Everyone in town seems to know the husband-and-wife team behind Postal Plus, Jeff and Christina Oliver. Longtime residents and business owners in Town Center Park, the Olivers have spent 27 years creating and making incredible print products for so many of us! We recently caught up with them to find out what they love most about Suwanee.
Please tell us a little about your family.
Jeff and Christina: We have two children ages 39 and 38, three grandkids, two girls and one boy ages 4 month to 4 and a half years old. They all live close by. We love being grandparents!
Tell us about your current and past career. What do you love most about it?
Jeff: I ran a lumber yard for 20 years and decided at one point that I needed to go into business for myself. We researched this type of business and decided to go out on our own and not be a franchise. We are a true mom-and-pop business. We love our customers. They are very supportive.
Christina: I studied biology in college and was a stay-at-home mom when we started our business. Every day is different, and we never know who will come through our door. We are now seeing our third generation of customers!
What are a couple of your favorite restaurants in our community?
We love Milpa Cantina, a new Mexican restaurant. We also love Tequila Mama.
How long have you lived or worked here?
Jeff: We now live in Brookhaven. We have been in business for 27 years in Suwanee. We have spent most of our lives here, almost 40 years.
Christina: I am from Costa Rica. I moved to Georgia in 1982 and we got married here.
What is your favorite thing about Suwanee?
Jeff and Christina: The people. They rally behind others and are genuinely nice. We love the people who work for the city because they make us feel that we are welcome and that we matter.
What current or former business, or place, makes you feel the most nostalgic?
Jeff: The old post office on Main Street. We remember Horace Cook. Since we were not a franchise and didn’t have the training, we learned so much from the post office and threw our business together in two weeks!
If you could take anyone to lunch, dead or alive, who would that be?
Jeff: Anthony Bourdain, a famous chef.
Where would you go?
Jeff: Any mom-and-pop restaurant in Italy.
What type of music do you like and what artist/band would you like to see?
Jeff: I would like to have seen Elton John back in the day when he was young. I would also love to see Cher.
Christina: New country and classic rock. I’d see to see Brett Aldrich. I love to listen to Bocelli as well.
What is the most beautiful place you have ever been?
Jeff: The British Virgin Islands. When you see it in person, it’s just beautiful!
Christina: It is so difficult to say. There are so many places to see. The Grand Canyon is one.
What was the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?
Jeff: The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen in 1966.
What advice would you give to a crowd of people?
Jeff: Be nice.
Christina: Just try to be kind and grateful.
Who is the most interesting person you have ever met in Suwanee?
Jeff and Christina: It is hard to define the most interesting person. We meet so many people and have learned lots of cultural things, especially regarding food. We’ve been invited to our customers’ homes for dinner. We are so grateful for those opportunities.
Where would you love to travel to?
Jeff and Christina: We would love to visit every state in North America and would love to go to Greece. We close the week of Thanksgiving and that’s when we travel.
Tell me something interesting about you that most people don’t know.
Jeff and Christina: We met when we were both 15. We met through friends.
Would you rather sing to a crowd of 50 people or speak to a crowd of 500?
Christina: Oh, speak!
Jeff: I agree!
