August 2026 | Vol. 26 Iss. 8
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Depole brothers pride themselves on ‘getting the right people’ at MOOYAH By Cassie Goff | c.goff@mycityjournals.com The location is one of the company’s highest-volume stores.
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Since Art and Nick Depole opened MOOYAH’s Sandy location two years ago, they’ve opened two more locations. (Photo courtesy Art Depole/MOOYAH)
rt and Nick Depole opened MOOYAH’s Sandy location on Oct. 28, 2024. Since then, the Depole brothers grew MOOYAH’s Sandy location to be one of the two highest-volume MOOYAH stores in the country (out of 85 stores total): rivaled only by MOOYAH’s Billings, Montana location. Both stores pull over $50,000 per week. “When we first opened, we came from Provo where a busy day was a $4,000 day. The first weekend in Sandy, we were doing over $10,000. We were overwhelmed,” Art said. He described how the team had to, pretty quickly, re-invent their whole business plan and structure to keep both customer service standards and food quality high. “The key is getting the right people,” Art said. “Our entire team cares about the store, the whole customer experience, and they want to get things done.” He further cites customer experience,
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