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18. Juli 2022 · Wally’s son, Shawn Amos, said: “Cookies were a hobby to relieve stress.”. It wasn’t long before the cookies took the main stage. Amos told The New York Times in 1975: “I’d go to meetings with the record company or movie people and bring along some cookies, and pretty soon everybody was asking for them.”.
26. Juni 2014 · Wally also founded a muffin line called Uncle Wally’s—which is sold in more than 10,000 stores across the U.S. today. But decades after he launched Famous Amos, Wally says people still tell ...
3. Juni 2022 · The Famous Amos cookie company is an American cultural icon. Each year, millions of delicious confections made by the company founded by Wally Amos are sold in stores nationwide. But despite early investments from his celebrity friends — including a soul legend — Wally Amos couldn’t keep Famous Amos afloat. Amos was an experienced Hollywood talent broker, but he didn’t know his way ...
15. Feb. 2021 · Although Wally was the man behind the Famous Amos cookie recipe and the face behind the brand, he had little business knowledge and struggled to hire people that did. Unfortunately, Amos had to sell his company only ten years after opening. In 1988 the Shansby Group bought Amos’ company and for a brief period, Amos stayed on board as paid ...
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Wally Amos. Born in Tallahassee, Florida, Wally Amos lived a childhood that was not always stable and trouble free. But as a child he had an innate spirit and gift to view the world with optimism. The most loving person in his life was Della Bryant, his aunt in New York City. At the early age of twelve, young Wally moved to New York to live ...
By the mid–1980s, Famous Amos Cookies had outgrown their founder. The business went through a series of new owners before its purchase by Keebler in 1998. Years earlier Wally Amos had turned to another interest, making personal appearances as a motivational speaker and writer, using the skills he had learned in the entertainment and baking industries to inspire audiences to follow their ...
