Wonton Food, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is the largest fortune cookie manufacturer in the United States, at least twice as big as its nearest competitor. It churns out more than 4 million cookies a day—more than a billion cookies a year. All of which have fortunes inside them.
I called Wonton while tracking down another story recently. A vice president named Derrick Wong called me back. “Who writes your fortunes?” I asked.
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