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National Pie
Day
January
23rd |
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Pie Fun Facts
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 Approx. $700 million in pies (approx. 186
million units) are sold in grocery stores every
year. This does not include restaurants, food
service or price clubs, only grocery stores. If you
lined up the number of pies sold at U.S. grocery
stores in one year, they would circle the globe and
then some.
 According to a 2008 survey by Crisco® and American
Pie Council:
Nearly one out of five (19%) of Americans prefer
apple pie, followed by pumpkin (13%), pecan (12%),
banana cream (10%) and cherry (9%)
Pie just isn’t for after-dinner dessert. Thirty-five
percent of Americans say they’ve had pies for
breakfast. Pies as lunch (66%) and midnight snacks
(59%) also have a popular following.
When asked what dessert Americans would prefer a
friend or family member bring to their house for a
holiday dinner, pie was the winner with 29%. Cake
(17%) and cookies (15%) rounded out the top-three
spots.
 Pumpkin pie was first introduced to the holiday
table at the pilgrim’s second Thanksgiving in 1623.
Pie was not always America’s favorite dessert – in
the 19th Century, fruit pies were a common breakfast
food eaten before the start of a long day.
According to a 2008 “Pie Slice of Life” Survey,
conducted by Schwan’s Consumer Brands North America,
Inc., Carol Brady of The Brady Bunch was picked by
40% of survey respondents as the TV mom that would
bake the best pie. The Cosby Show’s Claire Huxtable
was second with 22%, Desperate Houswives’ Bree Van
de Camp was third with 16 percent, Everybody Loves
Raymond’s Debra Barone was fourth with 13% while The
Simpsons’ Marge Simpson came in fifth with 8%.
The same survey also revealed that when asked “Who
Makes the Best Pie?,” Mom rates highly (27%), and
store bought convenience pie came in a close second
with a 26% slice of the pie – beating out Grandma
who garnered 17%.
This 2006 Four Points® Pie Portrait is an
examination of how Americans enjoy their signature
dessert, in honor of Four Points by Sheraton’s
simple pleasures offerings: pie in all its
restaurants, express pie via room service.
Courtesy
The American Pie Council |
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