pies pasties and sausage rolls based in warwickshire england . due to growing demand for their products the company moved in 2004 from warwick to a new facility in the town of leamington spa . 1 the company is family run and was founded in 1970 . it currently employs over 100 people at its factory and is the only major pie manufacturer in the united kingdom to be eblex certified . shire foods is most notable for creating the chicken balti pie . bescot stadium home ground of walsall football club was the first sporting venue where these pies were sold . 2 they are now sold at over 60 clubs including newcastle united football club coventry city football club aston villa football club and many more . this type of pie has gained cult status among football fans and as a result is now also produced by other british pie manufacturers including birds eye . 3 in 2005 they were chosen by manchester united football club to be their pie supplier for the next 3 seasons . references edit shire grows a fan s guide to football grounds of england and wales duncan adams 2007 ian allan publishing matchday feeding how chicken balti pie became a cult football the observer external links edit official website v t e british pies sweet apple pie bakewell tart banoffee pie bedfordshire clanger black bun custard tart manchester tart mince pie rhubarb pie treacle tart savoury bacon and egg pie bedfordshire clanger bridie butter pie chicken and mushroom pie corned beef pie cornish pasty cottage pie cumberland pie curry pie devizes pie fish pie game pie homity pie killie pie meat and potato pie melton mowbray pork pie pork pie scotch pie shepherd s pie squab pie stargazy pie steak pie steak and kidney pie steak and oyster pie woolton pie manufacturers clark s pies dickinson & morris fray bentos ginsters higgidy holland s pies mr kipling peter s poole s pork farms pukka pies shire foods square pie wall s wrights pies this article about an english company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shire foods & oldid 742046348 categories british pie brandscompanies established in 1970privately held companies of englandcompanies based in warwickshire1970 establishments in englandenglish brandsbritish companies established in 1970food and drink companies established in 1970english company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 1 october 2016 at 10 00 . 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