Simple Simon Pies

Spécialités

«Simple Simon met a pieman… going to the fair»

Welcome to Simple Simon Pies, makers of great savoury and dessert pies since 1987.

Everyone is busy these days… families are active… kids are on the go. Here’s the perfect answer to a tasty, easy, quick and affordable solution to meal times.

Our pies are a 4″ individual serving which are all make by hand using the freshest ingredients available. They are baked and frozen so you need only to reheat the pies (either in a microwave or an oven) to enjoy them for breakfast, lunch, dinner or for a snack. For a complete meal, simply add a salad or a vegetable side dish (which can be easily prepared while the pies are reheating) — and Eureka! — dinner’s ready.

We also have soups and meals.

Historique

Fondé en 1984.

It sounds simple but the little pie company that could had it’s auspicious beginnings in a garage. After experiencing two successful ventures in the food industry, Bob Whitworth, (originally from merry old England and founder of Simple Simon Pies) found himself with a machine for making pastry in 1987. He decided to make a few pies using a friends pizza parlor kitchen and stored them in freezers in his garage. He then sold them at an outdoor farmers market. Right from the beginning he knew that if people sampled his pies, they would buy them. He sold all of his pies that day. He figured he was on to something.

Bob (also known to many as «Simon») opened a storefront in downtown Calgary on the corner of 7^th Avenue and Centre Street. Many business people and downtown shoppers would flock to his shop to buy frozen pies to take home. For those that did not know about his pies, walking past the storefront and smelling the pies being cooked was all that was needed to bring them in the door. F

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Bob Whitworth currently spends his weekends in the markets, cutting and handing out samples of meat pie and chatting customers up, just as he has since 1985.

Whitworth, who owns Simple Simon Pies, said that he prefers to work in farmers’ markets rather than retail locations after doing both throughout his career.

Working in the markets is preferable, he said, because of the sense of community present.

Whitworth said that the Calgary Farmers’ Market in its old location in the southwest became a place to hang out, rather than simply a place to shop.

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