SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tootie Pie
Company, Inc. (OTCQB: TOOT) announced that the producers of the
"Punkin Chunkin World Championship" on the Discovery Channel chose
its Pumpkin Pie to use as corporate gifts to the press, sponsors
and affiliated companies to help promote the annual
event.
"We are delighted they chose our Pumpkin Pie to promote this
unique and extraordinary event" said Don
Merrill, President & CEO. "They purchased and sent out
400 Tootie Pies, which gives us a tremendous amount of exposure to
their media and corporate contacts. We welcome the recipients of
these Tootie Pies to try some of our
other extraordinary pies as well."
Tootie's Pumpkin Pie was just named the Best Pumpkin Pie in the
November issue of "Every Day" with Rachael
Ray. The Company was also recently featured on an episode of
"Kid in a Candy Store" on the Food
Network.
About The World Championship Punkin Chunkin
Association
WCPCA is a non-profit association started in 1986 that benefits
the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Childhelp®
organizations. Since 1986, Sussex
County, Delaware has been home to the annual Punkin Chunkin
World Championships-a three-day festival where hardcore engineers
and backyard tinkerers trailer their gigantic, homebuilt
contraptions with one common goal: to launch eight to ten pound
pumpkins as far as mechanically possible. The competition is
divided into seven categories defined by the type of machine
used-motorized, centrifugal spinners, and the mighty air
cannons. Bringing the sport of pumpkin hurling to ever
greater distances of chunkin, the heated competitions have created
a current world record of 4,483 feet, approximately 800 feet short
of a mile. Could this be the year that one team hits the
coveted one-mile mark and is crowned the greatest chunker ever?
About Tootie Pie Co.
Tootie Pie Company bakes and sells high-quality, handmade pies
through three basic sales channels: retail, corporate and
wholesale. The retail segment serves individual customers
through sales in its Tootie Pie Gourmet Cafes, 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 national and
regional broad line grocery and foodservice distributors who
purchase pies and then resell them through their respective sales
distribution channels. Tootie Pie Company is a public company
traded on the OTCQB market under the symbol "TOOT." For additional
information or to receive correspondence from Tootie Pie Company,
please visit www.tootiepieco.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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words "believe," "expect," "should," "intend," "estimate," and
"projects," variations of such words and similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not
mean that a statement is not a forward-looking statement. These
forward-looking statements are based upon the Company's current
expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties
and assumptions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. Among the important factors that could
cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements are risks that are
detailed in the Company's filings, which are on file with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Contact:
Carla Carter
Investor Relations
210.737.6600
Carla.Carter@tootiepieco.com
SOURCE Tootie Pie Company, Inc.