Tootie Pie Company, Inc.: Tootie Pie Company Hires Food Veteran

BOERNE, TX--(Marketwire - July 2, 2009) - The Tootie Pie Company, Inc. (OTCBB: [ TOOT ]), a premium baker and seller of high-quality, handmade pies; announced today that it hired Randy G. Graybill as Director of Business Development.

Graybill has a 25 year track record of excellence in competitive sales, management and developing high performance teams. Having worked in the past for M&M/Mars and PepsiCo, Graybill brings expertise across a diverse range of businesses including retail, specialty and foodservice. His roles involved the strategy development of branded products for market entry both domestic and internationally. During his career he has successfully implemented and improved customer service, distribution and packaging operations within existing and start-up operations.

Don Merrill, Tootie Pie Company's President & CEO, commented, "Randy brings a wealth of food industry know-how and experience to the Tootie Pie Company. He will be active in both sales and operations and we expect he will be a key contributor as we take Tootie Pie to the next level."

In another related matter, the Company announced that Kirk Jones would be promoted to Controller and Chief Accountant.

"Kirk Jones has done an outstanding job as our Head Accountant for two years now and his promotion to Controller illustrates the confidence we have in his proven ability to manage all aspects of our accounting department," added Merrill.

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 is a public company 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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