After EM and I sold the restaurant she stayed on for a while as an employee and I began the Archway cookie route. The route was from Rome, NY, all the way to Raquette Lake, which is 22 miles north of Old Forge! We housed the cases of cookies in a rented storage unit just outside of Vernon. Every morning at 6 AM I would start out to make the deliveries. The concept of being a distributor was that you purchased the product and you placed them in your stores and if and when they sold you made your profit. I say when they were sold because If you haven't checked lately, there are a lot of cookies in that snack aisle and with 'big boy company brands' to boot who could really market and have great sales. My route consisted of the few small 'mom and pop' stores that were still hanging on and the ones they were hanging on against such as Walmart, Price Chopper and P&C. Also the many gas station - convenience stores that dotted the area, such as Nice & Easy, F
My journey and experiences....