Pierogi Joint

By Kate Grater

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Pierogi Joint

Project 2018-12-09 12:41:40 +1300

Who we are

The Pierogi Joint produces pierogi, Canadian sweets and Eastern European comfort foods in Christchurch.

We’ve newly leased a commercial kitchen space and our pierogi machine is on route from overseas. We’re signing up with Ubereats for delivery service to Christchurch. Our website is live for orders, catering and soon to be back at the markets. We should be up and running in this new capacity by end of August.

It’s all happening! 

But the big, hairy goal is to get our pierogi to all of NZ. Here’s Hows...

 

Our mission

 

2021 is the year of Pierogi in New Zealand. With so many Canadians, Americans and Eastern European’s living in the Land of the Long White Cloud, it’s almost ridiculous that you can’t get your hands on these delicious morsels on the regular.

Currently, pierogi are available in Christchurch only and the rest of the South and North Island are missing out. Courier of just one order is expensive because frozen pierogi are heavy. We need to look at a more sustanible route to market.

 

Get on the right side of pierogi history and help bring pierogi mainstream in NZ.

Essentially, Help Me, Help You! 

Our #PierogiPromise is to get pierogi throughout the South and North Island. This will take time, resources and brand awareness. To distribute frozen pierogi throughout NZ on a large scale to be retailed in your local grocery store.Imagine walking into Countdown or Pak n Save, Four Squares or New World and spotting Pierogi Joint in the frozen section.  

Reaching Our Goals / How we are going to do it

Automation/ A pierogi machine 

  • A very expensive piece of technology available abroad is coming by ship to the Lyttelton Port! That’s right, we ordered a pierogi machine. It produces pierogi at an alarming speed using our dough and filling. Isn’t automation great?!?! 

  • Producing a single product from scratch is extremely labour intensive and we forecast the ability to sell our product for a reduced retail price because of the economies of scale and the immense savings in the actual production/ pinching aspects. Amazing right! Making pierogi more affordable and accessible to all.

 

Branding, Packaging & Marketing/ Advertising 

  • It’s time to invest in both our brand name and packaging to help entice New Zealanders and foodies alike to try our dumpling

  • Educaticating our future customers on how incredibly versatile the pierogi is, its health benefits and ease of preparing and cooking for essentially breakfast, lunch or dinner. We need to shout it from the rooftops, but modern day advertising will work just fine while reaching our core demographic. Think Neat Places. 

The Administration side of things... 

  • Registering with Ministry of Primary Industries to sell frozen pierogi 

  • Food Testing our product lines with a food scientists to receive nutritional info and food allergies 

  • Registering with GS1 which creates a universal product identifier/ barcode and supports food recalls of required with large food distributors

Our History 


A short stroll down memory lane for those of you who are new to the Pierogi Joint..

The Pierogi Joint started out from humble beginnings at our first market back in 2014 followed by a quaint shared café & kitchen at 245 Colombo Street, Sydenham with the Sausage Sisters. This was a period in Chch post earthquake where farmers markets and activating 'unused' spaces was above all valued by the community as a place to come together. It was there we first met many of our long term customers to date. 

 

/insert a little break to start our family, welcome Max to the Pierogi family in 2015/ 

 

In 2018 we re-emerged with a commercial kitchen in Hillsborough offering catering services, ready to eat and wholesale orders as well as hitting up our favorite festivals and events. Not to mention the first annual Pierogi Eating Competition hosted by Two Thumbs Brewery. 

 

We’ve attended: Christchurch Wine & Food Festival, The Great Kiwi Beer Festival, Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival, Nostalgia, Electric Avenue, and Twisted Frequency. Countless Christmas markets and farmers markets, with the Deans Bush at Riccarton House holding a special place in our hearts.

 

 Connecting with our pierogi peeps is what it's all about while supporting the music, arts,  craft beer and wine growers of Christchurch.

 

Due to rather unfortunate circumstances, we lost the sublease on the Middleton location commercial kitchen just before Christmas 2020 which forced us to close the GIMME food delivery service and close the ready to eat takeaway meals along with a postponement from attending the Dean's Bush Riccarton Markets. 

 

Little did we know, this was just before Covid19 struck. So, we registered our home kitchen and have been there ever since. 

We kept our website (www.pierogijoint.co.nz) going during this whole roller-coaster ride and have continued to serve pierogi to you fine folk. 

 

And now the journey continues. #PierogiPromise. 

 

With Love,

Kate Grater, Director/ Pierogi Pincher

**All Rewards all to be redeemed in Christchurch only, no courier to other locations at this time...hence the mission/goal**
**If you have any questions about the specifics of rewards, just emai us through the website**
**We cater to Gluten free and Vegan dietary requirements. Of course, the dish may be modified. Please get in touch if you have questions first**

 

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    Pledgers 34

    Lorraine
    15/09/2021 at 11:04am
    Anonymous pledger
    12/09/2021 at 7:54am
    Lara Gallagher
    07/09/2021 at 1:04am
    Helen Keane
    05/09/2021 at 7:43pm
    Fiona Edge
    05/09/2021 at 4:02pm

    "To Success"

    Anonymous pledger
    05/09/2021 at 12:01pm
    Lindsay Phillips
    03/09/2021 at 10:51am

    "Love you Kate! Hope this happens! "

    Anonymous pledger
    02/09/2021 at 11:33am
    Nadine Martin
    28/08/2021 at 6:35pm
    Agnieszka Parr
    23/08/2021 at 10:23pm
    Deborah Kuperman
    22/08/2021 at 7:28pm

    "Because who doesn’t love Pierogis?!?! All the best :)"

    Amy Vaughan
    22/08/2021 at 6:01pm

    "Love love LOVE your pierogies cant wait to have more :) good luck!"

    Lisa Kulczycki
    22/08/2021 at 5:35pm

    "Good luck, we love pierogi!!"

    Sara Pennington
    22/08/2021 at 5:00pm
    Anne Russell-Brighty
    20/08/2021 at 4:09pm
    Judy McGirr
    20/08/2021 at 3:38pm

    "Good luck! "

    Anonymous pledger
    14/08/2021 at 9:21am
    Emma Goodman
    13/08/2021 at 6:20am

    "Because everyone deserves pierogi. 😋"

    Nicole M
    12/08/2021 at 2:52pm
    Shary Bakker
    08/08/2021 at 11:46am
    Helen grater
    03/08/2021 at 7:42pm

    "Pierogi power! Go Kate! "

    Gillian Latu
    03/08/2021 at 4:28pm
    Helena R
    02/08/2021 at 11:59am

    "I am literally so excited!!!! Bring on the Pierogi Joint store!!! Also I just want to get married so I can have you cater :D"

    Robyn
    30/07/2021 at 10:17pm
    Diana, Peter, Eva and Nina Weir
    29/07/2021 at 11:28am

    "Good Luck!!"

    Anonymous pledger
    29/07/2021 at 7:21am
    Jane Nuttridge
    28/07/2021 at 1:38pm
    Samantha Cook
    28/07/2021 at 12:24pm
    Michele Cherry
    28/07/2021 at 7:26am
    Katherine Tyson
    27/07/2021 at 11:09am

    "This is so exciting!! Wishing you all the very best for this pledge campaign!"

    Followers 1

    Followers of Pierogi Joint

    Pierogi Joint

    Project 2018-12-09 12:41:40 +1300

    Who we are

    The Pierogi Joint produces pierogi, Canadian sweets and Eastern European comfort foods in Christchurch.

    We’ve newly leased a commercial kitchen space and our pierogi machine is on route from overseas. We’re signing up with Ubereats for delivery service to Christchurch. Our website is live for orders, catering and soon to be back at the markets. We should be up and running in this new capacity by end of August.

    It’s all happening! 

    But the big, hairy goal is to get our pierogi to all of NZ. Here’s Hows...

     

    Our mission

     

    2021 is the year of Pierogi in New Zealand. With so many Canadians, Americans and Eastern European’s living in the Land of the Long White Cloud, it’s almost ridiculous that you can’t get your hands on these delicious morsels on the regular.

    Currently, pierogi are available in Christchurch only and the rest of the South and North Island are missing out. Courier of just one order is expensive because frozen pierogi are heavy. We need to look at a more sustanible route to market.

     

    Get on the right side of pierogi history and help bring pierogi mainstream in NZ.

    Essentially, Help Me, Help You! 

    Our #PierogiPromise is to get pierogi throughout the South and North Island. This will take time, resources and brand awareness. To distribute frozen pierogi throughout NZ on a large scale to be retailed in your local grocery store.Imagine walking into Countdown or Pak n Save, Four Squares or New World and spotting Pierogi Joint in the frozen section.  

    Reaching Our Goals / How we are going to do it

    Automation/ A pierogi machine 

    • A very expensive piece of technology available abroad is coming by ship to the Lyttelton Port! That’s right, we ordered a pierogi machine. It produces pierogi at an alarming speed using our dough and filling. Isn’t automation great?!?! 

    • Producing a single product from scratch is extremely labour intensive and we forecast the ability to sell our product for a reduced retail price because of the economies of scale and the immense savings in the actual production/ pinching aspects. Amazing right! Making pierogi more affordable and accessible to all.

     

    Branding, Packaging & Marketing/ Advertising 

    • It’s time to invest in both our brand name and packaging to help entice New Zealanders and foodies alike to try our dumpling

    • Educaticating our future customers on how incredibly versatile the pierogi is, its health benefits and ease of preparing and cooking for essentially breakfast, lunch or dinner. We need to shout it from the rooftops, but modern day advertising will work just fine while reaching our core demographic. Think Neat Places. 

    The Administration side of things... 

    • Registering with Ministry of Primary Industries to sell frozen pierogi 

    • Food Testing our product lines with a food scientists to receive nutritional info and food allergies 

    • Registering with GS1 which creates a universal product identifier/ barcode and supports food recalls of required with large food distributors

    Our History 


    A short stroll down memory lane for those of you who are new to the Pierogi Joint..

    The Pierogi Joint started out from humble beginnings at our first market back in 2014 followed by a quaint shared café & kitchen at 245 Colombo Street, Sydenham with the Sausage Sisters. This was a period in Chch post earthquake where farmers markets and activating 'unused' spaces was above all valued by the community as a place to come together. It was there we first met many of our long term customers to date. 

     

    /insert a little break to start our family, welcome Max to the Pierogi family in 2015/ 

     

    In 2018 we re-emerged with a commercial kitchen in Hillsborough offering catering services, ready to eat and wholesale orders as well as hitting up our favorite festivals and events. Not to mention the first annual Pierogi Eating Competition hosted by Two Thumbs Brewery. 

     

    We’ve attended: Christchurch Wine & Food Festival, The Great Kiwi Beer Festival, Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival, Nostalgia, Electric Avenue, and Twisted Frequency. Countless Christmas markets and farmers markets, with the Deans Bush at Riccarton House holding a special place in our hearts.

     

     Connecting with our pierogi peeps is what it's all about while supporting the music, arts,  craft beer and wine growers of Christchurch.

     

    Due to rather unfortunate circumstances, we lost the sublease on the Middleton location commercial kitchen just before Christmas 2020 which forced us to close the GIMME food delivery service and close the ready to eat takeaway meals along with a postponement from attending the Dean's Bush Riccarton Markets. 

     

    Little did we know, this was just before Covid19 struck. So, we registered our home kitchen and have been there ever since. 

    We kept our website (www.pierogijoint.co.nz) going during this whole roller-coaster ride and have continued to serve pierogi to you fine folk. 

     

    And now the journey continues. #PierogiPromise. 

     

    With Love,

    Kate Grater, Director/ Pierogi Pincher

    **All Rewards all to be redeemed in Christchurch only, no courier to other locations at this time...hence the mission/goal**
    **If you have any questions about the specifics of rewards, just emai us through the website**
    **We cater to Gluten free and Vegan dietary requirements. Of course, the dish may be modified. Please get in touch if you have questions first**

     

    Comments

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      Lorraine
      15/09/2021 at 11:04am
      Anonymous pledger
      12/09/2021 at 7:54am
      Lara Gallagher
      07/09/2021 at 1:04am
      Helen Keane
      05/09/2021 at 7:43pm
      Fiona Edge
      05/09/2021 at 4:02pm

      "To Success"

      Anonymous pledger
      05/09/2021 at 12:01pm
      Lindsay Phillips
      03/09/2021 at 10:51am

      "Love you Kate! Hope this happens! "

      Anonymous pledger
      02/09/2021 at 11:33am
      Nadine Martin
      28/08/2021 at 6:35pm
      Agnieszka Parr
      23/08/2021 at 10:23pm
      Deborah Kuperman
      22/08/2021 at 7:28pm

      "Because who doesn’t love Pierogis?!?! All the best :)"

      Amy Vaughan
      22/08/2021 at 6:01pm

      "Love love LOVE your pierogies cant wait to have more :) good luck!"

      Lisa Kulczycki
      22/08/2021 at 5:35pm

      "Good luck, we love pierogi!!"

      Sara Pennington
      22/08/2021 at 5:00pm
      Anne Russell-Brighty
      20/08/2021 at 4:09pm
      Judy McGirr
      20/08/2021 at 3:38pm

      "Good luck! "

      Anonymous pledger
      14/08/2021 at 9:21am
      Emma Goodman
      13/08/2021 at 6:20am

      "Because everyone deserves pierogi. 😋"

      Nicole M
      12/08/2021 at 2:52pm
      Shary Bakker
      08/08/2021 at 11:46am
      Helen grater
      03/08/2021 at 7:42pm

      "Pierogi power! Go Kate! "

      Gillian Latu
      03/08/2021 at 4:28pm
      Helena R
      02/08/2021 at 11:59am

      "I am literally so excited!!!! Bring on the Pierogi Joint store!!! Also I just want to get married so I can have you cater :D"

      Robyn
      30/07/2021 at 10:17pm
      Diana, Peter, Eva and Nina Weir
      29/07/2021 at 11:28am

      "Good Luck!!"

      Anonymous pledger
      29/07/2021 at 7:21am
      Jane Nuttridge
      28/07/2021 at 1:38pm
      Samantha Cook
      28/07/2021 at 12:24pm
      Michele Cherry
      28/07/2021 at 7:26am
      Katherine Tyson
      27/07/2021 at 11:09am

      "This is so exciting!! Wishing you all the very best for this pledge campaign!"

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