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Step Aside, Patti Pies! Aretha Franklin to Launch New Food Line

The Queen of Soul will not be outdone by Patti LaBelle.
Step Aside, Patti Pies! Aretha Franklin to Launch New Food Line
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By Taylor Lewis · Updated October 27, 2020
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Patti LaBelle’s pies have had a monopoly on the food industry, but now it looks like the diva might have some competition.

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Aretha Franklin stopped by Detroit’s Channel 4, where she revealed that she was planning on dropping her own line of comfort foods (read: chili, gumbo and baked chicken. Yum!).

“Ms. Patti’s going to have to move that pie to the side!” Franklin joked, admitting that she had never indulged in a now-famous #PattiPie.

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Franklin is partnering with a Phoenix-based company to drop the sure-to-be-delectable line. 

Aretha, can we get some on preorder?