Stuckey's was founded by Stephanie Stuckey's grandfather, W.S. Stuckey, Sr., in Eastman, Georgia, in 1937. Let’s be real. The timing for a road trip to visit each of my franchises could not have been worse. I set off on this quest in January 2020, never anticipating there’d be a global pandemic spreading during my travels. As you can imagine, I quickly altered my expectations, understanding that I wasn’t going to get to some of our 67 locations within the year timeline I’d set as a goal. And that’s OK. America was, and still is, in the midst of an historic pandemic, with 400,000-plus lives lost and 50,000-plus businesses shuttered. It was obviously more important to make health and safety a priority.