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Package from a Singapore outlet, c. 2007. The Famous Amos cookie brand has gone through four package designs. The original package consisted of a round, tin metal box, similar to the blue packages of a European brand of cookies, except that Famous Amos's package was white, and with a photo of what seemed to be a large chocolate chip cookie spinning on Wally Amos's finger.
In March of that year, the first Famous Amos cookie store opened in Los Angeles, California. [7] He started the business with the help of a $25,000 loan from Marvin Gaye and Helen Reddy. [4] The company began to expand, and eventually, Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies could be found on supermarket shelves across the United States.
After exiting Famous Amos, Amos founded several other brands including Uncle Noname (referencing the loss of his name and image) and Uncle Wally’s Muffin Co., which is still in business today.
On March 10, 1975, when Wally Amos opened Famous Amos, a shop dedicated solely to selling cookies at the corner of Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard and Formosa Avenue, it was an improbable idea in an ...
Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr., founder of the "Famous Amos" cookies known and beloved nationwide, died at 88 on Wednesday, his family said. The American entrepreneur died peacefully at his home with ...
Wally Amos, the charismatic founder of Famous Amos cookies, has died at age 88, according to a statement signed by his children. In the statement, his children said the cause was complications of ...
His muffin company, based in Shirley, N.Y., was originally founded as Uncle Noname Cookie Co. in 1992, a few years after Amos lost Famous Amos, which still widely uses his name on its products.
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