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David Leiderman, a classically trained French chef<br />
cooking in New York City, had a particular fondness<br />
for cookies and other baked goods. After visiting<br />
boutique cookie stores on the West Coast he thought<br />
the idea of a store selling premium quality fresh<br />
baked cookies would translate well to the Eastern US.<br />
Using his training and only the finest all natural<br />
ingredients - pure vanilla, butter, Swiss chocolate<br />
and whole nuts – he created the ultimate Chocolate<br />
Chunk cookie and featured it in his first David’s Cookies<br />
store on 2nd Avenue in Manhattan which opened<br />
in 1979. An instant hit, these delicious cookies won<br />
many awards including the NY Newsday Award for<br />
the Best Chocolate Chunk Cookie. David began<br />
franchising and soon there were 25 David's Cookies<br />
stores in Manhattan alone, 75 in the greater New York<br />
area and over 150 additional stores worldwide selling<br />
22 different varieties of fresh baked cookies.<br />
Throughout the 1990’s David's Cookies continued its<br />
evolution into a full line dessert supplier producing<br />
brownies, crumb cakes, muffin batters, thaw & serve<br />
muffins and cheesecakes. With the acquisition of<br />
Bittersweet Pastries, the line grew to include upscale<br />
thaw and serve tarts, layer cakes and single serve<br />
desserts as well.<br />
Today, with its diverse line of dessert offerings which<br />
now includes scone dough, rugalach, vegan cookie<br />
dough and gluten free products, David’s Cookies can<br />
satisfy the demands of all segments of the foodservice<br />
industry from schools to white tablecloth restaurants.<br />
Working with major broadline and specialty<br />
foodservice distributors, David’s Cookies products<br />
are readily available throughout the United States<br />
and are exported internationally.<br />
Business thrived until the late 1980’s when increased<br />
operating costs forced many of the stores to close.<br />
The company was then purchased by Fairfield<br />
Gourmet Foods Corp, a New Jersey based gourmet<br />
dessert company. The David’s brand was rejuvenated<br />
by introducing the now-classic Chocolate Chunk<br />
cookie and the other flavors of frozen cookie dough<br />
into Foodservice.<br />
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