A delivery truck stocked with Berger cookies rolled out of the Cherry Hill bakery Monday morning for the first time in more than a month. The well-known sweets are finally back in stores after Berger’s closure by the Baltimore City Health Department Jan. 31; the bakery was closed for operating without a city-issued food-service license.
The Health Department approved the bakery's license Wednesday, and the bakery started to gear up for production the next day. On Monday, workers in hairnets and aprons frosted cookies, packed the treats and sent them off.
Corey DeBaufre, whose family has been making the cookies since 1969, said the bakery would keep its regular production schedule for the time being. Even if demand spiked, he said, it would be hard to make more cookies quickly without hiring additional workers, something the facility generally only does for increased demand at Christmas.
The cookies can't be rushed, he explained, because drying time is essential.
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