History D'Eons Rappie Pie's origins date back to 1927 when Arthur J. d'Eon started a small bakery selling bread and groceries from the kitchen in a house in West Pubnico. At the time he was making 60 loaves of bread a day that were delivered by the mail truck and the business was called A J d'Eon. He then moved to a small building next to his house. Later, his son Willfred joined the business which became known as A J d'Eon and Son. They bought their own truck to make deliveries and sold bread, cookies, cakes, and pastries to stores in Shelburne and Yarmouth counties. In 1962 Willfred expanded, moving to a new location, and adding another truck to supply growing business demands. The bakery became D'Eons Bakery Ltd. and in 1967 Clayton, Willfred's son, joined his father. By the time the younger brother Johnny joined the business D'Eons Bakery had begun to diversify in response to competition from supermarkets that had their own bakeries. This was the beginning of D'Eons Rappie Pie. The name Rappie Pie originates from the French word râper, which means to grate. Although râpure was a favorite dish among Acadians throughout South West Nova, it was not an easy dish to prepare for a large family. For the first time ever, râpure could be bought ready-made and became an “easy meal” that was made exactly the way it had been traditionally made in Acadian homes. For that reason it quickly became a number one seller. Due to dwindling bakery markets, on Oct 5th, 2002 D'Eons Bakery stopped making bread and pastries and began to specialize in rappie pie, lasagnas, plum sauce, turnovers, fudge mix, and potato pancake mix. The market has been steadily growing and D'Eons Rappie Pie is now known thought Nova Scotia! Part of the building now houses “Your Dollar Store With More”.
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