Jack's Cookies
Displaying posts 1 - 30 out of 36.12Steve Cannella
Does anyone remember Jack's Cookiies? Do you know where they were?
over a year ago · ·
Mark S. Hankins
I ate 'em.
Weren't they a Winn Dixie house brand before Sunshine and Krackin' Good?
over a year ago · ·
Steve Cannella
You're right Mark- they had a factory or distributorship on North Boulevard!
over a year ago · ·
Mario Núñez
Jack's Cookies were like Charles Chips... You couldn't eat just one... And didn't they make Christmas Cookies too???
over a year ago · ·
Carmen Bell Stegner
I remember them.. My daddy worked there..drove truck & maybe other stuff.. brought cookies home all the time!!.. i dont remember where the place was.. i thought it was over in East Tampa/40th street area.. will have to ask my mother if she remembers!
over a year ago · ·
Kristine Tjernstrom Lay
Were located somewhere near Myrtle Hill Cemetery... My mom used their broken cookie store as a bribe for us to go with her to our granddad's/grandmother's gravesite. That was our after visit treat :)
over a year ago · ·
Mario Núñez
Kristine, now that you mention it... I think it was somewhere around 40th street.. Out there by the cemetery... The 'broken cookie store'... Yep, I remember it too.. I'll ask my Mom too... Surely we'll nail this down... But weren't those cookies delicious?
over a year ago · ·
Steve Cannella
The more I think about it--it was near 40th street. For some reason I remember it as a green building. Does this sound right?
over a year ago · ·
Clint Shaffer
My dad was an orthodontist, and one of his first patients was a woman whose husband worked at Jack's Cookies. I remember going to the factory on a school field trip at least once.
over a year ago · ·
Clint Shaffer
Green building sounds right, but I remember it being in the Seminole Heights/Hillsborough High area, just west of 275...
over a year ago · ·
Steve Cannella
I can't seem to find any pictures or even the address of Jacks Cookies Factory online... I'm on a mission now.
over a year ago · ·
Carmen Bell Stegner
I forgot to ask my mother if she remembered where it was.. I remember going there but was young.. still thinking EAST TAMPA!! We will figure it out somehow!
over a year ago · ·
Clint Shaffer
BTW, I was thinking of the location of the FACTORY--don't remember the store...
over a year ago · ·
Steve Cannella
Same here Clint- I'm thinking Factory as well. I remember E. Tampa somewhere. Google has a newspaper archive search and I found mostly information on the girls softball team that Jacks Cookies apparently sponsored for many years.
over a year ago · ·
Janeen-Lamar Stokes
My Grand father John C. McSwain Was the president of Jack's Cookie Company Fl. My father Britt Bernard was production manager. My father is 70 now and still lives in Tampa. The owner was Leon Bishop. His daughter is still a family friend and lives in NC. The company also sold Christmas trees at the coorner of Florida and Waters Ave. I was lucky enough to eat vanilla waffers of the "line" (which means hot). I have a lot of good memories going to visit my father and grandfather. We still have the red leather chair from my grandfather's office.
over a year ago · ·
Janeen-Lamar Stokes
3615 E. Lake Ave. West of 40th by the railroad. Not Myrtly the one across the St.
over a year ago · ·
Janeen-Lamar Stokes
Not green- the building was yellow. They had many tours. the first plant was on North Blvd corner of West St. They advertised on Romper Room and me and my sister san the Happy Jack song on black and white TV. We jumped out of the Jack in the Box.
over a year ago · ·
Janeen-Lamar Stokes
Southland was a sub. (The Busy Baker) of Jack's.
over a year ago · ·
Janeen-Lamar Stokes
Dear Clint Shaffer, Your Dad's first patient was my mom Judy Bernad. She was pregnant with me. I've seen pictures, her teeth were a mess. I just called my dad and read him the blogs. He said Clint has to be Dr. Schaffer's son. Your Dad used to call my mom "Mother Bernard." He put braces on me and my 2 sisters too. My dad did plumbing in your dad's house to work off some of the bill.
over a year ago · ·
Janeen-Lamar Stokes
Lttle Rascal Spanky owned a brokerage in the Bahama's and bought cookie from the TAmpa Jack's to sell in the Bahama's. The company sold from SAN Juan PR to new England.
over a year ago · ·
Janeen-Lamar Stokes
Carmen Bell- What was your dad's name. My Dad wants to know if they new each other.
over a year ago · ·
Clint Shaffer
Hi, Janeen,
I remembered Judy, and "Bernard" clicks as well. I knew your sister Debany (though I'm not sure I spelled it right), and I remember your mom stopping by my dad's office (the newer one, further north on Florida Ave.) to visit when I worked in his lab in the 70's; he always really enjoyed your mom. I seemed to remember that Debany worked in the office one summer, too. I think I remember meeting your dad on the factory tour, though I was probably just a grade schooler at the time. Great to hear from you. My dad is a hale and hearty 84, remarried after my mom died three years ago, and now lives most of the year in Largo. Great to hear from you and your family!
over a year ago · ·
Clint Shaffer
How long did the first factory operate? The North Blvd./West St. location looks more like the one I remember going to--can't recall ever visiting the one that was further east.
over a year ago · ·
Janeen-Lamar Stokes
N. Blvd opened 1938 closed and Lake ave. opened in 1956. Company was sold in 1978 to Flowers Bakery.
over a year ago · ·
Steve Cannella
Janeen, you definitely solved the mystery of where the factory was! Thank you so much. Jacks Cookies was a treat for so many Tampa natives and holds fond memories for so many of us!
Do you have any pictures of the Jacks Cookies factory on E. Lake? I don't know why I thought it was a green building.
over a year ago · ·
Janeen-Lamar Stokes
I'll get some from my dad. it was yellow because it was actually called Happy Jack Yellow in part of the logo adds. Maybe it was green after it sold in 1978 to Flowers bakery.
over a year ago · ·
Steve Cannella
I'm just happy I can remember Jacks Cookies. I trust you on the color :-)
over a year ago · ·
Debaney Bernard Benton
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Hello Clint...great to "see" you. I treasure all of my Jack's Cookies memories and wish that my children had been able to "tour" the plant.
over a year ago · ·
Mark S Howard
So this thread is a prime example of the fun FB can be. I wish I had some now with a nice glass of Iced Cold Milk ...Mark
over a year ago · ·
Carmen Bell Stegner
MEEEEE TOOOOOO!
over a year ago · ·
Displaying posts 31 - 36 out of 36.12Clint Shaffer
Absolutely! But it would have to be from one of the Florida Dairy dispensers...
over a year ago · ·
Tony Leto
As a kid (in the 50's and early 60's) I used to eat Jacks Vanilla Waffers every morning in a big bowl with my cafe con leche. My parents used to buy them at Big Barn in Ybor City. My grandchildren (ages 5 & 8) love having vanilla waffers and cafe con leche when they spend the night at Nano and Abuela's house. lol
over a year ago · ·
Steve Cannella
Tony - the Vanilla Waffers were my favorite. Great will milk too. My father worked as a bag boy when he was in high school at the Big Barn on Hillsborough Ave and the river, which later became Kash N Karry, owned by the Greco family.
over a year ago · ·
Gary McMullen
lived around corner. It was on the corner of North Boulevard and West. We always had the broked cookies. My sister was married with Hawaian Punch and broken Jack's cookies.
over a year ago · ·
Carmen Bell Stegner
Janeen, sorry i just now saw your question about my dad.. His name was Clayton Bell..
over a year ago · ·
Jim Green
My aunt worked there. We got free broken cookies all the time. They also sponsored my little league team one year.
over a year ago · ·
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