http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218833276...=googlenews_wsj


sillage

That's a lot of DOUGH!

Groan!

Yeah, that big mall cookie fad kinda belonged to the 80's, didn't it? It's "homey & folksy" vibe kinda was eclipsed in the 90's by the chic-er image of STARBUCKS, no?

It would make sense for Mrs Fields and Starbucks to get together.

I wish they would - I used to love going to the mall and having a fresh hot chocolate chip cookie. I miss that - there are no more places like that here in southern california.

I would say they're a victim of the economic crunch (no pun intended) but $4 cupcake places *cough*sprinkles*cough* are doing quite well, so I guess it's just a dying food trend...

You can always buy her cookbooks and make your own. Yummy!

I can't see the whole article...

$200 million in debt? $200 million??? How the F*** do you get that deep in debt from cookies? Couldn't they see that things were taking a downturn and take action before $200 million was owed? Where did all that money go? Dang.