The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 50, Ed. 1 Monday, August 20, 1990 Page: 4 of 8
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
Monday, August 20,1990
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Eu$ine$$ & Professional Pirectcry
Cookie Cutter — diet cookies & knives
On the diet-cookie side of the
store are two brands of high fiber
cookies with each brand offering
four flavors of cookies. After sam-
pling several of the cookies, from
the complimentary sample jars by
each flavor, one must admit, the
cookies taste good, but, one may
ask, do they work?
“When someone asks me that,
I simply point to this picture of Jim
behind our counter. ” The picture
she referred to was taken last year
when Jim was working in Egypt,
and obviously carrying around
more excess baggage than the
camera around his neck. She ad-
ded the dieter is supposed to drink
two glasses of water with each
cookie to enjoy the same success.
Jeannie says that the cookies ar-
en’t just another fad. “Used
properly, these cookies work, and
unlike other diet products on the
market, they offer the dieter con-
venience, taste, and nutrition,
without drugs or stimulants, and
most importantly the cookies are
filling and help prevent cravings
for snacks.”
On the other side of the store was
a collection of knives that far ex-
ceeded the usual department store
offering, ranging from the one inch
key chain size to the size that only
Crocodile Dundee would be com-
fortable with.
Bastrop couple Jim and Jeannie
Morse recently opened the Cookie
Cutter in Lost Pines Plaza, offer-
ing Bastrop shoppers a variety of
two products, knives and diet
cookies.
How the two seemingly unrelat-
ed product lines came together in
one store, Jim said “Well, market-
ing the cookies was my wife’s idea,
selling the cutters was mine, so we
fianlly decided to go with both,
thinking it would give both hus-
bands and wives a reason to visit
the same store." Jim said.that was
the original idea anyway, but that
has not always been the case, as a
lot of the ladies have been more in-
terested in the knives than the
cookies, and vice-versa. ”
The couple is optimistic about
the possibilities of success on their
idea in Bastrop, “Well. Jeannie
and I agreed the only way to en-
sure our success was to offer the
folks in Bastrop the best selection
of both items, this side of Austin.”
“I can honestly say, we have
achieved both goals. Now people
can come into ma store here and
get the selection that before, took
an hours drive. And speaking of
saving people long drives, we will
provide a postage free mail order
service to anyone who calls and re-
quests a free sample cookie alnd in-
formation sent to them."
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After leaving the Cookie Cutter,
one can understand why Jim and
Jeannie agreed to sell both diet
cookies and knives in the same
store.
Jim’s interest in knives stemmed
from his youth in east Texas
where, he said, every boy had a
knife in his pocket or on his belt,
not as a weapon, but as a handy
tool that no country kid could be
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 50, Ed. 1 Monday, August 20, 1990, newspaper, August 20, 1990; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth737136/m1/4/?q=technical+manual: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.