Meet
the Owner
Johnathon Bush, a lifelong resident of Toledo, OH attended Grove Patterson Academy and graduated from Central Catholic High School in 2011. At the age of thirteen, Johnathon wanted to work and found out that he was too young. As a kid he had a talent for baking and loved sweets so March of 2006 he put the two together which led to the formation of Not Just Cookies.
Johnathon started his company by sending 20 letters to family and friends letting them know he was starting a cookie business. His company grew by word of mouth and he quickly established a loyal customer base. A year and a half into the business, Johnathon decided to use all natural ingredients and baking stones to create a better product. He also formed a website to attract online customers and allow people to pay via PayPal using credit cards. The NJC website helped to expand his business even more. Not Just Cookies has grown steadily since the start of the company in March of 2006. NJC has shipped products all throughout the state of Ohio, California, Rhode Island, Michigan, Georgia, Colorado, and Minnesota. NJC uses a commercially licensed kitchen to prepare its’ products. The company’s most recent venture is the launching of gourmet, frozen cookie dough available for fundraising. Organizations anywhere in the country can raise money by pre-selling NJC cookie dough.

 In the past year Johnathon and NJC won four awards; The Youth Walk of Fame, Food Product Development Contest, the NAACP ACT-SO Award in Los Angeles, CA, and an award finalist in the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards in NYC at the New York Stock Exchange. The first was for entrepreneurship and the second was for a recipe Johnathon created called Turtle cookies; a chocolate cookie with, caramel, pecans, and chocolate chips. 

Today NJC cookies can be purchased in local stores and cafes. Johnathon plans to take Not Just Cookies national with his gourmet cookie dough fundraisers and getting his delicious cookies in more stores throughout the country. 

Johnathon is a a freshman at the University of Toledo majoring in Finance.

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  • ​Click here, to view article in Toledo Blade, for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards competition


  • Click here, to view article in Sojourner's Truth Newspaper

  • Click here, to view interview with Channel 11 WTOL, for Food Product Development Contest

  • Click here, to view article in The Toledo Blade, for Food Product Development Contest


  • Click here, to view interview on Coffee with the Fords.

  • Click here, to view interview with 13ABC Action News

  • Click here, to view article with Toledo Business Review

  • Click here, to view Johnathon Bush inducted into the Youth Walk of Fame for Not Just Cookies with 13ABC Action News