The Tootie Pie Company, Inc, a premium seller and baker of handmade pies, announced its sales have doubled for the month of February 2008 to 2,600 pies sold per month from 1,300 a month in 2007.
Through their primary sales channels (retail, corporate and wholesale), Tootie Pie Company sells high-quality, homemade pies, leveraging name recognition with corporate employees that purchase the pies for gifts, events, retail, and/or personal use.
Don Merrill, Tootie Pie Company’s President and CEO, said “These February gains are the result of our ongoing efforts to grow our year round wholesale business, which is especially important during these ‘off season’ months. Experience tells us that sales made during these slower months will generally lead to even larger sales increases as the year progresses and our customer base grows.”
The Tootie Pie Story, as it exists today, began in 2004 when Don Merrill read an article about Ruby Lorraine “Tootie” Feagan in the newspaper. The piece told of Tootie’s several awards and how she had been featured in many publications. The article also said that Tootie wanted to sell her modest Medina, Texas, bakery and retire. Seeing an opportunity, Mr. Merrill contacted Tootie and arranged a get-together, where he tasted – for the first time – Tootie’s famous, six-pound “Original Apple” pie. From that meeting, the groundwork of the Tootie Pie Company was formed.
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