Your Pie in Tampa Bay Business Journal

Your Pie was recently featured in the Tampa Bay Business Journal in an article titled, "With New Backing, Your Pie Pursues Tampa Bay." The article discusses the growth and expansion plans of the custom pizza franchise in the Tampa Bay market as well as the overall growth plans with the new financial backing of private equity firm Georgia Oak Partners. The overall goal for development is to have 100 Your Pie restaurants by the end of 2015.

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With new backing, Your Pie pursues Tampa Bay

Margaret Cashill

Staff Writer- Tampa Bay Business Journal

Owners of build-your-own pizza chain Your Pie have plans to expand rapidly in Tampa Bay during the next few years.

Now, an undisclosed investment from private equity firm Georgia Oak Partners has furthered Your Pie’s efforts to grow, Nation’s Restaurant News reported.

Your Pie, based in Athens, Ga., has 18 locations in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida, including a restaurant at 2219 South Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa.

In July, CEO Bucky Cook told TBBJ he expects to add a second Tampa Bay location in the next year, and he intends to add another 25 locations in area in the next five to seven years.

Since closing the deal with Georgia Oak this summer, Your Pie has condensed that time frame to two to four years, Cook said.


Four of Your Pie’s locations are company-owned and 14, including the Tampa restaurant, are owned by franchisees.

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Your Pie Featured in Tampa Bay Business Journal

Your Pie was recently featured in the Tampa Bay Business Journal in an article titled, "Restaurateurs on hold after reform mandate delayed".

The article discusses how some entrepreneurs are holding off on expansion plans due to the uncertainty of the Affordable Care Act. Your Pie CEO Bucky Cook discusses how Your Pie does not expect to be immediately impacted by the new laws. Bucky discusses Your Pie’s expansion plans in Tampa Bay and the surrounding area.

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Restaurateurs on hold after reform mandate delayed

By: Margaret Cashill

Some people in the restaurant industry are still waiting to find out the full implications of the Affordable Care Act, as well as the Obama administration’s decision to delay the employer mandate.

“I don’t know if any of us, including the people charged with enforcing it, fully understand it, even though the regulations have been written,” Bucky Cook, CEO of quick service build-your-own pizza chain Your Pie, said of the health care reform law.