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{{Short description|British manufacturer of savoury pies}}
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| type = [[Private company|Private]]
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| foundation = 1963
| founder = [[Trevor Storer]] and Valerie Storer
| location_city = [[Leicestershire]]
| location_country = England
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| key_people = Tim and Andrew Storer
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| products = [[Pie]]s, pasties and sausage rolls
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'''Pukka Pies''' is a manufacturer of [[pies]] based in [[Syston]], [[Leicestershire]], England.
== Products ==
The company's products include single-serve and sharing pies, [[sausage roll]]s, pasties, catering [[sausage]]s, frozen [[puff pastry]],<ref name=Bakery>{{cite news|url=http://www.bod.bakery.co.uk/bodpages.nsf/22e8537493e5720280256be000364497/82cde3e876a4972680257090004a07cc?OpenDocument|title=Keeping it in the family|date=4 October 2005|work=Bake & Take magazine|publisher=bakery.co.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212070310/http://www.bod.bakery.co.uk/bodpages.nsf/22e8537493e5720280256be000364497/82cde3e876a4972680257090004a07cc?OpenDocument|archive-date=12 February 2007}}</ref> and non-meat foods, with the Veggie Leek & Potato pie approved by the  [[Vegetarian Society]].<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=[[Vegetarian Society]]|title=Stock up on the Pukka Pies, Just in time for National Vegetarian Week 2002|date=16 May 2002|url=http://www.vegsoc.org/press/pressarchive/aprv5.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200023/http://www.vegsoc.org/press/pressarchive/aprv5.html|archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
According to the company, the favourite pie flavours in the United Kingdom based upon its 2005 sales, were:<ref>{{cite news|date=20 November 2005|title=Go figure Pie chart|work=[[Independent on Sunday]]|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20051120/ai_n15851577|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004090612/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20051120/ai_n15851577|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2008|publisher=Independent Newspapers UK Limited}}</ref>{{needs update|date=November 2022}}
{| class="wikitable"
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! Flavour                                         !! Popularity
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| Steak pies (All Steak, Steak & Kidney and Steak & Ale) || 56%
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| [[Chicken and mushroom pie|Chicken & Mushroom]] || 22%
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| Minced Beef & Onion                             || 13%
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| Others (Meat & Potato; Balti; Cheese, Beer & Veal)            || 9%
|}
A [[pastiche]] of [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]]'s painting ''[[Luncheon of the Boating Party|Le Déjeuner des Canotiers]]'' hangs in the reception at the headquarters, with the original characters replaced by members of the Storer family.<ref name=Bakery />
Pukka Pies are most commonly seen for sale in [[chip shop]]s, stadiums, butchers, cafes, and pubs across the country. In 2008, the company started selling its pies in UK [[supermarket]]s for the customer to heat up at home.
== History ==
A [[family company]] founded in 1963 by [[Trevor Storer]] and Valerie Storer as "Trevor Storer's Home Made Pies", it was named Pukka Pies in 1964. Today, the business is called Pukka. It is currently run by the Storers' sons, Tim and Andrew, and employs 360 people at its bakery in [[Syston]], producing 180,000 pies and [[pastie]]s per day.
[[Millmoor]], then the home ground of [[Rotherham United FC]], 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.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jan/27/rotherham-pie-capital-of-football | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Is Rotherham really the pie capital of the football world? | first=John | last=Ashdown | date=27 January 2010 | access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref>
== Promotion ==
The main stand at [[Boundary Park]], home of [[Oldham Athletic AFC]], is called the Pukka Pies stand. It is also called the Pukka Pies stand for the main stand of [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham's home]], [[New York Stadium]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Essential Football Fan (2005)|isbn=1-904328-22-9|publisher=Aesculus Press Ltd|author=Duncan Adams|date=26 July 2004|page=143}}</ref> The company was the official [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsor]] of [[The England Band]], who also play for Sheffield Wednesday.<ref>{{cite news|title=Footballs' pukka band!|author=John Sinclair|work=[[BBC News]]|date=11 May 2006|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2006/05/11/pukka_worldcup_feature.shtml}}</ref>
The company sponsored the [[2009 UK Championship (snooker)|2009 UK Snooker Championship]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/uk_championship09_qualifying_news.htm?tid=145 |title=World Snooker |access-date=9 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128081232/http://www.worldsnooker.com/uk_championship09_qualifying_news.htm?tid=145 |archive-date=28 November 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the winner, China's [[Ding Junhui]], was awarded his body weight in meat pies, 276 to match his 69&nbsp;kg weight. He later announced that he would donate all the pies to Homeless and Roofless at Christmas, a [[Sheffield]]-based charity.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8415535.stm | work=BBC News | title=Ding donates UK prize to charity | date=16 December 2009 | access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref>
== See also ==
*[[The England Band|Pukka Pies England Band]]
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite news | title = Who ate all the pies? | author = Michelle Knott | date = 1 March 2006 | work = Food Manufacture | url = http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/2941/Who_ate_all_the_pies_.html | publisher = William Reed Publishing | access-date = 10 October 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061016085526/http://foodmanufacture.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/2941/Who_ate_all_the_pies_.html | archive-date = 16 October 2006 | url-status = dead }}
== External links ==
*{{official website|http://pukkapies.co.uk}}
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