Temecula's 1st Crumbl Cookies To Open In April: Meet Franchise Owner

TEMECULA, CA — Southern California resident and new Crumbl Cookies franchise will soon feed Temecula residents some amazing cookies. As residents anticipate the launch of the Baron's Shopping Center store, there is more work to be done. Still, hard work and staying the course is something he is best at.

Though the corporate offices of Crumbl Cookies announced the grand opening of the Temeku Hills location in April, an opening date was yet to be shared. Just like those freshly baked cookies, the best things in life take a little bit of time.

"We're about 70 percent of the way there," the owner told Patch in a recent phone interview. Now, he's hired management and expects to have employees onboarding soon.

Temecula residents couldn't be happier.

With only one other Southwest Riverside Crumbl Cookies open location in Menifee, Temecula residents are known to get in the car and drive to pick up a box for special occasions. Now, the sign is up and construction crews daily at the Baron's Shopping Center on Meadows Parkway and Rancho California Road.

Crumbl Cookies, which considers itself a "cookie tech company," is a relatively new operation that has grown through word-of-mouth and social media advertising. Each week, they share which flavors the franchises will bake, each cookie with subtle differences that keep fans coming back for more. The bakery was founded by cousins Jason McGowan and Sawyer Hemsley out of Orem, Utah. They created what the pair dubbed "the perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe." That grew into a weekly, rotating menu that is never the same. According to their website over 300 Crumbl Cookies bakeries are open in 36 states.

Liberty in entrepreneurship, community involvement, and working with families is why they wanted to open a family-focused business. Providing delicious cookies in traditional pink bakery boxes was a pure bonus.

CWF Inc.'s Jim LaRue oversaw the process of building and has worked with local members of the financial business community to keep things on target.

When the Temeku Hills Crumbl Cookies opens local hiring will commence.

"We have received many applications from prospective employees interested in working at the Temeku Hills, Crumbl Cookies location," the owner said.

Some prospective employees have shared personal notes about experiences with Crumbl Cookies or baking with their family that resonated with the owners.

According to the City of Temecula's Economic Development Manager, Christine Damko, the business is in process and is "close to opening." They are just "working on their last inspections and improvements."