BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - It’s been more than 15 years since we last checked in with Rutland’s Ann Clark Cookie Cutters. “Then, we had the goal of let’s be the largest cookie cutter company ...

The company, founded in 1989 by Ann and John Clark — Mr. Clark’s parents — says it accounts for about 65 percent of all cookie-cutter sales in the country, about $12 million a year.

Ann Clark Cookie Cutters' number 1 cutter is the venerable gingerbread man. But even the G-man is only produced in runs of 500 at a time, maybe four times a week − not 40,000 in inventory.