Thomas Schneider also known as Tommy, began his pizza making career at age 15 working at Doughboys Pizza on Pembina Highway in Winnipeg. It was from there his love for pizza grew and he started looking at possible franchises to gain some business experience. At age 19 Thomas moved to a small town outside of the Dallas–Fort Worth area and opened his first franchise. A year later he opened up a second location. “My dream was always to open up my own pizza restaurant one day and I thought this would be a great place to gain some business experience”