Byrd Cookie Company, Inc. – Culinary Creatives Conference

OCTOBER 13, 2024 • NYC • 75+ VENDORS • culinary Demos • educational Panels • networking

Byrd Cookie Company, Inc.

Booth number : CCC-8416

Category : Beverage

+1 999 999 9999
https://www.byrdcookiecompany.com/

About

The Early Days In 1924, Benjamin Tillman "Pop" Byrd, Sr., at the age of 28, began baking his famous Scotch Oatmeal cookies in beautiful Savannah Georgia. He had a small bakery downtown near City Market and delivered the fresh cookies to stores around town in his Model T Ford. Typically, the cookies were sold out of large glass jars at '2 for a penny'. Pop's cookies quickly became a favorite among locals and several more items were added to the bakery lineup, but nothing was as unique or as popular as the Scotch Oatmeal cookie. As the business grew, Pop decided to move the bakery closer to home on the outskirts of town, a little community called Sandfly. In 1929, he converted a tin-sided barn into a larger bakery which he lovingly named "Byrd's Famous Cookies."

When Benjamin Tillman "Cookie" Byrd, Jr. took over the company in 1949, he created separate bakery and retail spaces. With a desire to play the tour guide to locals wanting to learn more about the bakery, "Cookie" Byrd opened the Cookie Shanty. Inside the Cookie Shanty, he sold traditional cookies as well as unique products of his own creation, including the Benne Wafer, named after the cookie's signature benne seeds. He began packing Byrd cookies inside sturdy metal tins, which allowed for products to be shipped across the country, expanding the company's reach far beyond Georgia.

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