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2. Famous Amos - Wikipedia

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   Close-up of assorted Famous Amos cookies. However, by 1984, sales had started to slow and Amos began to sell parts of the business. [citation needed] In March 1985, Amos sold 51% interest to Bass Brothers Enterprises in an attempt to salvage the business. [5] That year, the company had lost $300,000 as revenues fell to $10 million.

3. Wally Amos - Wikipedia

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   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]

4. Kellogg's - Wikipedia

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   On April 1, 2019, it was announced that Kellogg's was selling Famous Amos, Murray's, Keebler, Mother's, and Little Brownie Bakers (one of the producers of the cookies for the Girl Scouts of the USA) to Ferrero SpA for $1.4 billion. [25] [26] [27] On July 29, 2019, that sale was completed. [28]

5. Wally Amos launched and lost a cookie empire. His family ...

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   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 ...

6. Famous Amos gives cookie business another try - AOL

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   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.

7. Walmart's Chocolate Chip Cookies Beat Top Brands in Taste Test

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   We tasted 16 kinds of store-bought cookies from popular brands like Keebler, Chips Ahoy, and Famous Amos, as well as store-brand chocolate chip cookies from Walmart, Aldi, Trader Joe's, and Whole ...

8. Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos cookies, dies at 88 - AOL

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   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 ...

9. Wally Amos, Famous Amos Cookies Founder, Dies at 88 - AOL

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   Famous Amos sold $300,000 worth of cookies its first year and reached $12 million in revenue by 1982. Due to mismanagement and financial struggles, Amos gradually sold off equity stakes in Famous ...