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Company type | Private |
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Founded | Palo Alto, California (August 16, 1977) |
Founder | Debbi Fields |
Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 300 locations in the United States and 100 locations in 33 countries (2015)[1] |
Key people | Dustin Lyman, CEO[2] |
Products | Baked goods |
Owner | Z Capital Partners |
Number of employees | 4,000 |
Subsidiaries | TCBY |
Website | MrsFields.com |
Mrs. Fields' Original Cookies Inc. is an American franchisor in the snack food industry, with Mrs. Fields and TCBY as its core brands. Through its franchisees' retail stores, it is one of the largest retailers of freshly-baked-on-premises specialty cookies and brownies in the United States[3] and the largest retailer of soft-serve frozen yogurt in the country.[3] In addition, it operates a gifts and branded retail business, entering into many licensing arrangements. Its franchise systems include over 300 franchised and licensed locations throughout the United States and in 22 other countries. It also offers retail grocery products and a gifting catalog under the name of Mrs. Fields Gifts. It is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.[4]