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For all concerned that Obama was not going to help small businesses, here's an encouraging story of a small cafe. The Obama family frequented Baby Boomers cafe while campaigning in Iowa, and the developed a fondness for the Boomers' chocolate chunk cookies. Obama's main office was next door to Boomers, and his staff made the cafe a second home.
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His daughters, 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha, would stop by with their mother, Michelle, and Maxfield said they loved the cookies. During a stop in Iowa last month, Obama's staff ordered about a dozen cookies for the family. That's when word got out about their affection for the confection.
Suddenly, sales of 400 cookies in a good week soared to more than 1,000 a week, with requests coming from as far away as Mexico. Alas, the price is going up, from 50 cents to 75 cents a cookie to make up for the time it takes to make more each day.
"I think everybody just ... thought, 'Oh, great cookie, great president -- the world is a happy place. Barack's going to fix all the problems and if I have a bite of this cookie it's going to make me feel good,'" Maxfield said.
Iowa cafe swamped with orders for 'Obama cookie' - Salon.com | News Wires (http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/2008/11/28/D94O8LH03_obama_cookies/print.html - broken link)
For all concerned that Obama was not going to help small businesses, here's an encouraging story of a small cafe. The Obama family frequented Baby Boomers cafe while campaigning in Iowa, and the developed a fondness for the Boomers' chocolate chunk cookies. Obama's main office was next door to Boomers, and his staff made the cafe a second home.
Clip:
His daughters, 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha, would stop by with their mother, Michelle, and Maxfield said they loved the cookies. During a stop in Iowa last month, Obama's staff ordered about a dozen cookies for the family. That's when word got out about their affection for the confection.
Suddenly, sales of 400 cookies in a good week soared to more than 1,000 a week, with requests coming from as far away as Mexico. Alas, the price is going up, from 50 cents to 75 cents a cookie to make up for the time it takes to make more each day.
"I think everybody just ... thought, 'Oh, great cookie, great president -- the world is a happy place. Barack's going to fix all the problems and if I have a bite of this cookie it's going to make me feel good,'" Maxfield said.
Iowa cafe swamped with orders for 'Obama cookie' - Salon.com | News Wires (http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/2008/11/28/D94O8LH03_obama_cookies/print.html - broken link)
Cute, hard to argue with a silly claim that is so heart warming. I wonder how much their taxes will go up when he takes office?
That's really great for the business owner, but oh my gosh, I find it a bit ridiculous that people would actually buy more cookies because of the O family. Of course, stranger things have happened on the planet.
Isn't it great that their sales have increased and their prices have gone up, and they will have no trouble paying a small increase in taxes.
Great for you maybe but not the business owner, especially when sales die down and they are back to normal. Why anyone would want to pay more taxes is beyond me, but to each his own.
That's really great for the business owner, but oh my gosh, I find it a bit ridiculous that people would actually buy more cookies because of the O family. Of course, stranger things have happened on the planet.
Great for you maybe but not the business owner, especially when sales die down and they are back to normal. Why anyone would want to pay more taxes is beyond me, but to each his own.
If their sales decrease, their profit decreases, thereby, their taxes would decrease as well.
For all concerned that Obama was not going to help small businesses, here's an encouraging story of a small cafe. The Obama family frequented Baby Boomers cafe while campaigning in Iowa, and the developed a fondness for the Boomers' chocolate chunk cookies. Obama's main office was next door to Boomers, and his staff made the cafe a second home.
Clip:
His daughters, 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha, would stop by with their mother, Michelle, and Maxfield said they loved the cookies. During a stop in Iowa last month, Obama's staff ordered about a dozen cookies for the family. That's when word got out about their affection for the confection.
Suddenly, sales of 400 cookies in a good week soared to more than 1,000 a week, with requests coming from as far away as Mexico. Alas, the price is going up, from 50 cents to 75 cents a cookie to make up for the time it takes to make more each day.
"I think everybody just ... thought, 'Oh, great cookie, great president -- the world is a happy place. Barack's going to fix all the problems and if I have a bite of this cookie it's going to make me feel good,'" Maxfield said.
Iowa cafe swamped with orders for 'Obama cookie' - Salon.com | News Wires (http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/2008/11/28/D94O8LH03_obama_cookies/print.html - broken link)
I want a cookie.
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