As the proud owner of Grits & Eggs Breakfast Kitchen, a fast growing breakfast and brunch restaurant in Vinings, GA... Michael (Mike) Glover began his career in the food industry with the McDonald’s Corporation amidst the drug culture that was dominant in the 80s in South Bronx, New York. He lived and worked in a culturally diverse community.Mike would later meet La-Van Hawkins, owner of inner City Foods Corporation. Working with La-Van Hawkins enabled Mike to open the first Checkers restaurant in Atlanta and to further develop and refine the signature drive through arrangement for the brand. Burger King saw Mike opening the first 6 drive thru restaurants using the principles pioneered earlier for Checkers. Mike would become the Vice President for inner city and urban operations for Burger king with responsibilities from Atlanta to Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore and DC. The 1990’s decade was at a hectic time in Mike’s career, with Burger King, Pizza hut, and Checkers all part of the work picture. It was during this period of increasing responsibility that Mike was asked to look at a Chicago based Pizza operation. Nancy’s Pizza founded by Rocco Palese and his wife in the mid-1970’s, had become a franchise business. By the time Mike arrived in Chicago to look at Nancy’s Pizza, Dave Howie was the franchise owner of Nancy’s Pizza with several operating franchises. Indeed it was one those franchises that was in trouble when Mike was asked by Dave Howie to take charge of the operation. With his years of experience and management acumen, the business was soon to show major performance improvements. This level of general competence and all round ability impressed Dave Howie such that there was a solid basis for their future relationship. Mike would become the first Chicago Nancy’s Pizza franchisee in Atlanta, and the rest as they say is history.