Table Talk Pies expands into Canada with the purchase of bankrupt Pâtisserie Gaudet

Table Talk Pies of Worcester will soon be making its pies in Canada.

The popular pie company recently acquired Pâtisserie Gaudet in Acton Vale, a town in south-central Quebec. the 70-year-old pie-making company with two facilities in Canada has filed for nearly $24 million August 4.

Table Talk Pies director Cliff Rucker said the company hopes the factory will reopen in 2024 to start making 4-inch and 8-inch pies.

“Our goal, ultimately, is to grow our Table Talk brand in Canada and to be a valued and trusted Canadian company that provides pies to Canadian customers,” Rucker said.

Business, overall, continues to go well for Table Talk, Rucker said. In August, Rucker spoke at length with MassLive on how an investment from himself and local businessmen Anthony Consigli, Matt Consigli and Jim Chacharone helped save the company from financial collapse.

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Table Talk Pies “almost didn’t succeed,” chairman and CEO Harry Kokkinis, whose grandfather started the company, told MassLive at the time.

Kokkinis said Gaudet’s reality might have been the same for Table Talk Pies had the company not received the financial lifeline from Rucker and other investors.

This reality is not lost on Rucker, who said he believes the fact that Table Talk purchased Gaudet’s assets after its bankruptcy gives Table Talk special empathy for the situation.

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Now, four months later, with the acquisition of Gaudet, Table Talk is expanding its manufacturing footprint across North America, although the country still faces inflation and supply chain issues. ‘supply.

“There are still logistical problems. But the good news is pies are an affordable treat for people, especially small pies,” Rucker said. “So I think in general we feel very lucky compared to a lot of manufacturers right now who are really, really struggling with inflation and weaker demand.”

Demand for pies has been strong, Rucker said.

“I think the acquisition of these assets is an extraordinary turnaround quite honestly,” he said.