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title: "Simply Buckhead: Local Your Pie Location Collaborates with Hunger Initiative"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ef5da51d-aca5-4e7a-8f49-4dc034cae567
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/simply-buckhead-local-your-pie-location-collaborates-with-hunger-initiative-4865
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["Marketing"]
published: 2016-06-06T23:18:38.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:24:27.123Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c8ba5b81799901cb836a0a30c003eb4b8027160606180238.jpeg
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# Simply Buckhead: Local Your Pie Location Collaborates with Hunger Initiative

**TL;DR:** A local Your Pie location in Buckhead collaborates with a hunger initiative, donating pizzas to a nonprofit organization. The company's initiative, 'Ins'pie'ring Communities', selects a nonprofit to benefit at each location.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-06-06. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/simply-buckhead-local-your-pie-location-collaborates-with-hunger-initiative-4865).*

## Story

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.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- community involvement (topic)
- Your Pie Pizza (company)
- Drew French (person)
- nonprofit partnership (topic)
- pizza donation (topic)
- hunger initiative (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/simply-buckhead-local-your-pie-location-collaborates-with-hunger-initiative-4865). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ef5da51d-aca5-4e7a-8f49-4dc034cae567).