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A bigger slice; Achatz Handmade Pie Co. aims to grow, retain quality.

Publication: Crain's Detroit Business
Publication Date: 27-AUG-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: A bigger slice; Achatz Handmade Pie Co. aims to grow, retain quality.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Daniel Duggan

When Achatz Handmade Pie Co. starts baking pies this week in its new Chesterfield Township facility, it opens a new chapter for the company.

But with the move from a pole barn into a 19,000-square-foot bakery, the company faces the challenge of how to keep the personal touch that's made it successful when it's producing 15,000 pies a week.

"We're still going to be a handmade pie company, not a machine-made pie company,'' co-owner Wendy Achatz said. "And just because we're moving to a bigger facility doesn't mean that I'm going to start putting potassium sorbate into the pies.''

The company got its...

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