Patties pie
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Patties Pies are the original flagship product of Patties Bakery
Patties Bakery
Patties Bakery are the largest meat pie producing company in Australia and the world. They are the producers of the Patties, Snowy River and as of 2003 Four'N Twenty pies and related baked goods....

. In the early years of the 21st century, Patties were the second largest selling pie in Victoria and held 15% of the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n national market.

When Patties purchased the Four'N Twenty
Four'N Twenty Pie
The Four'N Twenty Meat Pie was invented in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia by LT. McClure in 1947. The meat pie is a very popular food product in Australia as strong demand for the pie saw production grow from 50 pies per day to 50,000 pies per hour in between the years of 1948 to 1998.McClure took a...

 name and product lines in 2003, this original product was somewhat eclipsed.

Outside Victoria, Patties pies are best known as Party Pies (hors d'oeuvre size finger food versions of the Australian meat pie
Australian meat pie
An Australian or New Zealand meat pie is a hand-sized meat pie containing largely diced or minced meat and gravy, sometimes with onion, mushrooms, or cheese and often consumed as a takeaway food snack. The pie itself is similar to the United Kingdom's steak pie.It is considered iconic in Australia...

), and similar serve size Sausage Rolls
Sausage roll
A Sausage Roll is a type of savoury convenience food commonly served at parties and available from bakeries and milk bars as a take-away food item...

 and Quiche
Quiche
Quiche is a savory, open-faced pie of vegetables, cheese, or meat in custard, baked in a pastry crust.The quiche is sometimes regarded as the savoury equivalent ofegg custard tart.- Etymology:...

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Patties Pie manufacturing plant in Bairnsdale, Victoria
Bairnsdale, Victoria
Bairnsdale is a small city in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. With a population at the 2006 census of 11,282, it is a major regional centre of eastern Victoria along with Traralgon and Sale....

has almost trebled in size since 2008 when renovations were taken out on the original plant.
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