Debbi Fields Research Paper

Debbi Fields, born in Oakland, California on September 18, 1956, had always loved baking cookies since she was a child. Not only did she love baking cookies, but she also loved the satisfaction she gained from those who ate her cookies. Even when she was young, she began her first job and used that money to buy ingredients for her cookies. By the time she was 18, Fields was already known locally for her delicious cookies. She was only a housewife who loved making cookies when she married her first husband. After being tired of feeling down and judged when telling people she was a housewife, she came up with a business plan to utilize her amazing skill of making cookies. On her first day of business, no one came in to buy from Mrs. Fields Chocolate

Fields Cookies so that she was not limited to just chocolate chip cookies. It was not always easy, however. Since she did not franchise her stores and locations, Fields found some trouble financially. She is still the company’s largest shareholder, but she had to give away 80 percent of the company to lenders so that she could keep her business alive. Fields continues to hold high standards for her cookies and her employees. Customer satisfaction is her number one priority. If the cookies are not perfect, she might close the shop for the day until the cookies are better. Her employees must be kind and hardworking, and before being hired, she puts them through a series of three tests. Her employees are viewed as an extended family. With her high standards,

Fields donates each cookie in all her stores that are still on the rack after being two hours out of the oven to a local charity. Debbi Fields excels because she works hard, holds the upmost of standards, and never gives up. Simply through perseverance and innovation,

Debbi Fields has grown to become a powerful woman with delicious cookies satisfying customers all around the world every day. She is one of the most successful women

Fields has also written an autobiography and several cookbooks. Her cookbook named “Mrs. Fields Cookie Book: 100 Recipes from the Kitchen of Debbi

Fields” was the first of her cookbooks to make it number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Fields also conducts seminars and has made several appearances on television. She also sits on boards of Outback Steakhouse, EmergeMemphis, and the

Orpheum Theatre.

Debbi Fields is the youngest of five daughters. Her father was welder and her mother was a housewife. Her first job at the age of 13 was a ball girl for major league baseball. As a teenager she went to high school at Alameda High School in Alameda,

California. When she graduated, Fields went to Foothill College. She was only 19 when she married her first husband. Randy Fields, her first husband, was a Stanford graduate.

Together, they have five children named Jessica, Jenessa, Jennifer, Ashley, and

McKenzie. After divorcing Randy Fields, Debbi Fields remarried Michael Rose. She now lives with her husband and five daughters in Memphis, Tennessee. Along with baking cookies, Fields loves to hang out with her family. She is a Christian and to listen

to Christian music. Her family is fully supportive of her and, of course, they love her