History
The first Blue Chip Cookies store opened on Beach Street (Fisherman's Wharf) in San Francisco, California 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". In 1998, Blue Chip Cookies was purchased by Edgewood, Kentucky–based B.C.C. Enterprises, a rare example of a franchisor that had grown larger than the franchisees. Loveland, Ohio–based BDGS LLC, acquired Blue Chip Cookies in November 2005 and opened a new store in Historic Downtown Loveland the following year. In January 2007, Blue Chip Cookies resumed franchising with an updated UFOC.
In 2008, BDGS, LLC restructured into Blue Chip Cookie Company with special focus on expanding the line beyond gourmet cookies, to include gourmet coffee drinks and freshly made gelato and sorbetto made right in the store. Two sister companies were formed at this time and licensing/franchising rights were assigned to Blue Chip Gourmet, Inc. to focus on the franchising and B.C.C. Direct, LLC to focus on expanding Blue Chip Cookies brand presence through the online/e-commerce mail-order gift business and begin to explore licensing.
In 2011, The Blue Chip Cookie Company authorized the transfer of the franchising and licensing rights from Blue Chip Gourmet, Inc (dissolved on 12/31/11) to B.C.C. Direct, LLC. B.C.C. Direct, LLC is now the sole licensor/franchisor of Blue Chip Cookies. Currently Blue Chip Cookie Company focus is licensing and has 3 models for licensing:
1. Blue Chip Cookies—Indoor mall model which is just cookies, customized cookies cakes, soft serve ice cream and select baked goods and soft drinks (Kenwood Towne Center, Cincinnati, Ohio)
2. Blue Chip Cookies—Outdoor mall model which features cookies, customized cookie cakes, hard ice cream, and soft drinks (Leawood, Kansas)
3. Blue Chip Cookies—Stand alone model which serves cookies, cookie cakes, morning breakfast baked goods, breakfast sandwiches, coffee, espresso, gelato, sorbetto and sandwiches on pretzel bread. (Loveland, Ohio)
B.C.C. Direct, LLC is in the process of rolling out a licensing program for select retailers which currently have established themselves in a marketplace and want to add another line of sweets are simply the "Best Cookie in the Country"TM or would like to include Blue Chip Cookies in their portfolio of products offered in their new store. In addition, seeking other retailers that are opening new locations that want to serve Blue Chip Cookies as a featured, branded product.
In addition, B.C.C. Direct, LLC dba as Blue Chip Cookies Direct is a growing online business where Blue Chip Cookies are ordered online at www.bluechipcookiesdirect.com and are shipped anywhere in the US and internationally. The focus of the online/gift/mail-order business is to provide gourmet cookie gifts for any occasion, business or personal.
B.C.C. Direct, LLC majority owner is Donna Drury, previous Sales Executive for P&G and currently owns LifeQuest Coaching and Consulting. B.C.C. Direct, LLC is a Woman Owned Business.
Blue Chip Cookies has 4 locations: Kenwood Towne Center in Kenwood, Ohio; Loveland, Ohio; Leawood, Kansas; and in Milford, Ohio.
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