I thought you were gonna say ludacris 'had a huge ass dick!' lol

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snowy.....:)

I wanted to ask him why the fuck he would hang out with Paris after the shit she said, but I haven;t seen him around her lately, so I decided to keep my mouth shut.

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@PSL: I'm so jelly! Very cool:) I dig Ludacris...

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OMFG PSL LUDA! I Lurv him I hate you, I never see anyone famous in NYC anymore! :PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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Hysteria's picture

"increased ingredient prices". No shit!

Cheese costs about $5/lb 'round here. That's just plain Monterey Jack

parissucksliterally's picture

I just met LUDACRIS while I was walking my dog...there he was, just standing around in my neighborhood.......he had some HUGE ass diamond earrings.....add him to the list of celebs who have pet my doggie!

heehee

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Manbearpig's picture

NOOOOOOOOO THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! MY FAVORITE! I eat the entire bag and feel sick afterward but can't stop eating the whole bag every time.

Hysteria's picture

Oooooo, saddness. Bye, bye frosted aminals.

Lets not get crazy and blame the economy for every company that goes bellyup.
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Ummm.... did you read the company's reasons for going bankrupt???

(1)increased fuel prices
(2) increased ingredient prices

Sure sounds like the economy to me.

NaNoop's picture

Sadness.

sexytimes's picture

MY FAT CHOCA (yeah right, i want one) IS SCREAMING IN PAIN!

my life is in shambles, MK--thank you for delivering the news that has ruined my week.

my fatass could give a shit about the failing economy and end of days! THESE SHITS WERE GOOD!

Migraine Sally's picture

Mr. Sally is going to be heartbroken

I just saw them yesterday in a Rite Aid. I thought about getting them but didn't. Now I'm gonna have to go back and get them!

plain_sliced's picture

THIS is where we need the bailout, man. that sucks.

original putas's picture

Archway cookies are awesome but I haven't been able to find any in NYC for about 4 years now. At least not anywhere that I shop.
Lets not get crazy and blame the economy for every company that goes bellyup. Some companies mess up their distribution, marketing, and product so they end up going out of business.

DR.FUNK's picture

Fucking love those cookies.There's a site that specializes in discontinued brands.I order my Black Jack chewing gum from it.Maybe the closeout inventory will end up there.Maybe someone will scoop up all the IP at a fire sale price and make them small batch.

Teemie's picture

Those cookies are sprinkled with crack.
For some reason, I only liked to eat the pink ones...they some how taste better than the white ones. I'm a cookie racist. a cookist.

HAHA love the file name on the cookies!

Also this is atrocious. RIP mother's cookies.

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Awww, I used to love the circus animal cookies. They were kind of waxy on the outside, but oh so good. Those and the English tea cookies they made for snobs like me. The poor man's white oreo. Wait that doesn't sound right. The cookie was the poor man's white/vanilla oreo. Whew.

oklahoma's picture

I only like the sugar cookies that come at Christmas time w/ christmas color sprinkles.. doens't matter, I'm allergic to flour and wheat so I can't eat them anyways.. Ho hum!!!

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Bondagebarbie's picture

No loss,those cookies sucked.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

girl_cheese's picture

Crap. Another victim of the wall street bailout. If this doesn't make the masses revolt in anger, nothing will.

Rican35's picture

OMG, Noooooo! I loved those cookies! Not to mention the little square chocolate chip cookies they made. Best cookies ever! Sadness.

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And so begins the Greater Depression.

Happy Hour's picture

Salem13.. Amen to that!

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Submitted by Snoogle on October 13, 2008 - 10:40am.

where are we gonna rendezvous? i think outside the archway factory in ashland would be appropriate.....

i'll bring the pitch forks if someone else brings the torches.

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Jill-The-Ripper's picture

Ohhhh Noooooo!
We love those things.
Also heard Archway has gone belly-up.
Next thing you know, Pepperidge Farm will stop making Milanos.

Salem13's picture

WHAT?!!!!

Why couldn't it have been one of those soyjoy or nature valley crap that sell horse grain and try to pass it off as "nutrition bars". THIS IS BULLSHIT!

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radio siren's picture

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Damn this economy! Must it ruin everything I cherished from my childhood?

I seriously can't believe there are posters who've never heard of these cookies! They've been around for I don't know how many decades. They rate right up there with unicorns and rainbows!

Excuse me, I must go start my 72-hour suicide watch now.

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My big sister has just been placed on 24 hour suicide watch.

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Submitted by the_original_sh... on October 13, 2008 - 10:06am.
what MK failed to mention was that Mothers was run by Archway and they had the most orgasmic dutch cocoa cookies ever. they were the only store bought cookies i'd eat when i was in elementary school.
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OMG I totally forgot about the dutch cocoa cookies! *drooling* So damn delicious!

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one square's picture

my husband is in a deep mourning. he had just bought a bag of orange and white halloween style frosted mother's circus cookies when i broke the news to him. i blame the republicans for this! :-0

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