Tootie Pie Company, Inc. (OTCBB: TOOT)
BOERNE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Tootie Pie Company, Inc. (OTCBB: TOOT – News), a premium baker and seller of high-quality, handmade pies, signed a Corporate-wide Marketing Agreement with Ben E Keith Foods, Corporate Division.
“Tootie Pie Company has continually demonstrated their ability to deliver high quality desserts, on a consistent basis, across all our Ben E Keith divisions. The next step in the evolution of their products is to partner with a Corporate-wide Marketing Agreement, providing additional sales opportunities and access for Tootie Pies within our overall sales organization,” said Robert Randolph, Vice President of Purchasing at Ben E Keith Foods Corporate Division.
Tootie Pies are now stocked in all of the Ben E Keith Foods distribution centers, covering sales regions encompassing: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi.
Don Merrill, President and CEO of Tootie Pie Company said, “We value our partnership with Ben E Keith Foods. Each region has shown a willingness to use our extraordinary pies as a way to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. Ben E Keith invited us to take part in their company booths at both the Texas Restaurant Association and the Oklahoma Restaurant Association expos this past year. We appreciate the importance of achieving this distinction within Ben E Keith and look forward to growing our business, together.”
Tootie Pie Company bakes and sells high-quality, handmade pies through three basic sales channels: retail, corporate and wholesale. The retail segment serves individual consumers through in-store sales, orders via telephone and internet on the Company’s website. The corporate segment serves businesses that purchase pies as a way to promote their company through client and employee appreciation programs. The wholesale segment is made up of regional and national broad-line foodservice distributors who purchase pies and then resell them to their customers. For additional information, or to receive emails from us, please visit www.tootiepieco.com
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Contact:
The Tootie Pie Company, Inc.
Jeff Bailey, 210-237-4751
VP of Corporate Development
Jeff.Bailey@tootiepieco.com
Source: The Tootie Pie Company, Inc.
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