Building an empire, one peach cobbler at a time
Otis and Janie Jackson’s Peach Cobbler Factory on Sanderlin Road in East Memphis is one of four locations either open or in the works in the Memphis area. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The local franchisees of The Peach Cobbler Factory recently announced they would open a third location in Memphis’ Medical District, but that location may ultimately turn out to be their fourth.
“We’ve got one coming on Hacks Cross at Houston Levee that may be open sooner than that,” owner Otis Jackson said.
Otis Jackson and his wife, Janie, are no strangers to entrepreneurship. Otis Jackson launched several businesses over the years, including a trucking company and a security business, a rehabilitation facility, a general contractor and a few multilevel marketing businesses such as Amway and Melaleuca. And he did that all while holding down a full-time job at FedEx for 25 years. He retired from the logistics giant in 2015.
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Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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