Blue Chip Cookies
{{short description|American bakery chain}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = The Blue Chip Cookie Company, Inc
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| type = Private
| foundation = {{start date and age|1983|3}}
| founder = Matt and Lori Nader
| location_city = Milford, Ohio
| location_country = United States
| locations =
| area_served = Midwestern United States, primarily Greater Cincinnati, Kansas City, Kansas; online to the United States and Canada{{cite web |url=http://www.bluechipcookiesdirect.com/ |title=Home |website=bluechipcookiesdirect.com}}
| industry = Bakery
| products = Gourmet cookies
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| owners = Donna Drury-Heine, Robert Heine
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| parent = The Blue Chip Cookie Company, Inc
| website = {{URL|www.bluechipcookiesdirect.com}}
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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 Ohio, Kansas, and Kentucky. 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.{{cite news|title=Cookie chain tests interior seating - Blue Chip Cookies|first=Alan|last=Liddle|work=Nation's Restaurant News|date=1989-03-06|accessdate=2008-06-08|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n10_v23/ai_7419753}}
History
The first Blue Chip Cookies store opened in March 1983 on Beach Street (Fisherman's Wharf) in San Francisco, California.{{cite news|title=Blue Chip Cookies|work=SF Weekly|publisher=Village Voice Media|year=2001|accessdate=2008-06-08|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/best-cookies/BestOf?oid=2202027|archive-date=2015-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621122858/http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/best-cookies/BestOf?oid=2202027|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Second Helpings: Blue Chip Cookies popular with lots of readers|first=Jodie|last=Chase|work=Contra Costa Times|publisher=MediaNews Group|date=2008-03-26|accessdate=2008-06-08|url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_8700078}} 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.{{cite news|title='National Cookie Day' Could Be Blue Chip Event|first=Nancy Rivera|last=Brooks|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 30, 1987|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-30-fi-4956-story.html}}
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".{{cite news|title=Cookie firm swallows parent|first=Lauren|last=Lawley|work=Cincinnati Business Courier|publisher=American City Business Journals|date=1998-07-17|accessdate=2008-06-08|url=http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/1998/07/20/story5.html}}{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n11_v27/ai_6387266|title=Cincinnati: many discounters say it's a 'blue chip' investment|work=Discount Store News|date=1988-05-23|accessdate=2008-01-21}} 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. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bluechipcookiesdirect.com/blue-chip-cookies-licensing/|title=Licensing and Distribution Program|access-date=2018-11-13|archive-date=2018-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113181306/https://www.bluechipcookiesdirect.com/blue-chip-cookies-licensing/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bison.com/press_BCC_Enterprises_11092005 |title=BDGS, LLC takes stock of its resources and acquires a 'Blue-Chip' brand |date=March 5, 2016 |website=bison.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305173113/http://www.bison.com/press_BCC_Enterprises_11092005 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |accessdate=2019-09-13}}
In 2007, Blue Chip Cookies focused their attention on driving the online e-commerce business and corporate cookie gifts/marketing by opening an online store. The {{convert|3000|sqft|adj=on}} commissary facility for online, corporate gifts and corporate headquarters is based in Milford, Ohio, and have found the strategic decision was instrumental in the overall creation of a new business channel. In addition, Blue Chip Cookies special niche is corporate gifts and marketing initiatives. The company promotes its products as corporate and holiday cookie gifts.
The Blue Chip Cookie Company, Inc is now licensing the brand, to include the proprietary recipes, to select retailers across the United States. This is a change from their franchising model.
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