Tourists and locals queue for several hours to get their hands on today 's baked cookies . vendors are even hired to stand in line to sell the cookies , which are later sold at an up - to-70 % mark - up . Food frenzies have also taken place in other parts of the world .
Tourists and locals queue for several hours to get their hands on Jenny 's butter cookies . People are even hired to stand in line to buy the cookies , which are later sold at an up-to-70 % mark-up . Food frenzies have also taken place in other parts of the world .