Quite a steal

WHO STOLE the cookies from the cookie store?

Well, if some one does it this Deepavali from one of the Cookie Man stores, they are sure to get beautifully-wrapped Barrells, treasure chests, hexagonal boxes or crunchy cookies in our traditional `Pattima' pouches or eco-friendly jute bags.

Says Mr. John Lynch, Director and Chief Cookie Taster ``We saw the Indian's love for sweets and noted that they preferred to munch biscuits with coffee and tea. Most of all had the tradition of gifting others on festival days like Deepavali.'' This is what has prompted Cookie Man to come up with cookie packs from 100 grams to 750 grams and the cost ranges from Rs. 45 to Rs. 230. The ethnic-looking Batik series comes in small and large printed cotton Serendipity Pouches, with the prints differing in nature, fruit and teddy series.

Ideal for corporate gifts are the small and large Deepam Boxes, tall Ganesha boxes, both small and large, and square Ganesha boxes from Rs. 60 to Rs. 150. To gift cookies with chocolate and let the memory stay fresh in the receiver even after they have been devoured, hand bag complements are ideal made of eco- friendly jute and so are the triangle and square napkin boxes which can be used to serve chappatis after the chocolates have been emptied.

Mr. R. Chandrasekaran, Director, says that for the group that has been thinking of ``cookies, cookies and cookies alone, we are planning to go in for sale through franchisees at Adyar''.

So, for a cookieish gift Deepavali this time, you know where to go.

By Akila Dinakar

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