January 18, 2006

Cornell Agriculture & Food Technology Park
Local Company Gains Momentum with Innovative Frozen Dessert

Future Product Development to Occur at Cornell’s Technology Farm

GENEVA, NY – Cole & Parks has entered the $21 billion U.S. frozen dessert market with a unique consumer food product. The specialty food and gift company developed and launched a new frozen, ready-to-eat treat called Dough NuggsTM. Manufacturing and further product development will take place at the Cornell Agriculture & Food Technology Park in Geneva, NY.

Cole & Parks Dough NuggsTM are frozen, bite-sized nuggets of fresh cookie dough made without eggs. Cole & Parks has applied for a patent for Dough NuggsTM, the first egg-free cookie dough product on the market. Currently sold at foodservice outlets such as Cole & Parks; all Tom Wahl’s restaurant locations; and Lasca’s Restaurant in Auburn; Dough NuggsTM will soon be available in grocery stores.

“Consumers view cookie dough as a very desirable treat -- to eat either raw or mixed into ice cream,” says Cole & Parks CEO and founder Donna Reeves-Collins. “However many people have doubts about eating a product made with raw eggs. We developed and tested a high-quality egg-free product with a genuine cookie dough taste. Consumer response indicates that Dough Nuggs appeal to children and adults alike, all looking to satisfy that cookie dough craving. Now, with our move to Cornell’s technology park and our new grocery store packaging, we’re making it more available to consumers.”

Market trials of the egg-free Dough NuggsTM began in July, 2006. According to Tom Wahl’s regional manager, Keith Herman, Dough NuggsTM sales have gone “gang busters.”

“The product has proven to be a huge draw to customers,” explains Herman. “It is unique and surprisingly appeals to all ages. We see moms saying ‘yes’ when their kids want to eat cookie dough. Parents very much like the fact that it doesn’t contain egg.”

Cole & Parks also manufactures ready-to-bake Cole & Parks Dough Eggs® and the company’s individually wrapped cookies. These products, along with Dough NuggsTM, target restaurants, retailers, concessions, and stadiums and will be manufactured and scaled for national distribution at Cornell’s incubator facility in Geneva, NY.

About Cole & Parks
Cole & Parks is headquartered in Geneva, New York and recognized as a leading producer and retailer of proprietary gourmet cookies, cookie dough products, fresh roasted coffee and other specialty foods. Products are distributed directly through its restaurant in Victor, NY, online at www.coleandparks.com, its catalog and now wholesale. The company’s gourmet cookies and cookie dough products offer foodservice, grocery, c-store concessions, colleges and other retailer unique and high quality products. Cole & Parks is a company that has developed remarkably unique products by focusing on product quality and innovation.