Now owned by Kellogg, Wally Amos started the Famous Amos company in 1975 to produce what?
Famous Amos Famous Amos Famous Amos is a brand of cookies founded in Los Angeles in 1975 by Wally Amos. The company expanded quickly, selling more than $1 million worth of cookies by its second year. Wallace "Wally" Amos was born in Tallahassee, Florida, USA July 1, 1936. In 1948 he moved to New York City to live with his aunt where they often baked cookies together. As an adult, Amos, an Air Force veteran who worked as a talent agent with the William Morris Agency, would send his home-baked chocolate chip cookies to celebrities to entice them to meet and perhaps
Famous Amos the President Baking Company purchased the brand from The Shansby Group. In 1998, Keebler purchased the President Baking Company. It was owned by Keebler until the Kellogg Company purchased Keebler in 2001. The brand is a part of Kellogg's. There is a sign commemorating the first Famous Amos store in Los Angeles, located at West Sunset Boulevard and North Formosa Avenue in Hollywood. Wally Amos has created another brand of cookie called "Chip and Cookie", named after two characters he created in the 1980s. The Chip and Cookie brand is owned by Amos, and has a slightly different recipe than