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This 13-year-old opened up a sandwich shop to serve his community

Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM
This 13-year-old opened up a sandwich shop to serve his community — ABC 7 Suncoast SWFL, Lakewood Ranch Real Estate news
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MANCHESTER, Tenn. (InvestigateTV) - While his friends are playing video games and posting on social media, Tobey Chapman is taking orders.The 13-year-old is the owner of Tobey’s Sandwich Shack in Manchester. The restaurant is built on family recipes and a savings account that started the day he was born.Tobey’s grandfather, Glenn Chapman, had been setting money aside every month since Tobey was born. When the time came, Glenn told him it was time to start investing and Tobey got to work.“He invested in one house and flipped it, and then he invested in this house next door and flipped it,” Glenn said. Tobey used the money to buy the property and establish the restaurant on McMinnville Pike. Tobey said the food industry was always where he wanted to land after watching shows like “MasterChef” for years, and settled on sandwiches for his first restaurant because so many people like eating them. A team that knew him firstJess Roberts and Cat Myers run the shack five days a week while Tobey

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