Initially one of the original ball girls in major league baseball, she used her pay to refine her cookie recipes.
[8] Fields began her business in 1977 in Palo Alto, California, and at its height franchised 650 retail bakeries in the United States and over 80 in 11 different countries.
Fields and Randall had five daughters named Jessica, Jenessa, Jennifer, Ashley, and McKenzie, but divorced in 1997.
[10] Fields began franchising in 1990, and, though she sold the business to an investment group in the early 1990s, she remains the company's spokesperson.
[11] The History Channel included Mrs. Fields Cookies in their third season (S3E6) of The Food That Built America series (where she was portrayed by Rebecca Gomberg).