Your Pie, the Ischia-inspired pizza brand known for its customizable brick-oven pizzas and open-kitchen dining experience, is entering a pivotal growth chapter as it sets its sights on expanding its franchise footprint nationwide. After spending 2025 refining its restaurant model and operational strategy by opening 8 stores, Your Pie has rounded out Q1 with a renewed focus on executing strategic franchise growth.
Following an 18-month period of refinement, the brand has introduced a redesigned restaurant model built to improve efficiency and scalability for franchise partners. Updates include:
- A smaller, more flexible footprint of roughly 2,000 square feet
- Streamlined kitchen equipment and cooking processes
- Enhanced ordering model designed to elevate the guest experience
- Expanded online ordering capabilities for increased convenience
Your Pie broadened its catering offerings, enabling franchisees to better serve group dining, office meals, and event-driven occasions as off‑premise demand continues to rise. The brand also invested in non-traditional campus locations and new company-owned restaurants, while experimenting with updated operating formats.
Now, the beloved brand looks to prioritize development with experienced restaurant and hospitality operators in high-growth Southeast markets, including Columbia, the Atlanta metro area and the Chattanooga-Knoxville corridor.
Fueled by business-friendly policies, lower costs of living and continued population growth, the Southeast is expected to remain one of the tops regions for franchised business expansion in the U.S., with projected growth of 1.7%. These markets continue to see a strong demand for differentiated fast-casual dining concepts. The brand provides franchisees with training, operational support and access to its updated restaurant model as they develop and operate locations.
The idea for Your Pie began during founders Drew & Natalie French’s honeymoon on the Italian island of Ischia, where the couple was inspired by the island’s vibrant food culture and wood-fired pizza. They brought that inspiration back to the U.S., opening the first Your Pie in Athens, Georgia in 2008 with a fast-casual concept centered on customizable brick-oven pizzas made with hand-tossed dough and fresh ingredients.
Today, the menu extends beyond pizza to include oven-baked pastas, fresh salads, oven-fired wings and handcrafted sandwiches, alongside Italian-style gelato and a curated selection of craft beer and wine. Customer feedback continues to shape the menu, inspiring seasonal and chef-driven offerings like the Cubano Craft series and the award-winning Peach Prosciutto Pie. The brand also drives engagement through annual systemwide promotions and events, including its Pi(e) Day celebration each March 14.
As it enters this next phase of growth, Your Pie is focused on expanding its presence in markets nationwide while continuing to strengthen its operations and support franchise partners.