GT Pie Co. pies available online from FoodyDirect
When a few folks who love good food hosted a Super Bowl party a few years ago, they ordered some seafood from a restaurant in New England. The seafood was shipped across the country, was a big hit at the party, and FoodyDirect was soon born. FoodyDirect is a website that scours the United States for great food that’s available via delivery. Grand Traverse Pie Co. pies are proud to part of FoodyDirect, sitting alongside other tasty dishes from other corners of the country in many categories. The website doesn’t just offer menu items...
read moreWedding pies make unique dessert
Anyone can offer cake on their wedding day, but for something unique that your guests will remember (and savor), how about Wedding Pies? The Grand Traverse Pie Company is helping to set a new trend by catering pies for weddings. With the spring and summer wedding seasons fast approaching, now’s the time to think about what tasty dessert treats you’ll serve on your once-in-a-lifetime day. Some GT Pie locations offer a giant wedding pie in a large tin that produces pies ranging from 40 to 50 pounds! Contact your local Pie Shop to see...
read moreNew items available for limited time starting in April
It’s springtime at the Grand Traverse Pie Company. The GT Pie team has created a limited time menu filled with fresh flavors of the season. Making its debut this month, at each Grand Traverse Pie Company Shop are fresh new menu items chocked full of delectable flavors. The new ‘Salad Wraps’ are a fresh and healthy choice; each are loaded with crispy salad ingredients in a tasty tomato, spinach or wheat wrap- baked chicken is always a great accompaniment on any of the new wraps. Back by popular demand the tasty ‘Spinach Salad’ made...
read moreCalley helps celebrate math, food and agriculture on National Pi Day
LANSING – In honor of National Pi Day, a day noted by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14, Lt. Governor Brian Calley joined the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), the Michigan State University (MSU) Product Center, Michigan Farm Bureau, and the Grand Traverse Pie Company in encouraging Michiganders to celebrate math, education, and agriculture. “Today, Michigan celebrates two things that are critical to our continued economic reinvention– education and agriculture. Both play key roles in our...
read morePetoskey pie shop owner will honor former math teacher on Pi Day
Almost everyone referred to Mike McLaren as “m2″, which was appropriate considering how passionate he was about numbers. A math teacher at Grand Blanc High School for more than 35 years, McLaren had a special relationship with his students that transcended the classroom. Among those students were Scott Byrd and his wife Jennifer, who now own the Grand Traverse Pie Company in Petoskey. In early March, the Byrds served pie from their shop at McLaren’s memorial service, honoring a request from their former teacher. “When...
read moreFree slice with purchase on Pi Day
Calling all Michigan math lovers! In honor of the coolest mathematical day of the year – Pi Day, March 14 (3.14), Grand Traverse Pie Company has teamed up with Governor Rick Snyder and the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD), in encouraging Michiganders to celebrate math, education, and agriculture. As part of the statewide celebration of agriculture and education, every Grand Traverse Pie Company location will be serving up a FREE slice of Michigan fruit pie with any purchase during the entire day on Pi...
read moreGrand Traverse Pie Company teams with Michigan Agriculture & Education to celebrate Pi Day
Calling all Michigan math lovers! In honor of the coolest mathematical day of the year – Pi Day, March 14 (3.14), Grand Traverse Pie Company has teamed up with Governor Rick Snyder and the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD), in encouraging Michiganders to celebrate math, education, and agriculture. MDARD and Michigan Farm Bureau have partnered with the Michigan-based Grand Traverse Pie Company to commemorate Pi Day. As part of the statewide celebration of agriculture and education, every Grand Traverse Pie...
read moreMario Batali takes to Twitter to share his love of our pie
What goes best with one of Mario Batali’s favorite bottles of wine? Well, pie of course. The celebrity chef knows a little something about food and wine, and this week he took to Twitter to tell his more than 400,000 followers that he enjoys pie from the Grand Traverse Pie Company with one of his favorite pinot grigio’s. Batali, who has acheived tremendous success and fame through his restaurants, cookbooks, vineyard, and philanthropic efforts, tweeted out a photo of a cherry pie from the Grand Traverse Pie Co. along with a bottle...
read moreGT Pie Co. on 9&10 News for Pie Day preview
Northern Michigan’s 9&10 News ran a story on Tuesday about National Pie Day and all of the ways pie lovers could get a free slice of pie (made with Michigan fruit!) on January 23. Northern Michigan’s News...
read moreNational Pie Day celebration
For pie lovers, January 23 was like Christmas, July 4th, and their birthday all rolled into one. It was National Pie Day, the annual day to celebrate pie and the tasty comfort it brings. On Pie Day, the Grand Traverse Pie Company gave away thousands of free slices of fruit pie with every purchase at all of their 15 locations. The celebration had special meaning for GT Pie because it gave the Grand Traverse Pie Company another chance to celebrate and honor the beautiful state of Michigan, where 14 of the 15 pie shops are located. GT Pie Co....
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