Behind the Bakery with Tina Phillips

Regina McCann Hess | May 7, 2025

Main Episode Description:

In this week’s episode of Women and Wealth, Regina is joined by a guest that has really reached the holy grail:

Owning your very own cookie company.

Seriously, can you imagine?

Tina Phillips is co-owner of the Famous 4th Street Cookie Company, an award-winning, nationally recognized cookie brand – and the Famous Cookie Creamery, an ice cream sandwich shop franchise.

Regina sits down to discuss 4th Street with Tina – it’s genesis, the scale of the operation and of course – all of their tasty offerings!

And lastly, any Women and Wealth episode wouldn’t be complete without exploring obstacles that professional women face – which Regina explores with Tina as a business owner.. as well as checking out what she has in mind for retirement and the next chapter of her life.

Listen To The Episode Here:

Episode Highlights:

0:00 - Introduction

0:43 - Intro to Tina Phillips

3:58 - More into 4th Street Cookies

6:34 - Tina explains the bakery arm of 4th Street

7:38 - 4th Street’s focus on freshness

10:18 - Some challenges Tina has faced as a professional woman

12:47 - Tina’s vision for retirement

16:34 - Putting in the work to keep the business running (and successful)

18:41 - Episode wrap-up

ABOUT REGINA MCCANN HESS

Regina is the author of Super Woman Wealth: How to Become Your Own Financial Hero. As an advocate for women’s financial freedom, she wrote this book to help empower women to take a bigger role in handling their money.

Regina has appeared on Schwab TV, Yahoo Finance, Forbes.com, NTD Television, CBS 3 Philadelphia, Fox 29 Philadelphia, King 5 Seattle, KTLA 5 Los Angeles and Scripps News. She has also been quoted in numerous articles in publications such as Forbes, Business Insider, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo Finance, USA Today, USA Wire, Word in Black, WTOP News, Mind Body Green, Money Digest, New York Post, Defender, Authority Magazine, GoBankingRates.com, Scripps and The Muse.

As Founder of Forge Wealth Management, Regina utilizes her 25+ years of financial services experience to help individuals plan, preserve and diversify their wealth. She focuses on educating her clients while building long-term relationships with them and their families. Her experience throughout major shifts in the markets, enables Regina to structure balanced portfolios to address specific financial goals.