Garlo’s Pies is upgrading to a new plant in a bid to put more pies in the hands of customers around the globe.
The company, which moved into a new purpose-built facility in St Peters in mid-2013, now plans to upgrade to a new 3,900m2 bakery in Kingsgrove with 70 employees.
Garlo's Pies is led by former rugby league player Sean Garlick, who started the business back in 2001 with his brother Nathan, a trained pastry cook, and his father Terry, a former wharfie.
They started out in a small bakery in Maroubra after Sean finished up his NRL career.
In 2014, the company opened in the US, baking pies fresh everyday at a Garlo's store in Los Angeles.
Nathan spent two years on location making sure they had all the right equipment, and that staff were trained to bake the pastry exactly to the Garlo's method.
“We’ve made a great effort to ensure that the pies that you buy from our American locations will taste identical to the ones you buy in Australia, or anywhere else around the world,” Sean said.
The company is planning to open a second store on Hollywood Boulevard later this year.
