Credit crunch kills Mother

[Howard Alan Treesong]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/08/BU6413DQQO.DTL

Mother's Cookies, an Oakland institution for 92 years, has been shuttered, its owner seeking bankruptcy protection for the company.

The ending was abrupt: Workers for the company, which shifted its baking and distribution operations to plants in Ohio and Canada in 2006, told workers Friday that operations would cease and cookies would no longer be made as of Monday.

The company cited rising prices for raw materials and fuel, and on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

R.I.P. Circus Animals

[TakingBackSunday]

FUCK

THIS SUCKS

FUCK

[Positive Touch]

man i haven't had those in YEARS

and now i really want some

[MrAngryFace]

Those are pure sugar and awful for anyone. The job losses are lame tho.

[Bildi]

Credit crunch crushes cake & cookie co.

smh

[Van Cruncheon]

:'(

i loved those cookies as a kid

[Great Rumbler]

Nooooo... 

[Yeti]

Those are pure sugar and awesome for anyone. The job losses are lame tho.

FIXED 

[ToxicAdam]

Is that the parent company for Archway? Because they just closed a plant w/ 300 workers near me. Sucks for those people, they had zero warning.

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

2 Great, 2 Depressing hits too close to home. Sigh. :'(