Carolinas Roundup | (The Charlotte Observer)
Lance plans to purchase 2 struggling cookie companies Lance Inc., the Charlotte-based snack company, plans to buy two ailing cookie companies for $30 million, it announced Tuesday. Company officials say Lance has obtained approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware to be the “stalking horse” bidder for the assets of Archway Cookies LLC and Mother’s Cake and Cookie Co. Archway, founded in …