Pukka Pies
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| Founded | 1963 |
| Founder | Trevor Storer |
| Headquarters | Leicestershire, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Tim and Andrew Storer |
| Products | Pies and pasties |
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Number of employees
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320 |
| Website | pukkapies |
Pukka Pies is a manufacturer of pies based in Syston, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. A family company founded in 1963 by Trevor Storer as "Trevor Storer's Home Made Pies", it was named Pukka Pies in 1964. It is currently run by his sons Tim and Andrew. It employs 262 people at its factory in Syston, producing 180,000 pies and pasties per day.
With the company's net worth of £35 million in 2003 and turnover in 2007 of £25 million, Trevor Storer was the 904th richest person in the United Kingdom according to a Sunday Times survey.
The company's products include sausage rolls, catering sausages, frozen puff pastry, and non-meat foods, with the Potato, Cheese, and Onion Pasty and Vegetable Pre-Sheeted Puff Pastry Roll approved by the Vegetarian Society.
According to the company, the favourite pie flavours in the United Kingdom based upon its sales, are:
A pastiche of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting Le Déjeuner des Canotiers hangs in the reception at the headquarters, with the original characters replaced by members of the Storer family.
Pukka Pies are most commonly seen for sale in chip shops. In 2008 the company started selling its pies in UK supermarkets for the customer to heat up at home.
Millmoor, then the home ground of Rotherham United F.C., was the first sporting venue where Pukka Pies were sold. Rotherham United's supporters hold the record for the most pies consumed at a football match, with a consumption 40% above the Football League average.
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