End of an era

On Thursday, I found an announcement on the net that brought an end to
yet another one of my childhood favorites. It was the closure of
Mother's Cookies.

After reading the announcement, struck with shock, the thought of
making an Animal Cookie run didn't occur to me until I was in bed that
night. I then considered getting dressed and attempting a late night
trip to Safeway. Unable to fathom a supermarket shelf without plenty
bags of those frosted pink and white cookies, I decided to wait until
the morning.

The next day, I walked into my local Safeway before heading to work. I
picked up a basket intending to fill it with no less than three bags.
I walked to the cookie isle and the reality hit me. There were no bags
of Animal Cookies to be found, only a gaping hole in product where
they once lived.
Saddened, I headed to work.

Getting near the office, I decided to make another attempt at the
Safeway across the street from work. This time I was a bit less
hopefull. Sure enough, no clearer could the end of these favorites be,
the shelf here too was recently wounded by the loss.

I fear now for a few of the remaining local favorites. May there never
be an end to my beloved It's Its or bread from the French Italian
bakery in North Beach.