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Cookies Food Products & Speed “The Sauceman” Herrig Celebrate Forty Years

Family-Owned, Iowa-Based Company Reaches Milestone in the Sauces & Seasonings Business

(Wall Lake, IA) – Cookies Food Products is celebrating its 40th Anniversary as one of the largest regional sauce manufacturers in the country. This March will mark 40 years with Speed “The Sauceman” Herrig at the helm, who is considered by many to be the granddaddy of Midwest barbecue sauce-makers.

Speed & Judy – Speed & Judy Herrig purchased Cookies in the early 1980s and together with their families have built Cookies into one of the largest regional sauce manufacturers in the country.

The formation of Cookies Food Products began in 1975 by a man named L.D. Cook, whose nickname was “Cookie,” hence the name “Cookies.” Pro...