It has been a flurry or excitement at Achatz Handmade Pie Co.! This past wek, with Marysol Castro visting from GMA, and all the local media that we’ve gotten has brought in so many people to our shops. We are giving away slices of our signature Michigan 4-Berry pie to every guests! And today, our Pumpkin pies were featured on the Rachael Ray Show, which has brought even more excitement for us!

Well, I believe this is the last day to cast your vote to see which pie will be named America’s “Best Slice” for the GMA challenge. Another Michigan company had won this challenge for the “Best Scoop” when GMA had asked America who had the best ice cream. Mooner’s in Traverse City won. If we win, I will call Mooner’s, see if they want to bring the ice cream, we’ll bring the pie, and we’ll go see the guys (and gal) in Lansing, to see if we can’t do something about all of these extra small business taxes that we, here in Michigan pay! Creating more jobs here in Michigan is vital right now and making it easier to invest in equipment, marketing and everything else we need to run a successful, instead of the heavy tax burdens, will make a difference in whether we can continue growth. 

I was reading through all of our ‘Testimonials”, and see one from my cousin Stacey. She writes, “we’ve come along way from home, to flea market, to Good Morning America”. Yep, we’ll never forget the early days of baking a few pies from the back room of our home, loading up the old blue, setting up the 10×20 foot tent at 6 am. at the Armada Flea Market to sell pies, rain, snow, hail or sleet over the card tables! It’s been 15 years of honest hard work. And thanks to my dedicated staff and family for their hard work and perseverance, we’ve been able to purchase a great new Bake House in Chesterfield!

So now, the campainging is over, they’ll count the votes, and may the best pie win. I have been thinking of how stressed the other pie companies are feeling as well. With Thanksgiving barreling down on us, we must concentrate fully on pulling this holiday off perfectly, our busiest time of the year! The Friday Marysol Castro came out, I was driving to work with butterflies that turned into a severe stomach ache. Thought I would have to pull the car over and loose it on the side of the road! I was so nervous! I kept thinking of Michele from Michele’s pies, Audrey from The Olive Branch and Ms. Norma Grub, for they had already gone through the taping earlier that week! Had they experience these horrible butterflies? I felt sorry for my competitors…really, though I felt more connected to them, through the wonderful thing called PIE! So, good luck all, my kindred-heart fellow pie ladies! It’s been a great ride! We are all winners! Blessings, 

Truly,

Wendy