That level of commitment has built Insomnia Cookies from a college dorm room operation into a national chain with 350 stores, 6,000 employees, and a $350 million valuation (established in 2024, when Krispy Kreme sold its majority stake in the business ).

Although business has been quite good for Let’s Sprinkle, Melissa refused to take her foot off the gas pedal. On Sunday, September 14, the Jersey mom returned to Instagram to announce the company’s newest products: their in-house premium almond-vanilla ...

Describing her childhood growing up in Dayton as “very average,” Gina Robbins of Tipp City spent summers at Phillips Aquatic Club, went to private school and graduated from Chaminade Julienne High School in 1991. “My mom was single and raised my ...

Cookie in the Kitchen Founder Emily Henegar started baking in 2011, when she was just 11 years old. Her older sister had a business on Etsy at the time and Henegar felt inspired to follow in her footsteps. "I got some help from my sister to draw a logo, my ...

Melissa Gorga's sprinkle cookies are getting freshly prepared for the holiday season. The Real Housewives of New Jersey mom of three and sprinkle cookie entrepreneur is preparing for cozy season in the best way that she knows how — with some sprinkle ...

With 23 stores across Canada, Craig Pike is leaning on franchising to expand his cookie business. The founder of Craig’s Cookies created a national cookie brand with his mom’s recipe ten years ago. “We’re seeing so much support for our business, being a Canadian business within the franchising model,” said Pike.

He’s a 20-year-old entrepreneur whose business, Cookie Chris, just opened its third bakeshop earlier this month. Far from the days of delivering homemade cookies from his home, Christopher Knight Jr., a graduate of Warhill High School and now a rising ...