Cookie maker's blog revived her flagging sales

April 28, 2008

An online campaign kept a St. Paul cookie company from crumbling.

Soaring commodity prices and mounting bills were a recipe for financial disaster for Katherine Novotny, owner of St. Paul Classic Cookie Co.

She wrote a blog entry about her woes one night in early March, saying her small downtown bakery needed some extra cash -- quick -- to stay open.

By TODD NELSON, Special to the Star Tribune

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