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Grand Traverse Pie Company History

The Grand Traverse Pie Company was founded in 1996 by Mike and Denise Busley in Traverse City, Michigan. The original business is still operated by Mike and Denise. It strives to set the example and serve as the model from which all other Grand Traverse Pie Company shops evolve. The original Traverse City shop has been featured both regionally and nationally as a premier destination for great pies, which can now be shipped directly to you.

National media coverage includes Business Week, US News and World Report, Men's Journal, Travel Holiday, Home and Garden Television, The Food Network, etc.

Products

This Traverse City based business has evolved from its early days of serving just fruit pies to its current Bakery Café model serving, in addition to fruit pies: Cream, Key Lime, and Lemon Meringue Pies; Chicken, Prime Rib, and Mexican Pot Pies; 6 different kinds of Quiches; a lunch menu of gourmet made-to-order hot and cold sandwiches, wraps, salads, and soups. Our fresh, gourmet baked goods include: 6 kinds of muffins, dessert bars, brownies, 6 kinds of cookies, cinnamon rolls, and more. Beverages include gourmet coffees, espresso, smoothies, and soft drinks.

Company Philosophy

We are a Bakery Café, centered on the production of our fresh, homemade pies. Other Bakery Cafés center around bread, baked goods, or coffee. Examples of other Bakery Café concepts include Panera Bread, Au Bon Pain, Corner Bakery, Champagne French Bakery Café, and Atlanta Bread. This market sector is the fastest growing sector of the food service category, growing by over 44 percent since 1999. A wide variety of fresh-made products combined with comfortable seating environments define a Bakery Café. Our unique orientation around Pie allows us to set ourselves apart from the others. We uphold the utmost quality standards, and have evolved our offerings to items that complement or derive directly from our pie components (i.e. the crust in pot pies and quiches). We sell fruit, cream, pot pies, and quiches in individual or large sizes, and in ready to eat or heat and serve forms. We can service all day parts: morning quiches and baked goods, over 30 items on the lunch menu, whole pies to go, quiches and pot pies as grab and go items for dinners.

Grand Traverse Pie Company Vision & Mission

Vision

To be a premier Bakery Café establishment we are constantly focusing on making the finest Pies commercially available in Traverse City or our numerous other locations or over the Internet.

Mission

1. Offer the finest quality and selection of fruit, cream, and pot pies.
2. Carry that quality commitment to all of our other products (baked goods, sandwiches, salads, soups, and beverages).
3. Provide a comfortable, stress free experience for our customers.
4. Provide a safe, efficient, and clean work environment for our employees.
5. Give respect and dignity to customers, employees, and suppliers.
6. Make each customer feel like family.
7. Contribute positively to each of our communities.
8. Recognize that profitability is essential to our future growth and overall business success.
9. Make each day a positive one; have fun and make a difference.

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