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A bakery that first became profitable when it found a four-year-old to grace its snack cake cartons is on the hunt for another Little Debbie.
O.D. McKee, who sold nickel cakes out of the back of his car after graduating from college, opened a Chattanooga bakery with his wife Ruth in 1934. But their products didn't catch on until 1960, when McKee took a supplier's suggestion and borrowed his granddaughter's name and image for a new line of 12-cake packs. The McKees sold 14 million oatmeal cream pies that year.
