Her son Robert P. started selling slices of Amanda's own deep-dish, fruit-filled pies door-to-door, and at the local YMCA lunch counter.

[2] The company began producing frozen pies in 1952, five years after Amanda Smith died.

[3] Amanda's grandson Robert C. Smith (d. 2010) held various executive positions at the company before being named president in 1972.

[6] In May 1996, after a deal to sell the unit to ConAgra fell through, Smucker sold it to Flowers Foods.

[8] The Mrs. Smith's Pies plant in Pottstown, Pennsylvania served as a landmark and significant employer for the better part of the twentieth century.