Meet our Savannah Your Pie franchisees, Paul and Michael Childers!
How did you learn
about the brand?
Paul: I was in
the furniture industry and when things got real bad in 2008 or 2009, I had to
make the decision to sell the business.
A friend of mine and I kicked around and did some bone fishing, which
was fun, but hit a point where I had to start thinking of paying the
bills. An accountant friend of ours had
a daughter who was going to the University of Georgia and kept raving about
this place called Your Pie and this cool concept out of Athens. We love pizza and we knew what was going on
with places like Chipotle and Moe’s, so we knew if someone could put that
interesting twist on pizza, which is such a wide favorite, we knew it would
take off. We also thought the healthy
options available made it attractive to customers. Mike and I went to Athens and met Drew and
Bucky. We believed in it, so hopped on
board and opened the downtown location.
Once that got going we opened the one in Sandfly.
Michael: I
graduated from Georgia Southern and got a job with a firm in Savannah doing
logistics. I did that and my dad and I
started looking into the Your Pie concept idea and did the trips to Athens to
check it out and took time off to look in to it. We opened the store in November 2010 and in
early 2011, I decided to leave my job and focus on growing the business and
opening our 2nd store.
What are your
expansion or development plans? What is your end goal with Your Pie?
Paul: It’s
always a possibility that we’ll grow. We
grew pretty quickly into the second store, so we’re trying to settle in and
make sure things are working smoothly and people are happy. We’ll take a look at it again down the road.
Are you involved
with any charities or do any community outreach with your business?
Michael: We’ve
both lived in Savannah for the majority of our lives. My dad grew up here, moved away and came
back. I’ve lived here for my entire
life. So we love giving back to our
hometown community. We tie in with a ton
of local groups and do charity nights where we give a percentage of sales back
to the group. We’ve done them for local
baseball teams, schools in the area, organizations and any good cause that
needs a boost.
Do you have any
hobbies, pastimes, and passions outside of work?
Paul: I golf
and love to fly fish, bone fish, and go salt water fishing.
Michael: I do
any kind of fishing in the Savannah area too, and boating too. Really, anything out on the water.
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