Ben's Cookies

thumb|Ben's Cookies in Oxford's covered market thumb|upright|Cookie display at a London branch '''Ben's Cookies''' is an international chain of shops that bake and sell cookies. After making cookies at home, Helge Rubinstein opened a stall to sell them in Oxford's Covered Market in 1984.<ref name="benscookies"/> The cookies can usually be purchased warm as they are baked on-site in the shops. The first store was in Oxford's covered market. The stores are mainly in London, but also in other UK cities and other countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Stores |url=https://www.benscookies.com/our-stores/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Ben's Cookies |language=en-US}}</ref>

Rubinstein was a graduate of Somerville College, Oxford and wife of Hilary Rubinstein. The company was named after Rubinstein's son Ben, and the logo was created by the British artist Quentin Blake, a friend of the family.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Interview: Quentin Blake |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/8272 |website=Varsity |accessdate=11 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="benscookies">{{cite web|title=Baking since 1983|url=http://www.benscookies.com/our-story/|url-status=live|website=Ben's Cookies (official)|accessdate=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011214433/http://www.benscookies.com/our-story/ |archive-date=11 October 2018 }}</ref>

Ben's Cookies currently has numerous stores in the United Kingdom, including Bath, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, London, and Reading. It has also opened stores overseas in Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Bangkok, Manila, and Dallas.

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==External links== * [http://www.benscookies.com/ Official website]

Category:Retail companies established in 1983 Category:Catering and food service companies of the United Kingdom