Your Pie in Pizza Marketplace

We were featured in Pizza Marketplace. Drew French, Your Pie founder, is featured throughout the piece discussing his predictions for 2015. Here are the portions where Drew is referenced:

Under the “Biggest culinary trend from 2014” heading: Drew French, founder of Your Pie, has experienced an increase in craft beer demand. His company has even started adding craft beer and pizza pairings. 

Under the “Culinary trend predictions for 2015” heading: Just as the National Restaurant Association's Culinary Forecast predicted, French believes we will see more restaurants working with local businesses and food providers in '15. 

Under the “Biggest non-menu trend predictions for 2015” heading: Nancy's pizza expects mobile payment to be big, as does French. "There will be growing interest in electronic payment methods. The restaurants that have held off on having payment apps will begin jumping on the bandwagon," he said.

Read the full article here.

Your Pie in the Atlanta Journal Constitution

We were featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The story focused on the FDA regulations mandating restaurants post calorie counts on menu boards by December 2015. For the story, Leon Stafford from the Atlanta Journal Constitution spoke with Your Pie founder Drew French. Drew said that the company has created several pizzas that are under 600 calories and that researchers have been able to reduce calories from bread and cheese but still maintain the flavor.

Your Pie on the WLTZ-The Dee Armstrong Show

We were featured on the WLTZ-The Dee Armstrong Show. Anthony Spezzano from Your Pie was on the show to talk about all of the different specialty pizzas that Your Pie offers to the community. Anthony goes through the house pizzas that are offered at Your Pie every day and how to pair beers with certain pizzas while dining in. Anthony also goes through the beer guide that they offer at the stores and how each visit can be a fun event for families and friends. Find out about the beers that they currently have on tap, the craft beer flights that they offer, and the gift cards they have for purchase during the holidays.

You can watch the segment here.

Your Pie in Inside Business

We were featured in Inside Business. This was an in-depth article, giving great coverage to Your Pie coming to the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. For the story, the reporter talked to Your Pie founder Drew French and Jeff Rhoades, a Your Pie franchisee. The story also discussed Jeff’s background: from working in sports, to hotel sales, to medical sales, and now opening his own Your Pie pizzerias.

Read the full article here.

Your Pie on Food Management

We were featured on Food Management.  The article was a trend piece on holiday desserts that contribute to revenue.  Your Pie was mentioned as a fast-casual pizza concept with more than 20 units in Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Florida, this year has created an “Apple Pie Pie.” Your Pie Founder, Drew French was quoted saying, “It’s pizza à la mode,” says founder Drew French. “We’ve always had gelato on our menu, but last year we started messing around with the idea of pizza desserts. We want to use seasonal ingredients for desserts like we do for our regular pizzas.”

Read the full article here.  

Your Pie in the Associated Press Big Story

We were featured in an article entitled “US Retail Sales Rise Ahead of Holiday Shopping”, which was the Associated Press’ Big Story. The story was focused on retail and auto sales heading into the holiday season. For the story, Associated Press reporter Chris Rugaber interviewed Your Pie Chairman of the Board David Barr. The story outlined that Your Pie has locations in four states. The story also mentioned that Your Pie’s sales have increased by 6 percent over the past two months. David noted that as gas prices have decreased, customers have been spending more. This was a great piece that included Your Pie as a key source for national spending.

  

Check out the article here. 

Your Pie in the Special Franchise Focus Section of the Wall Street Journal

Your Pie in the Special Franchise Focus Section ofthe Wall Street Journal

We were featured in the Special Franchise Focus Section of the Wall Street Journal.  In an article focused on brands targeting millennials, Drew French, founder of Your Pie, talks about the Your Pie concept, its differentiators, the brand’s growth and success, and explained how Your Pie markets millennials by promoting menu customization.

Franchisee Andrew Williams talks about how the Your Pie ordering process lets customers have a new experience every visit. 

Your Pie in Getaways for Grownups

Your Pie in Getaways for Grownups

We were featured in Getaways for Grownups. Food critic Hope Philbrick went to visit Your Pie Buckhead to try our pizza and craft beer. Hope wrote about the down-the-line pizza concept and how it would feel familiar for people who have visited a Chipotle. She also praised the many pizza, salad, dessert and craft beer options.

Read the full article here. 

Your Pie on WYFF Greenville

Your Pie on WYFF Greenville

YourPie was featured on WYFF Greenville. October is National Vegetarian month and Dixon Howard from Your Pie shows how to integrate different veggies into pizza, adding them to the sauce in a puree and helping kids eat veggies by letting them pick their own to eat.

Watch the clip here.

Your Pie in Gwinnett Daily Post

Your Pie in Gwinnett Daily Post

We were featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post. The article provides a detailed description of our menu and atmosphere offered by the Your Pie in Snellville. The article also provides some background information on Your Pie, and mentions the money raised by the business partners in their pre-opening week.

Read the full article here.

Your Pie in Grayson Local

Your Pie in Grayson Local 

We were featured in the Grayson Local. The article talks about Andrew Williams and Ross Bradley’s partnership with The Path Project to not only give back to the community, but to train their staff before their opening. Readers are also introduced to customer-friendly Your Pie concept, and Your Pie founder Drew French’s vision behind the down-the-line pizza brand.

Read the full article here. 

Your Pie in Nation's Restaurant News

Your Pie in Nation's Restaurant News

Your Pie was featured in Nation’s Restaurant News. The article looks at the trend of mobile apps and how Your Pie is putting customer loyalty programs into the hands of customers. Drew French, the founder of Your Pie, talks about how  the Your Pie app allows customers to pay for purchases and earn customer loyalty points.

The app allows customers to earn virtual points for purchases, and a virtual pizza is built one slice at a time. After spending $100, the guest receives a $10 credit. Drew mentions that loyal customers are a lifeline for the company. 

Read the article here.

Your Pie on WJXT-Jacksonville Morning Show

Your Pie on WJXT-Jacksonville Morning Show

Sean from Your Pie went on the WJXT-Jacksonville Morning Show to show how viewers can best prepare pizzas for Jacksonville Jaguars tailgating season. Sean goes through how to best prepare dough for the grill with olive oil, and how grilling pizza gives the pizza a lighter crust.

On the segment, Sean also goes through the prices at Your Pie and the selection of over 30 vegetables offered as toppings.

Watch the clip here.

Your Pie on WLTZ Columbus-The Dee Armstrong Show

Your Pie on WLTZ Columbus-The Dee Armstrong Show

Barrett Feighner from Your Pie was on WLTZColumbus-The Dee Armstrong Show on September 5, 2014. Barrett was on the show to go through how viewers can best prepare pizzas for football season on the grill. Barrett talks about the white, wheat, and gluten free dough that is offered at Your Pie and goes through how to prepare the dough to be tossed.

September 5, 2014, was also National Cheese Pizza Day and Barrett talked about how many different combinations other than cheese that Your Pie offers. Dee shows a couple of funny pizza clips from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and I Love Lucy, and then Barrett goes over the Thai pie, the supreme, the bread bowl salad, and the cheese pizza. Furthermore, they go over how the Columbus location was recent won the Store of The Year Award at the Your Pie conference. 

Watch the clip here.

Your Pie on WYFF 4

Your Pie on WYFF 4

Dixon Howard from Your Pie showed the team from WYFF NBC 4 weekend morning show how to grill pizza at home. Dixon demonstrated how to toss dough and how to choose creative toppings. 

Watch the segment here. 

Your Pie in Global Atlanta

Your Pie in Global Atlanta

Drew French, the founder of Your Pie, was inspired by the Italian island of Ischia during his honeymoon in 2006 to start Your Pie. The article in Global Atlanta continues to say with despite the competitive environment of Neapolitan pizza in Atlanta, Mr. French believe Your Pie will resonate with Atlantans.  Mr. French also talks about the next two years and the future, Your Pie is planning to open four locations in the greater Atlanta area, creating 100 jobs throughout the region.

Read the full article here.

Your Pie Buckhead Grand Opening

We’re having our Your Pie Buckhead Atlanta Grand Opening this Friday starting at 11 a.m. EDT. The first 50 people will receive a free Your Pie and we will be serving up pies for $3.14 until 9 p.m.

We’re located at 5 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, Georgia, 30305. Click here for our contact information and hours.  

Can’t wait to see you there!

Your Pie in Urbandaddy

Your Pie in Urbandaddy

The brief alerted residents to the new Your Pie Buckhead opening in Atlanta. It focused on Your Pie allowing customers build and order their very own perfect pizza. This article also features their beer options and gelato. 

Read the full article here.

Your Pie in Franchise Times

The article in Franchise Time mentions how Your Pie plans to remodel 16 existing store to implement a new chopped salad station and open six stores with new equipment. Drew mentioned the cost to upgrade the existing stores for each new store to add the station that will be launched June 1^st. Drew was quoted on the new salad program will make Your Pie offerings more dynamic.


You can read the full article here. 

Your Pie on CBS 46 Atlanta

Your Pie on CBS 46 Atlanta

Drew French, founder of Your Pie, was recently featured on CBS 46 Atlanta. The segment starts off by going through the history of the down the line pizza concept and all of the different cheeses, sauces, and different toppings that you can get at Your Pie. Drew French talks about the new Buckhead location that will be opening up and Natalie French talks about how people love the concept of getting exactly what you want on your personal pizza. Furthermore, Drew shows the anchor how to toss the dough and they talked about the best days over the next week to go and enjoy a pizza at Your Pie.

CBS46 News You can view the whole segment here.

Your Pie in the Northside Neighbor

Your Pie in the Northside Neighbor

Your Pie was recently featured in an article in the Northside Neighbor. Your Pie, an Athens-based pizza restaurant company with 11 other locations in Georgia and others in Southeastern states, will open its Buckhead location in early May. The originator of the down-the-line pizza category will be located in what was previously a Johnny Rockets and a Lime Fresh Mexican Grill, at 5 W. Paces Ferry Road. “The Buckhead mentality is the perfect match for the spirit of Your Pie,” said Drew French, founder. The Buckhead location is the first of three new Atlanta restaurants that will open before the end of summer and will feature the company’s new prototype. The company plans to continue growing in metro Atlanta, with plans to open up to 40 additional restaurants in the area over the next three to five years. 

Your Pie in Nation's Restaurant News

Your Pie in Nation's Restaurant News

Your Pie was recently in an article titled, "Next Steps for Growth: Your Pie Fuels Growth in Expanding Niche." This article begins by saying Your Pie was one of the first brands to create the fast-casual pizza segment. It talks about Drew French who was 24 years old when he Your Pie in April 2008. The article mentioned that the brand has 18 locations and the goal is to have 100 by the end of 2015. The writer discusses Your Pie’s growth plan, focusing on the Southeast US, and the company’s intention to open locations in other areas of the country, as well as evolving its menu with regional toppings. The article talked about Drew scraping together money to open the first restaurant and how word-of-mouth helped Your Pie increase business. As the business grew, Your Pie looked into franchising, hired Bucky Cook as chief executive and Ken Caldwell as VP of development. The company then attracted interest from Georgia Oaks. Georgia Oaks’ David Barr told the reporter that they have helped fund corporate store development and bolster franchise development. Drew spoke highly of David helping growth the brand and lay out the growth strategy. This article also included a great info graphic displaying the timeline, a picture of a Your Pie restaurant and a picture of Drew tossing dough!

You can view the full article here. 

Your Pie in The Tennessean

Your Pie in The Tennessean

Your Pie was recently featured in an article titled, "Your Pie Restaurant Chain Eyes Nashville as Expansion Site" in The Tennessean. The article begins with information about Your Pie and how their Murfreesboro location has been a success, leading to their plans to add up to 12 more locations over the next 3 years. The article then explains the fast casual pizza restaurant style and what can be expected at a Your Pie location. The article then touches on the specialty pizzas and on how Drew came up with the idea for Your Pie as well as the gelato. Chambers then provides info on what it takes to open a Your Pie franchise, shares Sheri Townsend’s validation of the brand’s success in the area, and then closes out with quotes and info from Drew about the real estate available and the interest from prospective franchisees.

You can view the full article here.

Your Pie in the Athens Banner-Herald

Your Pie in the Athens Banner-Herald

Your Pie was recently featured in the Athens Banner-Herald. Your Pie Operations Consultant Courtney Brown and Your Pie employee Andrew Warlick were both featured in the article. The article begins with details about the testing of the new Your Pie mobile app in Athens with a projected system-wide launch on June 1^st. Drew is quoted about the new app and how it allows Your Pie to interact with their customers and stay on the cutting edge of innovation. The article also provides some details about the rewards and specifics about the app. Andrew is quoted about the functionality of the app and Courtney is quoted about the rewards points. The article closes out with a quote from Drew about the improvement with this app over the old one.

You can view the full article here. 

Craft Series: Spring Edition, Shrimp Arugula

Craft Series: Spring Edition, Shrimp Arugula

A wise man once called shrimp the “fruit of the sea” and rattled off a list of ways to prepare it, but never mentioned putting shrimp on a pizza. Too bad he never got the chance to eat at Your Pie. 

Your Pie is proud to announce the latest creation in their seasonal Craft Pie Series, “Shrimp Arugula”. The spring-inspired pizza features Alfredo sauce, white cheddar cheese, arugula, and (of course) gulf shrimp.

“When we started our Craft Pie Series, we promised to give our customers what they want and Your Pie fans asked us to go shrimping,” said Drew French, Founder of Your Pie. “A promise is a promise.”

The “Shrimp Arugula” pizza will be available in all 18 Your Pie locations on April 15^th and run through June 30^th. Visit www.yourpie.com to find the nearest Your Pie location. 

The Craft Pie Series has been a seasonal feature of the Your Pie menu since French launched the first customizable, down-the-line, fast-casual pizza concept in 2008. The company is celebrating 6 years of delicious hand-tossed, oven-baked pizza done in the traditional Italian style this spring. With locations throughout the southeastern United States, Your Pie has plans to expand and increase their presence in the year ahead and is currently establishing relationships with energetic and driven investors interested in opening their own Your Pie restaurants.

Your Pie will be opening their first Atlanta location in May, and up to three more Your Pie locations will open in Atlanta before the end of summer 2014. Your Pie aims to reach 100 locations in the U.S. by the end of 2015.

Your Pie in Pizza Marketplace

Your Pie in Pizza Marketplace

Your Pie was recently featured in Pizza Marketplace. The article entitled “How small pizza chains are competing through high cheese prices”, focuses on the increase in cheese prices through the beginning of 2014 and how the large pizza chains are able to withstand the increase, and what smaller chains do to remain competitive. Drew French is quoted about how they don’t compete with the “big boys” on price, but rather focus on a quality product and experience.

You can view the full article here. 

Your Pie in Pizza Marketplace

Your Pie in Pizza Marketplace

Your Pie was recently featured in Pizza Marketplace in an article titled, "Your Pie leverages popular promotion to improve operations". The article focused on Pi(e) Day 2014 and the successes surrounding the event. Reporter Alicia Kelso noted the number of pizzas sold, customers served and total weight of cheese used. In addition, Alicia mentioned Pi(e)Day’s growth of 52% from the 2013 celebration. Alicia also talked to Your Pie Drew French. Drew credited improved marketing and social media plans as a key driver for the growth. Drew also mentioned that the celebration is a great chance for franchisees to streamline their operations. This was a great article that positions Your Pie as the original creator of the Pi(e) Day celebration.

You can read the full article here. 

Pi(e) Day, Huge Success

Pi(e) Day, Huge Success

Your Pie celebrates Pi(e) Day in a huge way in 2014. Offering pizza's for $3.14 to celebrate the mathematical number of pi seems to be a huge hit with customers! With over 14,000 pizza's sold and over 10,000 customers served on March 14 (Pi Day), you can say Your Pie and their customers really enjoy Pi(e)! With lines piling out the doors of Your Pie locations, the press started to notice. Your Pie was featured in many local press as well as being featured on Time digital for their Pi(e) Day pizza special. 

You can view the article here. 

Your Pie in Flagpole Magazine

Your Pie in Flagpole Magazine

Your Pie was recently featured in Flagpole Magazine's "Grub Notes" which includes a wrap up about Pi(e) Day. The article titled “Spring Break: Restaurant Closings, Temporary Hours, Pi Day” and includes a quick write-up about this Friday’s celebration and a link to the Pi(e) Day page on the Your Pie website.

You can view the full article here. 

Get Ready for Pi(e) Day!

Get Ready for Pi(e) Day!

March 14 is National Pi Day. A day that celebrates the almost endless number that keep things circular, is a very special day to Your Pie. Your Pie pays tribute to pi by making all pi(e)s $3.14! With many other promotions being held in each location, the celebrations of the continuous number will allow customers to enjoy Pie and pi with full pockets and stomachs! 

Make sure to visit your local Your Pie to enjoy Pi(e) day the proper way!

Ben Allen, Buckhead's Daily Operations Manager

Ben Allen, Buckhead's Daily Operations Manager

Your Pie Regional Manager, Ben Allen, will be managing the daily operations of Your Pie’s first prototype restaurant. The new restaurant will be the first corporate location that is not under the sole ownership of founder Drew French; Your Pie recently partnered with Georgia Oak Partners, who will be part-owners of the new store.

Unlike other restaurants, which target the college crowd, this prototype store in Buckhead is located in a major commercial hub. Buckhead is home to a large number of young professionals, businesses, and residential high rises. “We wanted a prime location with heavy traffic to help further expand our reach into the Atlanta market,” Allen explained. “This will be the first store that features the new design and vibe that we want for all our stores moving forward. Rather than getting franchisees to travel to Athens, this Atlanta location will also be the restaurant that we will show all future potential franchisees.”

Allen has been a member of the Your Pie team since 2009, before the brand became a franchise operation. Since joining founder Drew French as a general staff member at his first Your Pie restaurant, Allen has made his way up to become the regional manager of the brand in 2011, acting as the first point of contact for all franchisees.  Allen assists Kevin Altman, the director of training, with training for all new stores in the first couple of weeks of their opening.

Allen grew up in Roswell, Ga. and majored in economics at the University of Georgia. It was through his fraternity that he first met French. After graduation, Allen worked for a healthcare staffing company until there was a merger and his offices dissolved in 2008. While trying to figure out his next move, French invited Allen to help out at his restaurant. Unexpectedly, Allen discovered a passion for the food industry and was appointed the general manager of Your Pie’s second location.

Allen volunteered to operate the new location and prototype store, confident that his experience and knowledge of the brand will help it successfully grow in the prime spot.