This Week in Worcester
by TWIW Staff 4/28/2021
WORCESTER – Table Talk Pies celebrates National Blueberry Pie Day, Wednesday, April 28, with a special offer at The Pie Store at 153 Green St. in Worcester.
Get the four of Table Talk Pies 4” Blueberry Pie, on National Blueberry Pie Day only, for just $1.
The Pie Store is open between 9-5 PM.
by Patrick Sargent | February 10, 2021
In today’s daily 5 Things You Need to Know feature, ThisWeekinWorcester.com explores five important items and stories that Worcester and Central Massachusetts residents should keep a close eye on.
These five things can cover a whole range of subjects and issues that we feel are pertinent to understanding what’s going on in the city and the cities and towns surrounding Worcester.
In today’s edition – February 10, 2021 – the FBI warns of online romance scammers, the Worcester Fire Department receives a state grant for student fire safety education, get a chocolate-covered strawberry pie for Valentine’s Day at Table Talk Pies, Worcester Art Museum exhibit goes virtual this year, and gas prices are up five cents this week in Massachusetts.
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WHIS WEEK IN WORCESTER
by Patrick Sargent | Jan 25, 2021
WORCESTER – The Table Talk Pie Store in Worcester’s Canal District is celebrating their four-year anniversary all week long.
The week is highlighted by the release of two new pie flavors, available beginning Tuesday, January 26 at the Pie Store only.
The new pies – Southern Buttermilk Pie and Blueberry Lemon Pie — are available only until Saturday, January 30 [while they last]. The pies are just 50¢ each.
The Pie Store is open for in-store shopping and pre-order and curbside pick-up from Tuesday to Saturday from 9 AM to 5 PM.
For more than two months, every Thursday meant an opportunity to grab free pies for first responders and health care workers within Worcester.
Table Talk Pies launched its Drive By Pie program at its pie store in April. Individuals on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic could stop by the pie store and receive a free pie or take a box full for their colleagues.
***MEDIA & PHOTO OPPORTUNITY***
11:30A.M., THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020
‘10,000 PIES FOR OUR HOMETOWN HEROES’: TABLE TALK PIES TO DONATE 10,000th PIE TO UMASS MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE
WHO: Join Dr. Eric Dickson, President & CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care and Harry Kokkinis, President of Table Talk Pies and along with Table Talk team members and health care personnel as they receive the 10,000th Table Talk Pie as a thank you to Worcester’s hometown heroes for all that the frontline workers and first responders do and continue to do during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WHAT: On Thursday, June 11th, Table Talk Pies will donate its 10,000th pie to UMass Memorial Health Care and Worcester’s hometown heroes in a special photo opportunity, complete with pies and more! To-date,
Table Talk pies has donated over 9,744 pies and they will provide an additional 256 pies on the hilltop overlooking the UMass Memorial Hospital campus.
UMass Memorial Health Care may be the cornerstone of Table Talk Pies’ donation efforts — but the pie company has donated more than 100,000 pies (that’s right!) during the pandemic. Offering pies to first responders every Thursday for ‘Thankful Thursdays’ at the Table Talk Pie Store and pie deliveries made to food banks, school lunch programs, food pantries, health care facilities, first responders and more throughout greater Worcester and beyond.
***PHOTO OPP*** Dr. Eric Dickson, President & CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care and Harry Kokkinis, President of Table Talk Pie will stand with team members and a pie display! Both are also available for brief onsite interviews.
WHERE: 367 Plantation Street (overlooking UMass Memorial Hospital), Worcester, MA 01605
WHEN: 11:30 a.m., Thursday, June 11, 2020
DAY OF CONTACTS:
Mariellen Norris, Regan Communications, 617.592.5637 (cell)
Jillian Tedeschi, Regan Communications, 617.833.0507 (cell)
Tony Berry, UMass Memorial Health Care, 774-317-0422 (cell)
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About Table Talk Pies
Table Talk Pies, Inc. is a growing family-owned food manufacturing business that has been making fresh baked pies in Worcester, MA since 1924. Now in its 3rd generation of ownership and leadership, Table Talk is one of the country’s leading full-line producers of pies. The company has three large scale bakeries located in Worcester and Shrewsbury, MA – Kelley Square, Washington Street, Table Talk’s largest and oldest bakery, was established in l942 – Bowditch Drive on the Worcester/Shrewsbury line, opened in 2015 and Southgate Street, opened in 2017 and the latest cold storage facility warehouse opened in 2019, next to the Southgate Street Bakery.
About UMass Memorial Health Care
UMass Memorial Health Care is the largest health care system in Central Massachusetts. We are the clinical partner of UMass Medical School, with access to the latest technology, research and clinical trials. Our health care system includes three hospitals: UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester), UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital (Burbank, Clinton and Leominster Campuses), UMass Memorial – Marlborough Hospital (Marlborough). Our hospitals receive full accreditation by the Joint Commission, a national organization that sets quality standards for hospitals. In addition to our fully equipped medical centers, our system also includes home health and hospice programs, behavioral health programs and community-based physician practices. We have an affiliation with CareWell Urgent Care to provide regional urgent care services. Also, the UMass Memorial Medical Group provides high quality, low-cost outpatient surgery services at The Surgery Center in Shrewsbury.
Worcester County’s health care providers and first responders can grab a free pie Thursday at the Table Talk Pie Store on Green Street.
As part of the company’s Drive By Pie Donation program, free pies will be available from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 143 Green St. Healthcare providers and first responders in the area can stop by and grab a single pie or an entire case for their colleagues.
Table Talk Pies said the pie donations are a way to thank Worcester County’s health care provider and first responders as they combat the coronavirus pandemic. Officials in Worcester predict a surge of cases could arrive in the city around April 19.
Those who arrive at the Pie Store will be asked where they work and the number of pies they want. If a line forms, social distancing guidelines will be implemented.
“We are so grateful to the first responders and medical professionals who are caring for our community during this trying time,” said Kara Smith, Manager of Community Partnerships at Table Talk Pies. “We appreciate all of their sacrifices — big and small. So we wanted to provide this small thank you that we hope will bring a bit of joy to their day.”
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WORCESTER – Businesses and residents are acknowledging the staff at St. Vincent Hospital for its work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week, medical workers received food donations from Godiva, Table Talk Pies, Wicked Good Cookies and Lakeside Bar & Grill, among other merchants.
Staffers showed their appreciation on social media during Thankful Thursday, writing: “We are thankful for the support from our community.”
Math = Pie!!! It doesn’t have to be 3.14 to enjoy a Table Talk Pie but National Pie Day is a perfect reason to indulge!
This 3rd generation family have been making fresh baked pies since 1924 and have no plans on slowing down. They are always in the community making life just a litter sweeter!
Back in the early 2000s they partnered up with a handful of schools to donate pies in honor of education on 3.14 and today they supply over 170 schools including over a dozen in Providence with Pies as a way to support education and show gratitude to our educators.
NBC10 Providence (Studio 10), Table Talk Pies, 3.13.20
