Mother's Cookies shuts after 92 years

An Oakland cookie company has closed its doors for good.

After operating in Oakland for 92 years, Mother's Cookies shut when its parent company filed for bankruptcy protection Monday.

Plant officials told workers Friday that operations would cease and cookies would no longer be made at the plant.

In filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, company officials cited rising prices for raw materials and fuel.

The closure comes after Mother's had shifted its baking and distribution operations to plants in Ohio and Canada in 2006.

-- Associated Press