Sweet Opening for Blue Chip Gourmet in Wilkes-Barre, PA on July 30th, 2009

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 26, 2009 – 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,” formerly Blue Chip Cookies,  is in rebirth with a fully-expanded line of proprietary “Gourmet Eat, Sweets and Treats” in upscale café settings.  
Blue Chip Gourmet, Inc, based in Loveland, Ohio, is proud to announce their Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania store opening on July 30, 2009.  The store will be located in downtown Wilkes-Barre on 78 South Main Street.
Dennis Bonvie, franchise owners of the Wilkes-Barre Blue Chip Gourmet, former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins enforcer, will be showing downtown Wilkes-Barre his sweet side—and sweet-tooth. Bonvie is opening Blue Chip Gourmet, a growing retailer of baked goods, coffee, sorbetto and gelato, at 11 a.m. Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, special promotions, raffles and more.  For Bonvie, the ultimate goal—to help revive Wilkes-Barre and its businesses—was worth enduring the months of preparation and aggravating construction complications that delayed the grand opening from its original March date.  “We wanted to help revitalize downtown Wilkes-Barre and we saw Blue Chip Gourmet as a great opportunity to get into something with a really good product,” he said.
Blue Chip Gourmet, Inc. President Donna Drury, former Procter & Gamble Executive, 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.  Our store now serves our customer all day long!  We are excited about the our new model which focuses on connecting with the community!"
Wilkes-Barre Blue Chip Gourmet's store manager Neil DeAngelo is busy preparing the new store for the opening and states: "The Blue Chip Gourmet product line offers eats, sweets and treats for everyone’s taste buds!  Our cookies are famous, but when you taste our gelato it will become a favorite trip with your family.  Families, businesses, networking groups—all will find Blue Chip Gourmet is warm and a great place to gather!  We also expect catering and our big cookie cakes to be a big hit.!”
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.

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Blue Chip Gourmet, Inc. is the franchisor of Blue Chip Gourmet, Blue Chip Cookies and Blue Chip Express Stores nationally and internationally. Best know for their Blue Chip Cookies, the stores now showcase "Eats, Sweets and Treat!"