Marilyn
Caine founded the company back in 1980, under the name Marilyn
Specialties. She would bake cookies in her home kitchen every night, and
in the morning take the bus to NYC to deliver delicious cookies to
specialty Mom & Pop stores; then 3 months into her venture, Macy's
gave her a big order and that's how her cookie shop started to grow.
Although the company has always been baking specialty cookies (oversize
decorative cookies back then), Marilyn always had this idea in mind: to
bake "healthier, better for you cookies", a concept unheard of at the
time; she was concerned about some diabetic relatives, so she went back
to the family collection of artisan recipes, and started tweaking them,
and that's how Aunt Gussie's Sugar Free cookies were born. But she did
not stopped there; she certainly was a woman ahead of her time,
she introduced Spelt, an ancient grain for consumers sensitive to
common wheat, and a few years later working alongside with her son
David, opened a dedicated Gluten Free kitchen, for the company's new
specialty line.
Today, after 3 decades, the company is proud to maintain its original commitment to its consumers: to bake only the best cookies and crackers using only all-natural ingredients.
Aunt Gussie's continues to grow on the consumers' demand for truly
"better for you products", maintaining high quality standards and
delivering great taste.
Aunt
Gussie's Cookies & Crackers is family-owned and operated in
Garfield, NJ. Since opening in 1980, we’ve treated every customer like
they were a part of our family.
