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I knew about Rose aka Melanie but it still stumps me that 'Rose' is Kiwi

what actually happened was the mainly Empty crappy McDonald's was losing so much money when Georgie pie went national across New Zealand so the disgusting vile Macca's brought out Georgie pie one after the other until Palmerston North was the last store to close down back in 2006 I hate McDonald's !

Welly deep

Was Lorde and Sam Neill too well known as NZers so didn't make the list?

Mr. Nicole Kidman, aka Keith Urban, was born on the eastern side of The Ditch.

I think they even had a Georgie pie in Hamilton I wish my Donald’s would bring back the pies to their menu they had them on the menu a few years ago for $5 each

Watch out, Australians will get upset about Rose. They think she belongs there😂😂

georgie pies were friggin nice. nz was a cleaner country back then also.

as a non kiwi, this was really insightful and well done, thank you mate

Pies are sold in petrol stations these days. Much better.

I live in New Zealand ❤

that would explain why the old foodtown pies were square and tasted just like a Georgie Pie!! long after Georgie Pie shut down, I would get the foodtown pie from Foodtown Chartwell before it became Countdown and it was just like a Georgie pie.

this guy created my childhood.... grew up on Georgia pie (the Glenfield one was legendary, Hyland Park then became our regular) and my first job at 15 was at Foodtown. this guy was a legend!!

Richard Curtis is also from Wellington

You missed so many..Sam Neil, Martin Henderson , cliff curtis and many more

Who the hell is "Rose"?

McDonald's is like a cancer, spreading around the world and wiping out local fast food outlets. Time to turn our back in boring, or face the reality of living in a McDonalised world.

Happy New Year Y'all. Rotorua, New Zealand 🇳🇿

Georgie Pie reminds me of another Kiwi success in fast food Eagle Boys 🍕 pizza. Unfortunately the power of foreign-owned, fast food companies has a habit of swallowing ours up.

YASS ROSÉ omgg

Only New Zealander's know these celebrities are New Zealanders lol

Love GP! (And your logo!)

We have a great bakery at Palomino Shops in Henderson, Auckland - always queues out the door for their pies and wonderful apple turnovers, apricot squares etc. Their vegetarian mushroom and broccoli pie is just the best!

always got a Georgie pie as a kid! either get the frozen mass produced pies in the store or make delicious bacon & egg pies at home!

At the time MacDonalds first purchased Georgie I think it was just one of those business decisions to eliminate competition, and later when they thought a reintroduction of the pies under its own roof might be profitable they tried it. The quality was down. The prices were up. A happy Kiwi story that ended unhappily, though at least there are shops where Kiwis can get a decent pie. Somehow, it is not quite the same though ....... (Happy new year 😊!).

Greenwood street -Hamilton . ❤

The A.I. upscaling on those old ads is the stuff of nightmares

NO WAY BROV AHHHHH

The apple pies were the best.

Gallagher your invention has touched me .......many times!!!!

Just "BRING BACK THE 80s & 90s"

then when they did come back no one brought them

I was a hungry teenager during the Georgie Pie era. It took me no time to figure out that 2 $1 pies was more pie than 1 $2 pie. Never made sense to me but I took full advantage.

Good stuff, but with house construction we have nothing to show to the present day.

Can you do some investigative journalism and track down the girl from 6:57 and ask why she had to lick the pie? I get blowing on the pie, but licking?!?

Nice, but the "M" in MBE does not stand for "Member" it stands for "Most" as in "Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" ..... 🥂🥂

At least we have rosie

When McDs brought back Georgie pie for its short time. They never tasted like they did back then.

Keith Urban

Georgie Pie was the brainchild of Trevor King (Original managing Director of GP). It was financed by NZ businessman Tom Ah Chee, who opened New Zealand's first supermarket (Foodtown Ōtāhuhu, 1958) trading under Progressive Enterprises which he established. Wanting to diversify their business interests, Ah Chee's company had made an unsuccessful bid for the New Zealand rights to McDonald's before deciding to establish his own fast food restaurant chain. The first GP restaurant was opened in Kelston, Auckland in 1977. The Georgie Pie chain was subsequently sold to McDonald's in 1996, by Progressive Enterprises. It was a corporate buy out intended to reduce market competition. Mc Donald's re-released the pies, but quickly dropped them citing production costs were higher than their own burgers.

Gp tokoroa was our hangout 1dollar pies all round boys. . They were actually really good too

Small New Zealand bakeries and cafes are now killing it with some pretty epic pies. Something like Georgie Pie could never come back much in the same way Starbucks never took hold here, just about everywhere does better coffee. You can't crack a market with a worse product.

but all pies were 90 cents two $1 back then up to the mid 90s big ben pies and others.

The electric fence

I wonder if Daniel's Donuts in Australia (Victoria metro) are selling variations on this? They say their pies are "based on NZ recipes."

The pies McDonald's brought back didn't contain any MSG, which ruined the flavour.

YA COULD BUY A BY FAR BETTER PIE CHEAPER NICER AT LOCAL PETROL STATION OR LOCAL DAIRY .

HAHAAH WTF WAS THAT POWER METAL SHIT AT THE END

When foodtown brought out their chicken and vegetable pie, their golden thick crust edges reminded me of Georgie Pies. Good times... 😊

Probably could sell frozen ones.