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Otis Spunkmeyer
Otis Spunkmeyer Inc. is a baked goods distribution company widely known for its name and flagship line of muffins and cookies, distributed under parent company Arytza. Although a relatively small company, Otis Spunkmeyer has enjoyed a large amount of success in the industry, with clients ranging from small family-owned businesses and restaurants to worldwide military organizations such as the United States Army. In addition to its muffins and cookies, Otis Spunkmeyer also produces frozen cookie doughs and other pastries. The company also offers fundraising opportunities for various industries which create additional streams of revenue.

Company Timeline
Ken Rawlings, the founder of Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc., opened the first fresh-baked cookie store in Oakland, California in 1977. For the name of the business, Rawlings took the suggestion of his 12-year-old daughter who coined the name. By 1983, with his brother Bill by his side, Rawlings had built the company into a thriving, fast growing chain with nearly two dozen stores. However, due to high overhead costs and the desire to reach a larger market, the company shifted its focus from retail to wholesale, creating a fresh-baked cookie program for other food service operators. The program included pre-portioned frozen cookie dough, a pre-set convection oven, and marketing materials. This program allowed both big and small food service operators to sell fresh baked cookies (within 20 minutes) in their facilities.

Otis Spunkmeyer was well known for flying a pair of DC-3 aircraft emblazoned with the company logo over the Golden Gate.

2002 saw a management buyout led by chief executive officer, John Schiavo, in association with the private equity firm of Code Hennessy & Simmons.

In September 2005 Otis Spunkmeyer acquired Merkel-McDonald, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of frozen IQF Cookie Dough products for the food service market, doing business as Chippery. Chippery is based out of Austin, Texas and has a 97000 sqft manufacturing facility located there.

In November 2006 the company was sold to IAWS Group plc for $561 million. IAWS already owned Cuisine de France and La Brea Bakery, and merged with Hiestand to form Aryzta in 2008.

In 2009, the Research and Development Center of Excellence opened allowing Otis Spunkmeyer to sell its products in various stores and restaurants throughout North America. Otis Spunkmeyer celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017, offering a great variety of baked goods and fun and exciting recipes using their baked goods that is sure to please every consumer.

Store Products
Otis Spunkmeyer sells baked goods to various stores and restaurants. The company also provides ingredients and nutritional facts about various store sold cookies, muffins, and other pastries for health conscious consumers.

Cookies

 * Chocolate chunk
 * Oatmeal Raisin
 * Double Chocolate

Muffins

 * Blueberry Muffin
 * Banana Muffin
 * Blueberry Mini Muffins
 * Banana Mini Muffins
 * Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins

Cakes

 * Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
 * Mini Chocolate Cupcakes
 * Chocolate Crème Cake with Caramel
 * Iced Lemon Loaf Cake
 * Golden Crème Cake
 * Frosted Golden Crème Cake
 * Frosted Chocolate Crème Cake
 * Mini Golden Cupcakes

Brownies

 * Chocolate Mini Brownie Bites

Fundraising Products
Otis Spunkmeyer is one of the most well known companies offering fundraising opportunities to sell baked goods to various industries. The company ensures that consumers have all possible knowledge about their products and creates customer satisfaction by offering a high quality product and valuable information about their ingredients and nutritional facts for their cookies, muffins, and other pastries.

Cookies

 * Carnival Cookie Dough
 * Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
 * Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Dough
 * Butter Sugar Cookie Dough
 * Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
 * Strawberry Shortcake Cookie Dough
 * White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie Dough
 * Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough
 * Cranberry Oatmeal Cookie Dough
 * Mint Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough
 * Snickerdoodle Cookie Dough
 * Chocolate Reese's Pieces Cookie Dough
 * Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
 * Butter Toffee Crunch Cookie Dough

Pastries

 * Double Chocolate Chip Brownies
 * Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake
 * Wild Blueberry Muffins
 * Banana Nut Muffins
 * Double Chocolate Chip Muffins
 * Loaf Cake Variety