Day Trip - Mrs Wick's Pies

Today, we visited the Wick's Pies production facility in Winchester, Indiana. Wicks produces a huge volume of pies and pie shells each day. On a typical year, they bake approximately 12 million pies and shells; sending pies to about 30 states in the USA. They employ about 75 people to work three shifts a day. The third shift is dedicated to cleaning and maintenance.

As you can see below, our group and any visitors, must wear hair and beard nets. There are other clothing and adornment restrictions as well. They broke our group into two smaller groups with a man and his wife each taking part of the group.
Our guides (a man and his wife) explained some of what we could expect to see before we entered the facilities. I was impressed with how clean and efficient the factory was.
I couldn't help taking this photo of Bill Potter. He had a beard that had to be covered, so we nicknamed him Santa! Tease him about this when you see him!
After the factory tour, we went across the street to Mrs. Wick's Pies Restaurant for lunch and some of their famous pie. Most of us also bought a pie or two (or even many more) to bring home to family and friends.