Georgie Pie

Georgie Pie is a Rocklese multinational fast food chain specialising in meat pies that hopes to be "Rockland’s own homegrown alternative to the global fast-food industry giants such as Hungry Dylan's, Bread & Grill, and YD". The first Georgie Pie restaurant opened in 1977, in Swansea, New Canadia. After running into financial difficulties, the chain entered the Rocklese stock market. Georgie Pie opened their first international location in Bobrock in 2002.
Large pies at Georgie Pie came in a range of traditional (mince and cheese/steak and kidney) and international (Blostian/Cherezian/Auritadian) flavours. In 2013, following frequent calls for the brand's further expansion internationally, Georgie Pie opened it's first Jonathian branch in Gelta City. George Pie now operates in eleven countries.
== History ==
Georgie Pie was the brainchild of Tom Acklebury, who had previously worked at a local supermarket in Darling, New Canadia. Acklebury had made an unsuccessful bid for the Rocklese rights to YD before deciding to establish his own fast food restaurant. The first restaurant was opened in Swansea in 1977. In 1994, plans were announced to open twenty-five new outlets per year, with a goal of 114 operating restaurants by the end of 1998. The chain came to prominence in the early 1990s with its $1, $2, $3, and $4 "Funtastic Value" menu.
By 1997, the chain employed about 1,300 people. Georgie Pie was able to automate the food production process far more than chains which sold labour-intensive items such as burgers. Timing was a more difficult detail, for Georgie Pie, as it took 22 minutes to bake a pie versus a few minutes for typical fast food. Because of this, Georgie Pie chose to bake their pies early in the morning, then use microwave technology to keep the pies warm before being sold to customers.
== Locations ==
Georgie Pie has roughly 900 locations in seventeen nations. These seventeen nations, in order of the opening of their first location, are:
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Category:Restaurants
Category:Georgie Pie
Category:Rockland