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Archway Cookies is an American cookie manufacturer, founded in 1936 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Since December 2008, it has been a subsidiary of Lance Inc., a snack food company, which in turn merged with Snyder's of Hanover to form Snyder's-Lance.
Jun 25, 2024 · Franchises popped up in the late 1940s, and in 1954, the company changed its name to Archway Cookies (to avoid confusion with the Swanson Company of frozen dinner fame). The decades that followed saw great cookie success, even as times and tastes evolved and company ownership changed.
- Molly Wilson
Why Did Archway Cookies Discontinue? Archway Cookies stopped being made and sold in December 2008. It is because their parent company, Lance Inc., went bankrupt.
May 30, 2009 · The maker of Archway cookies, bought by a private equity firm in 2005, was hit by an accounting scandal last year that hastened its collapse.
- Julie Creswell
As part of a settlement, the Swansons agreed to change the name of their bakery company to Archway Cookies. The name 'Archway' was chosen by Harold and Ruth because the original Swanson cookie labels featured an arch above the name.
Commitment to traditional quality and guaranteed freshness is the foundation of Archway cookies and its more than 60 Home Style, Gourmet, Fat Free, Sugar Free, Bag, and Holiday cookie varieties. It has also led the Company to become the nation's leading producer of oatmeal-based cookie varieties.
Raisin biscuits were affectionately known as "fly biscuits" in my family. They were thin layers of cookie, filled with raisins. They came in long strips that were perforated. Almond windmills later became just "windmills", as the amount of slivered almonds was drastically reduced.
