gourmet cookies industry gourmet cookies bakery founded march 1983 founder matt and lori nader headquarters san francisco united states number of locations san francisco fisherman s wharf area served midwestern united states primarily greater cincinnati kansas city ks key people donna drury bob heine products gourmet cookies white chocolate macadamia chocolate chip oatmeal raisin peanut butter black and white cinnamon delight sugar cookie and more revenue over 1 500 000 per year owner donna drury robert heine charles horan number of employees 75 across all stores parent the blue chip cookie company website www.bluechipcookiesdirect.com blue chip cookies is a small chain of gourmet cookie bakeries and mail order gourmet cookie businesses with headquarters in milford ohio united states . current locations are ohio kansas kentucky and bogota colombia . founded in march 1983 by the nader family matt nader died in 1997 blue chip cookies specializes in cookies and cookie cakes and created the first white chocolate macadamia cookie . 1 history edit the first blue chip cookies store opened in march 1983 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 franchisee that had grown larger than the franchisor . 4 a privately held loveland ohio based company acquired blue chip cookies in november 2005 and opened a new store in historic downtown loveland the following year . in january 2007 blue chip cookie company inc resumed franchising and licensing with an updated ufoc . citation needed http www.bison.com press bcc enterprises 11092005 6 in 2007 blue chip cookies focused their attention on driving the online e commerce business by opening an online store . the 3000 square foot e commerce facility is based in milford ohio and have found the strategic decision was instrumental in the overall creation of a sweet new business channel . in addition blue chip cookies special niche is corporate gifts and marketing initiatives . citation needed blue chip cookies is now licensing the brand to include the proprietary recipes to select retailers across the united states . it touts itself as a woman owned business . citation needed references edit nrn liddle liddle alan 1989 03 06 . cookie chain tests interior seating blue chip cookies . nation s restaurant news . retrieved 2008 06 08 . blue chip cookies . sf weekly . village voice media . 2001 . retrieved 2008 06 08 . chase jodie 2008 03 26 . second helpings blue chip cookies popular with lots of readers . contra costa times . medianews group . retrieved 2008 06 08 . a b lawley lauren 1998 07 17 . cookie firm swallows parent . cincinnati business courier . american city business journals . retrieved 2008 06 08 . cincinnati many discounters say it s a blue chip investment . discount store news . 1988 05 23 . retrieved 2008 01 21 . http www.bison.com press bcc enterprises 11092005 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title blue chip cookies & oldid 743394309 categories bakery caf sbakeries of the united statesrestaurants established in 1983restaurants in cincinnaticompanies based in loveland ohio1983 establishments in ohiohidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2015articles with unsourced statements from august 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 13 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view