About us
Our Mission
Homemade taste, without the mess.
The daily struggle we all face – what is for dinner? People are busy & don’t always have time to make a home-cooked meal but want to enjoy all the benefits of cooking from scratch. Mr. Cooper’s Pies are convenient, ready-made & unlike anything else in the freezer aisle. Our English Meat Pies are fully loaded with the finest farm-fresh, local ingredients that you can be proud to serve to your family!
Finest Ingredients
Our Commitment to Quality
Our savoury Meat Pies are proudly handmade in Steveston Village located in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. We are proudly committed to sourcing only the finest BC farm fresh ingredients. Like our local Hens straight from The Fowl Farmer, a local family farm here in Richmond, BC. Raised without any antibiotics or hormones – check out all their amazing products below.
The ORIGINAL
Our Founder
Mr. Norman Cooper as born in Coventry, England in 1914. He travelled to London at the age of 18, where he worked in the food markets. He obtained work with the British Lever Brothers & soon after was sent to Nigeria (British West Africa) where we spent the next twenty years living, marrying & working as a District Trading Officer.
Norman then served as a commissioned officer with the British Armed Forces where he “trained and secured his territory for the crown” These were the most wonderful and happiest times of his life – he often regaled his audiences with colorful & entertaining tales of Africa.
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Our History
This is where Mr.Cooper worked developing a distribution system for the food division of Maple Leaf services (forerunner to the Canadian Armed Forces exchange system) for a number of years. After working as a business consultant in Ottawa for a few years, Norman moved his family to Edmonton where he was employed with developing IGA.
That is where he would later come out of retirement to begin the Mr.Cooper’s Pie – a chain of restaurants with Mr. Brian Cooper in 1982, at 68 years old. Mr. Cooper’s Pies quickly grew a following for their scrumptious pies around Calgary – successfully expanding to 11 chain restaurants. It was there they sold fresh baked daily quiches, sweet pies, sausage rolls + of course English Meat Pies! Unfortunately due to the economic crash in Calgary Mr.Cooper’s Pies closed but the timeless recipes lived on through our family – all these years. Brian continued to bake & make pies throughout his entire children lives – raising them up on these classic pies!
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FAST FORWARD
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In March 2020, as the global Covid-19 pandemic forced the closure of many small businesses, Mr. Brian Cooper joined forces with local business leader Shane Dagan of the Steveston Seafood House. It was during this time that the team decided to pivot, sparking the resurgence of Mr. Cooper’s Pies.
Combining Shane’s business acumen and deep community ties with Mr. Cooper’s timeless English pie recipes, the brand quickly gained a loyal local following. Today, Mr. Cooper’s Pies proudly offers handmade, locally crafted pies throughout the Lower Mainland and Victoria.
In 2021, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce recognized this success by naming Mr. Cooper’s Pies “Best Mid-Sized Business of the Year.” With continued growth on the horizon, we look forward to expanding further across British Columbia.
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