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A new chapter for Table Talk Pies begins with the opening of second Worcester factory

By Alban Murtishi

amurtish@masslive.com

Harry Kokkinis struggled to contain his emotions as he spoke about his family’s legacy during the ribbon cutting at the new Table Talk Pies factory.

After all, Kokkinis had witnessed his grandfather and father build Table Talk to be a snack pies powerhouse, only to see it go bankrupt in the hands of another owner in the 1984.

Kokkinis’ father, Christo Cocaine, ended up buying back the company a few years later and turned Table Talk Pies around. By focusing his efforts on making the 4-inch pies the star of the Table Talk product line, Cocaine began expanding the pie-company’s reach across the region and the nation.

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Table Talk put $4M into new pie-making equipment

Worcester Business Journal

This interview was conducted and edited by WBJ Staff Writer Zachary Comeau.

Table Talk Pies, a nearly century-old pie manufacturer located on Washington Street, is opening a third location on Southgate Street in the South Worcester Industrial Park later this month. The 50,000-square-foot facility will allow for the production of four million snack pies per week. More than 50 jobs will be added in addition to the 300 full-time and seasonal employees at the company’s current 150,000-square-foot Washington Street location and another location in Shrewsbury. Harry Kokkinis, president of Table Talk Pies, sat down with the Worcester Business Journal to answer questions about the company’s long history in Worcester and the company’s exciting future.

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Table Talk Pies adding jobs, baking more pies

By Natasha Mascarenhas Globe Correspondent 

Four-inch snack pies are getting bigger — like 1 million more pies a week bigger.

Worcester-based Table Talk Pies is expanding its operations with Thursday’s official opening of a 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, adding more than 50 jobs to its 300-person workforce.

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