Holland is home to a sweet and savory venture

Gammy's Pies, a Holland-based, family owned and operated company that features both fruit and artisan-style savory pies, is cooking.  

Entering its second full year, the pie company sells its products via farmers' markets from Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids and has also begun the process of building its wholesale network. Owner Matt Campbell forecasts sales at 17 different markets this summer. The company currently employs 10 individuals and is looking for more sales help to support this growth.

"The business idea came from a fourth generation crust recipe," Campbell says. "My mother is from a long line of German pie makers, all whom were wives of farmers and growers. Our family has a back ground in the restaurant business and it was a dream of my mother to put together a pie company. Three years ago, my mother got out of restaurant business, wrote up a  business plan, began working on products and secured the initial financing."

All the fruit pies have ingredients sourced through Michigan farms, while about 60-65 percent of the savory pies' ingredients are sourced locally, with a long-term goal of having 100 percent of the ingredients coming from Michigan-based farms.

The name 'Gammy's Pies' is a nod to Campbell's mother. "My partner in the madness is my mother, and my children call her 'gammy.' It is her recipe for the heirloom crust, and it symbolizes the generations of pie makers that came before her."

To learn more about Gammy's Pies, you can visit their site here.

Source: Mark Campbell, Gammy's Pies
Writer: John Rumery, Innovation and Job News Editor