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It’s devastating. I want just one more bag of these things with the late 80s/early 90s packaging. The packaging above just isn’t the same.

We are mourning Mother’s right this second. Then I will search out and hoard some oatmeal cookies.

Very sad. I had to have one more bag of Circus Animal cookies for old time’s sake. Here’s a cool tee shirt I found to memorialize them though…

Aww, that’s really disappointing. Back in the day, I was all over those iced oatmeal cookies.

Kind of ironic in that in this uncertain environment, you’d think Mother’s would be one of those comforting, reassuring items folks would flock to.

This is very sad. The financial firms get all the press these days, but you don’t usually hear about the smaller companies failing.

Which reminds me: I am tired of people defending their foreign cars by saying they are “made in America”. Maybe so, but the profits leave the country and even more importantly, nearly all of the components are imported. You don’t hear about a 50-person GM dashboard widget supplier in Michigan failing…

My wife picked up 4 boxes of Peanut Butter Gauchos for me. I wonder how long they’ll last…

That being said, I’m sure someone will pick up their assets. The cookie recipes/trademarks have to be worth something, right?

One can hope they’ll still get made somehow.

This is really sad.

I remember when they had baseball cards in their packages and how on a hot summer day, the pink and white cookie covering would melt on the cellophane and make a big mess. But, I guess licking your fingers after pulling out a Will Clark card wasn’t all that bad.

Yes, those cookies are iconic. Yes, I have eaten many of them. But that icing always tasted a little weird. Not quite like creamy frosting…more like wax. I’m sorry for the people who lost their jobs, but not sorry to see those totally artificial cookies go.

I wonder if there isn’t a more interesting message about how americans put value into their junk food?

apparently greed got america into financial trouble, and even on the lowest level, americans seem to overly value their “icons” of greed.

nice.

I will miss eating those characters.

Sorry about your misfortune. Maybe the company will get word of this and do something.

Oh man. Iced animal cookies were such a guilty pleasure. I’ll certainly miss them.

You’d think someone with capital would come in to buy the company at a deep discount - for it’s parts at least. If it has a strong recipe, a great brand, and an established customer base - seems like bankruptcy isn’t the only option.

It’s sad when the businesses that should truly matter don’t get fancy bailout plans.

What am I going to eat out of the vending machine now?!

Mothers filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy which means they intend to restructure the company. From what I’ve gathered, two years ago they changed manufacturing facilities and laid off 236 employees. My guess is when they moved, they incurred new debts that they couldn’t afford with changes in the interest rates. The bankruptcy also gives them room to negotiate with the unions.

I’m sure the cookies won’t be gone for too long, it’s probably just a case of where and who manufactures them.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!

OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!

I’m going to grab the bad out of the pantry right now to hoard it. Not my pink sprinkled circus cookies! Thank you for ruining my otherwise perfect day.

I heard about this last week. Being a bay area resident, I quickly went out and stocked up on as many bags of Circus Animals as I could. I sure hope they freeze well!

I swear they’re like $5 a bag at the Berkeley Andronico’s. Time to stock up.

Working as an engineer in the food manufacturing industry has shown me one certainty: margins for bakeries are extremely thin. I would wager to guess the slimmest out of any other processed food.

LAME .

Aw crap. My daughter loves these. I’ve seen them recently on store shelves in Mpls/St.Paul…or at least thought I had. Poop.

The horror!!!! Oh man, the frosted animal cookies are gone? No iced oatmeal cookies? Forever?

OH NO !!!!!!!!!!

There aren’t a lot of cookies that I crave … but get me started on a bag of circus cookies and I’m apt to finish the whole thing in one sitting.

Life will never be the same!