Blue Chip Gourmet lists on Frankfurt Stock Exchange

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 21, 2009 – Twenty-five year-old Blue Chip Gourmet, formerly Blue Chip Cookies, is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with stock symbol “0BC” (0=zero) by executing a reverse merger assuming the absolute majority in the already listed company, Teak Forest Management.
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange, owned and operated by Deutsche Börse, is considered one of the largest and most efficient worldwide exchanges. This exchange is known for their ease of trading and enables investment via global E-Trade or traditional broker accounts in the United States and Internationally.
With the spirit that pioneered its first-in-the-nation White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie a quarter of a century ago, newly-branded “Blue Chip Gourmet” is in rebirth with a fully-expanded line of proprietary “Gourmet Eat, Sweets and Treats” in upscale café settings.  
Since 2006, Blue Chip Gourmet has been under new ownership and management that includes two Senior Executives with extensive experience in operations, consumer sales and franchising.  “The Blue Chip brand has earned an enviable reputation as a purveyor of top quality,” notes President Donna Drury, “The listing at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange will boost our expansion and will also help us expand internationally. With the right capital infusion we believe we can make our projections a reality by implementing the area director program and master franchise that could yield 1000 stores generating USD net $12.0 million per year by 2018.”
President Donna Drury, who brings 20 years of Executive experience at Procter & Gamble to Blue Chip Gourmet, reports that extensive research and testing led the leadership team to position itself to meet a new market need: the fast casual gourmet with multiple product lines.  “We have what’s arguably the best cookie in the country and now we will extend that to other fresh gourmet-style products including coffee, espresso drinks, smoothies, breakfast items, sandwiches, wraps, gelato/sorbetto, and other desserts.”
Bob Heine, Executive Vice President of Franchise Development, with over 20 years experience in franchising, says, “American franchises have exploded in popularity in the past five years. In this volatile and ever-changing job market, people are trying to build security by replacing income and taking charge of their own destinies. Blue Chip Gourmet offers opportunities for people looking to get into an individual franchise as well as someone with the vision to develop an area.”

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Blue Chip Gourmet Inc. is the franchisor of Blue Chip Gourmet, Blue Chip Cookies and Blue Chip Express Stores. Currently , operates 6 stores, in addition three new Blue Chip Gourmet stores currently under consideration in Kansas, Ohio and Pennsylvania, as well as 3 area director agreements.
Blue Chip Gourmet is a trademarked product currently available as a franchise in the United States only. For additional information on Blue Chip Gourmet or on this release, contact Donna Drury-Heine at +1.513.697.6610 or info@BlueChipGourmet.com.