Wally Amos is the creator of the “Famous Amos” cookies brand. He opened his first Famous Amos cookie store in 1975 in Los Angeles. The former William Morris agent got a $25,000 loan from singers Marvin Gaye and Helen Reddy. In 1988, under financial duress, the Famous Amos Company was sold to The Shansby Group.
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More than 25 years years later, the 80-year-old Amos pitched his new bakery business, The Cookie Kahuna, on Shark Tank in January 2016. (Kahuna is a Hawaiian reference; Amos lives in Hawaii where Macadamia nuts are aplenty.) Amos went into the Tank seeking an investment of $50,000 in exchange for 20 percent equity. The Sharks weren’t crazy about the bakery’s margins; Amos left the Tank without a deal.
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But that hasn’t stopped Amos, who’s now 82, from selling The Cookie Kahuna, which comes in three flavors: Butterscotch Macadamia, Chocolate Chip Pecan, and Original Chocolate Chip. See post below. The Cookie Kahuna offers discounts for almost every national holiday!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Save 15% on your online order! Use code: TCKMEM18 #memorialday #happymemorialdayweekend #sale pic.twitter.com/uRAHYHGgR8
— The Cookie Kahuna (@TheCookieKahuna) May 27, 2018
