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Tootie Pie Company, Inc.: Tootie Pie Company Posts Strong Sales

^{Published on 2009-01-28 05:47:25, Last Modified on 2009-01-28 05:48:07 - Market Wire}
 

BOERNE, TX--(Marketwire - January 28, 2009) - The Tootie Pie Company, Inc. (OTCBB: [ TOOT ]), a premium baker and seller of high-quality, handmade pies, announced today that it sold close to 33,000 pies for the quarter ending December 2008, making this the best sales quarter in the Company's history. The previous quarterly record occurred in December of 2007, when close to 30,000 pies were sold.

Don Merrill, Tootie Pie Company's President & CEO, commented, "I am proud of our efforts and thankful for these results, especially considering the economy. As we head into 2009, we will continue our successful marketing strategies, while remaining mindful of the economic challenges ahead."

Tootie Pie Company bakes and sells high-quality, handmade pies through three basic sales channels: retail, corporate and wholesale. The retail segment serves individual consumers through in-store sales, orders via telephone and Internet on the Company's website. The corporate segment serves businesses that purchase pies as a way to promote their company through client and employee appreciation programs. The wholesale segment is made up of regional and national broad-line foodservice distributors who purchase pies and then resell them to their customers. Tootie Pie Company, Inc. is a publicly traded company whose stock is traded on the NASDAQ OTC market under the symbol: "TOOT." For additional information, or to receive correspondence from us, please visit [ www.tootiepieco.com ].

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