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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.
Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr., the founder of Famous Amos cookies, died at 88 on Wednesday in Hawaii, according to reporting by the Tallahassee Democrat, a part of the USA TODAY Network.
Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies. 2 sticks (1 cup) margarine (Wally used Blue Bonnet) 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon real vanilla extract. 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
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 ...
Amos attending Mark Victor Hansen's MEGA Marketing Seminar in 2006. In 1975, a friend suggested to Amos that he set up a store to sell his cookies. 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]
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 ...
The late Wally Amos never gave up on his dream.. The founder of cookie giant Famous Amos died on Aug. 13 at age 88 from complications of dementia, PEOPLE confirmed. But the baked good mogul was ...
Amos started the Famous Amos company in 1975 in Los Angeles. The company ran into financial trouble and Amos eventually lost ownership. The brand is now owned by the Kellogg Co.