By Killian Maree-For the North Star Reporter
After three years of doing business in Foxboro, Ally’s Cookies has opened a second location in North Attleborough.
The business is owned by Ally Renaud, who for over 20 years worked corporate jobs, but in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, began making cookies for her friends.
Her friends were very supportive of Renaud’s confectionery creations, and she soon began to sell the cookies at the Foxboro Farmers Market. The cookies were a hit, so Renaud started to look for farmers markets in other towns, and the business took off from there.
“I knew pretty early on with the farmers markets that we had something,” said Renaud.
She eventually found a space in downtown Foxboro at 6 Mechanic St. She said that she and her husband signed the lease the day they saw the place, and opened within three weeks.
In February of 2025, Renaud bought Doglio Coffee in North Attleborough, a business that was owned by one of her friends, and combined it with the new Ally’s Cookies location at 19 South Washington St. in North Attleborough.
“We really wanted to have a location that offered both coffee and cookies,” said Renaud.
In addition to the physical locations, they also have two mobile units to bring coffee and cookies to private events, sports games and farmers markets, among others.
Renaud said that she was overwhelmed by the support that her business received in Foxboro and felt that North Attleborough would be a great place to expand to.
“I have an amazing staff. Quite honestly I couldn’t do it without them,” she said. “I quit a corporate job to do this. I couldn’t have done that if I didn’t have the town of Foxboro’s support, and now North Attleborough’s.”
The cookies that Ally’s Cookies makes are about one third of a pound, and Reanud and her staff offer core flavors that are in the store every day, plus about five that rotate each week. Renaud said the customers love the variety.
With the holiday season coming up, Ally’s Cookies will be leaning into the seasonal flavors. The most popular flavor that Ally Cookies offers is the triple chocolate sea salt, followed by M&Ms and anything with Oreo in it.
To order cookies from either Ally’s Cookies locations, visit allyscookies.com.