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title: "Franchisee Voices: Matt Iwaszkiewicz Of Your Pie"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/1f16b5d9-83a2-4644-bdaf-b3a5ff512891
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/franchisee-voices-matt-iwaszkiewicz-of-your-pie-7991
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2016-11-29T21:16:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:14:14.406Z
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# Franchisee Voices: Matt Iwaszkiewicz Of Your Pie

**TL;DR:** Matt Iwaszkiewicz, a franchisee of Your Pie, plans to expand the brand in the Columbus market, starting with a location in the Grandview neighborhood. He and his wife previously owned and operated a Sport Clips before selling it in 2010.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-11-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/franchisee-voices-matt-iwaszkiewicz-of-your-pie-7991).*

## Story

I’ve lived in the Columbus area for 16 years, working in software sales. My wife, Katie, is a homemaker, but we used to own and operate a Sport Clips*, which she ran. We owned Sport Clips for five years and sold the business in 2010 looking to do something different. I will continue my full time job and we'll have a general manager to run the day-to-day operations of our Your Pie.

We were looking into investing with a new franchise concept and I loved the fast casual pizza segment, which is booming right now. I am perpetually hungry and when I found out about Your Pie through an online search, I was impressed. It was a compelling concept and message, we liked the corporate team and loved that we were getting in just as the business is starting to explode, leaving room for growth.

We do plan on expanding. This will be the anchor store and we would like to develop the Columbus market. Columbus has become a huge foodie town and the demographics of the community lends itself it to craft beer and pizza mindset. We’ll be opening the first location in the gentrified and popular Grandview neighborhood near downtown.

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## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- International Franchise Association (company)
- Your Pie Pizza (company)
- franchisee interview (topic)
- fast casual pizza (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/franchisee-voices-matt-iwaszkiewicz-of-your-pie-7991). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/1f16b5d9-83a2-4644-bdaf-b3a5ff512891).