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Pie Impacts Michigan Economics!
Grand Traverse Pie Company IS ALL ABOUT MICHIGAN!
2007 Projection: GTPC Will Drive Over $25 Million into Michigan's Economy
(Traverse City, Michigan) – January, 2007 – Grand Traverse Pie Company is all about Michigan! Grand Traverse Pie Company (GTPC) will continue to makes its mark on the Michigan economy during 2007. Beyond nine pie store locations throughout the state currently, the company will open additional shops in Michigan and Indiana driving the Michigan message now from its neighboring states. Grand Traverse Pie Company will employ over 500 people by year's end, and drive an economic impact of over $25 million during the year 2007.
Each GTPC location uses ONLY Michigan fruits (cherries, blueberries, and apples) and Michigan flours in the now famous fruit pies and preserves. "The agriculture economic impact alone is significant not only to Northern Michigan, but the entire state", stated GTPC creator Mike Busley. "Michigan is the Grand Traverse Pie Company's discriminator. Our customers not only are loyal to us because of our hand-crafted pies and well prepared café cuisine, but because we are all about Michigan! We support our state by employing residents, using Michigan fruits and products, and partner with multiple other Michigan companies like Lapari Foods – the distributor of our Michigan ingredients".
GTPC has built a Michigan destination on pie…great cherry pie from the Grand Traverse Region. But now, visitors enjoy a café filled with fresh baked breakfast quiche, lunch time salads, soups, and sandwiches – all homemade from scratch everyday, and dinner pot pies, made with that same discriminating pie crust that one tastes with every fruit pie.
Visitors to any one of the Grand Traverse Pie Company locations - each a "destination café", will smell the aromas flowing from the open air, from-scratch kitchen, immediately. One will find REAL Michigan made pie and café cuisine. There are now eleven GTPC Franchise locations throughout the state of Michigan and Indiana:
- Ann Arbor (734) 997-7902.
- Brighton (810) 225-7437
- Burton (810) 742-9743
- Mt. Pleasant (989) 779-2743
- Norton Shores (231) 799-3399
- Okemos (517) 381-7437
- Petoskey (231) 348-4060
- Sterling Heights (586) 323-2743
- Traverse City (231) 922-7437
