C&P RESTAURANT COMPANY IS CO-OWNED BY ALLEN PEAKE AND MIKE CHUMBLEY.  ALLEN AND MIKE WORKED TOGETHER FOR OVER 15 YEARS AT RMS FAMILY RESTAURANTS AND FORMED C&P RESTAURANT COMPANY WHEN THEY BECAME CHEDDAR'S CASUAL CAFE FRANCHISEES IN 1999.   CHEDDAR'S IS FRANCHISED BY CHEDDAR'S, INC. WHICH IS BASED IN DALLAS, TX.  CHEDDAR'S STARTED IN 1978 IN DALLAS, TX AND PRESENTLY THERE ARE OVER 60 ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  ALLEN AND MIKE ARE THE ONLY FRANCHISEES IN GEORGIA.  THEY OPENED THEIR FIRST ONE IN WARNER ROBINS IN DECEMBER OF 1999, THE SECOND ONE IN MACON IN OCTOBER OF 2001, THE THIRD ONE IN COLUMBUS IN JANUARY OF 2003, THE FOURTH ONE OPENED IN POOLER (RIGHT OUTSIDE SAVANNAH) IN APRIL 2008, AND AUGUSTA WILL BE OPEN IN NOVEMBER, 2009.  PLANS ARE TO DEVELOP MORE IN THE GEORGIA AREA AS SITES BECOME AVAILABLE.  ALLEN IS A FORMER CPA WHO WAS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT RMS FROM 1989 TO 1995 AND THEN WAS PRESIDENT AND CEO AT RMS FROM 1995 TO 2000.  MIKE STARTED AS A COOK WITH SHONEY'S IN 1971 AND WORKED HIS WAY UP TO CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT RMS.  ALLEN AND MIKE HAVE A UNIQUE AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP - ALLEN HAS THE FINANCIAL BACKGROUND AND MIKE HAS THE STRONG OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE.  THEY BOTH SHARE A PASSION FOR QUALITY FOOD COMBINED WITH INCREDIBLE SERVICE.  THEY ARE ALSO CO-OWNERS OF C&P SEAFOOD COMPANY, A 12 UNIT CAPTAIN D'S FRANCHISE IN MACON, WARNER ROBINS, PERRY, FT VALLEY, EASTMAN, SANDERSVILLE, AND AUGUSTA, GA.  GREG RUSS IS ALSO A PARTNER IN THE CAPTAIN D'S BUSINESS AND RUNS THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.  GREG HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH CAPTAIN D'S FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAS WORKED WITH ALLEN AND MIKE ALL DURING THIS TIME, SERVING ON VARIOUS LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES IN THE D'S FRANCHISE COMMUNITY.  THERE ARE PRESENTLY OVER 600 CAPTAIN D'S NATIONWIDE.  FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CAPTAIN D'S, VISIT http://www.captainds.com/. 

MIKE AND ALLEN ARE ALSO BOTH INVOLVED ON THE POLITICAL SCENE.  MIKE HAS SERVED ON THE BYRON CITY COUNCIL FOR OVER 7 YEARS AND ALLEN IS A GEORGIA STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 137 IN MACON.  TO FIND OUT MORE, VISIT http://www.allenpeake.com/.