Simply Buckhead: Local Your Pie Location Collaborates with Hunger Initiative

When Drew French, owner of Buckhead’s Your Pie, opened his first restaurant in Athens, Georgia, in 2008, he wanted it to exude the same family and food atmosphere that inspired him while visiting his wife’s native Italy.

“I fell in love with the hand tossed pizzas made from locally sourced products and baked in brick ovens,” French says. “I wanted to bring that experience home.”

He also wanted to become part of the communities where his 24 stores are located. Through the company’s initiative, “Ins’pie’ring Communities,” each location selects a nonprofit to benefit.

“In February, 80 pizzas went to Cross Cultural Ministries that feeds 80 kids a day. The kids were thrilled,” says Mark Gambardella, food-sourcing specialist at the Food Bank. In March and April, I Care Atlanta received 200 pies.