Cheesewell is the Tastier Creswell

ATHENS, Ga. - Two University of Georgia students started a food business in the most unexpected places – their dorm room in the residence hall Creswell, soon to be known as Cheesewell.

Chaz Gunning, a freshman student studying Environmental Engineering, and Andrew Kapusta, a freshman student studying Civil Engineering, have just started a $1 grilled cheese business called Cheesewell freshman students living in Creswell, a freshman dorm at the University of Georgia.

The idea came one night when Gunning and Kapusta were sitting in their room watching TV. Gunning said, “I was so tired, hungry, and lazy. I didn’t want to walk all the way down to Bolton Dining Hall for a grilled cheese. I said to my roommate, ‘Man I wish someone could make me a grilled cheese for now,’ and that was when the idea hit us.” With 980 students living in Creswell, there would be plenty of business, especially with students staying up late studying or returning from downtown, said Gunning.

Both Gunning and Kapusta said they want to make this business as simple as possible, with as little cost to Gunning and Kapusta and students. “Everyone wants a good deal,” Gunning said. “The key to this business is the simplicity and the cost.”

Last week, they put business cards with their website information underneath each student’s door. If anyone wants a grilled cheese, all they have to do is go to their website and put their order in with the online order form. An email with the order will be sent to Gunning and Kapusta’s phones. Gunning and Kapusta make the grilled cheese and deliver it to the customer’s door. Grilled cheeses are wrapped in wax paper and sealed with Gunning and Kapusta’s company label.

Gunning and Kapusta said they call themselves “The Grilled Cheese Guys.” Both said they hope this business will not only help them learn business, marketing, and new media skills, but it could help them meet some peers – especially the ladies.