Not ‘Crumbs’: Cookie Maker Hires 5, Raises Pay, Expands Under Tax Cuts

The overhaul of the tax code by congressional Republicans didn’t produce just crumbs for the business of a popular cookie maker based in Florida.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has meant hiring, raises, investment in new equipment, and expanded operations, he says.

“It has had a direct impact on us,” Joseph Semprevivo, founder, CEO, and president of Joseph’s Lite Cookies, told The Daily Signal in a phone interview.

“We have added five more positions, we’ve expanded our factory, exclusively for … the sugar-free pancake syrup [and] we are launching into another business, a honey business,” Semprevivo said.

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