One of Toronto’s most beloved cookie purveyors is officially setting its sights on Western Canada.
If you’ve spent time in Ontario, you’ve probably come across Craig’s Cookies. The Canadian-owned spot is known for its super-sized, chunky sweet treats that come in over 100 flavours and are packed with everything from chocolate chips to Kinder Bueno and Snickers.
Now, the brand has revealed it is looking to expand into Western Canada in cities including Calgary, Vancouver, and Edmonton.
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Craig’s Cookies was launched by Craig Pike in 2012. As a side hustle between acting gigs, Pike told Dished that he began selling chocolate chip cookies online and delivering them himself by bicycle.
“That first month, I sold 200 dozen cookies,” he said.
By 2018, Pike was ready to take a risk on a brick-and-mortar store, opening in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood in 2018 to a huge amount of hype.
“There was myself and two other employees, and within two weeks, I had to hire 10 people. We had lineups down the street,” he added.
A second Craig’s Cookies outpost opened in The Village in Toronto in 2019, and since then, the company has expanded to include six corporate locations and 10 franchises across Ontario.
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Chris Bellos, director of operations for Craig’s Cookies, told Dished that while the brand is looking to keep up the momentum of its success in Ontario, it is also looking at branching out further afield to Western Canada.
“We’ve done a fantastic job here in Ontario. We are looking again into Eastern Ontario, but our next big steps are Vancouver and Calgary,” he said.
“We know that the Toronto region loves us, and once we can get out there, the rest of the country will love us as well.”
While no locations have been confirmed just yet, Pike added that he’s extremely excited to showcase Craig’s Cookies work as a Canadian-owned business across the country.
“There’s so many different cookie companies popping up. We’re really proud of the work we’re doing, and we’re really excited to be able to kind of share what we’re doing with the rest of Canada,” he added.