frozen food founded 1925 in pottstown pennsylvania founders amanda smith headquarters united states parent schwan food company website official site mrs. smith s pies a.k.a. mrs. smith s bakeries is one of the largest frozen pie brands in the united states . history edit the company was founded by amanda smith a homemaker from pottstown pennsylvania . her son robert p. started selling slices of amanda s own deep dish fruit filled pies door to door and at the local ymca lunch counter . later he added a mobile route and a small store . the demand for her pies led to the formation of the company mrs. smith s delicious home made pies inc. in 1925 . 1 there were four mrs. smith s pies bakeries serving the northeast united states by 1930 including one in logan philadelphia pennsylvania . the company began producing frozen pies in 1952 five years after amanda smith died . 2 amanda s grandson robert c. smith d. 2010 held various executive positions at the company before being named president in 1972 . 2 the company went public in may 1972 . 3 in 1976 the kellogg company purchased mrs. smith s pies for 56 million . 2 4 kellogg s sold its bakery division to the j.m. smucker co. in 1994 for 84 million . 5 in may 1996 after a deal to sell the unit to conagra fell through smucker sold it to flowers foods . 6 in 2003 the brand was purchased by the schwan food company . the mrs. smith s pies plant in pottstown pennsylvania served as a landmark and significant employer for the better part of the twentieth century . today the plant is used to manufacture mrs. smith s pie tins . however the main pie plant was razed to make way for a residential development . following the closure of the pottstown pie facility in 1998 production of mrs. smith s pies was relocated to stilwell oklahoma . 7 references edit van atta burr 22 may 1986 . robert smith mrs. smith s pie co. founder philadelphia inquirer a b c downey sally a. 15 november 2010 . robert c. smith 85 chairman of pie firm philadelphia inquirer sikora martin j. 25 february 1976 . frozen pies and corn flakes mrs. smtih kellogg co. are merging evening independent knight newspapers copy steinbreder h. john . how king kellogg beat the blahs fortune august 29 1988 . retrieved on 7 18 09 . 23 november 1995 . smucker profits off is selling its mrs. smith s frozen pie line the new york times bloomberg business news copy 2 may 1996 . thomasville s flowers to buy mrs. smith s pies albany herald associated press copy the oklahoma city journal record . mrs. smith s transfers work to stilwell facility 1 may 1998 . article archived at cbs interactive business network retrieved 20 november 2010 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mrs. smith % 27s & oldid 743741593 categories food manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in montgomery county pennsylvaniafrozen food brandsbrand name piesamerican companies established in 1925food and drink companies established in 19251925 establishments in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 00 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view