Pukka Pies
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Pukka Pies is a manufacturer of pies and other foods that is headquartered in Leicester, United Kingdom. It is a family company that was founded in 1963 by Trevor Storer, and as of 2005 was run by his sons Tim and Andrew. It employs 265 people at its factory in Syston, producing 180,000 pies and pasties per day. The brand is one of the most popular pie brands in the United Kingdom.[1] With the company's net worth at £35m as of 2003, Trevor Storer is the 904th richest person in the United Kingdom, according to a Sunday Times survey.[2]
The range of products produced by the company also includes sausage rolls, catering sausages, and frozen puff pastry.[1] It also includes non-meat foods, with the company's Potato, Cheese, and Onion Pasty and Vegetable Pre-Sheeted Puff Pastry Roll both having been approved by the Vegetarian Society.[3]
According to the company, the favourite pie flavours in the United Kingdom, based upon its sales, are:[4]
| Flavour | Popularity |
|---|---|
| Steak & Kidney | 42% |
| Chicken & Mushroom | 32% |
| Minced Beef & Onion | 18% |
| Others (Steak; Meat & Potato; Balti) | 8% |
A pastiche of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Le dejuner des canotier hangs in the reception at the company's headquarters, with the original characters replaced by members of the Storer family.[1]
The main stand at Boundary Park, home of Oldham Athletic A.F.C., is called the Pukka Pies stand,[5] and the company is the official sponsor of the England Band.[6]
Several workers at the factory posed for a nude calendar for 2006, in order to raise money for the Tsunami Appeal and the NSPCC.[7]
In 2006, the company installed improved defences against spam.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Keeping it in the family", Bake & Take magazine, bakery.co.uk, 2005-10-04.
- ^ "Trevor Storer", Rich List, Times Newspapers Ltd., 2003.
- ^ Vegetarian Society (2002-05-16). Stock up on the Pukka Pies, Just in time for National Vegetarian Week 2002. Press release.
- ^ "Go figure Pie chart", Independent on Sunday, Independent Newspapers UK Limited, 2005-11-20.
- ^ Duncan Adams (2004-07-26). The Essential Football Fan (2005). Aesculus Press Ltd, 143. ISBN 1904328229.
- ^ John Sinclair. "Footballs' pukka band!", BBC News, 2006-05-11.
- ^ christian.march. "CALENDAR LADS DO A PUKKA JOB", Melton Today, 2005-12-15.
- ^ David Friedlos. "Pukka Pies cooks up improved email security: Spam taken off the menu at food company", Computing, 2006-05-16.
[edit] Further reading
- Michelle Knott. "Who ate all the pies?", Food Manufacture, William Reed Publishing Ltd., 2006-03-01. — Pukka Pies and trans-fats
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