While other restaurants and chains have inked deals with third-party services to deliver their products, Jimmy John’s is committed to keeping their deliveries in-house. Priding itself on being “freaky fast,” Jimmy John’s isn’t willing to rely on services that can take up to 45 minutes
While more and more restaurants have been turning to services like GrubHub and UberEats to expand their business and allow customers to order food from their homes or workplaces, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches is resisting the trend. Just this week, the company launched a national
Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches was born out of Jimmy John Liautaud’s passion for food and for entrepreneurship . Liautaud now uses his success to help others follow their passions. Since 2014, Liautaud and his wife, Leslie, have supported Camp Southern Ground, a non-profit project founded
Every Wednesday is tasting day at Jimmy John’s headquarters and Jimmy John Liautaud is the top taster. Jimmy doesn’t wear a fancy suit to work; instead he looks like a regular guy in jeans and an untucked shirt. This week he’s trying ten sandwiches, six
Christmas came early for more than three hundred customers who had items on layaway at Walmarts in central Illinois. On the last day to pick up their layaway items, they were greeted with the news that their bills, totalling $80,000, had been paid in full
On a Saturday in October, Jimmy John Liautaud flew to Columbus, Nebraska to make his own delivery. He gifted Jimmy John’s driver, Zach Hillmer, with a new Ford Escape after he responded to a call and gave a veteran a ride to the hospital. A
In Fall of 2018, Jimmy John Liautaud was included on the Forbes list of the World’s Wealthiest People with an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion after selling majority stake of Jimmy John’s to Roark Capital for an undisclosed amount. With a lot of hard
The past year has been an exciting one for the Jimmy John’s marketing department. In Fall 2017, Jimmy John’s hired its first CMO since 2007, John Shea. John had years of experience in the food and beverage industry, previously working at PepsiCo for 12 years
Jimmy Liautaud fielded questions from want-to-be entrepreneurs about starting and growing a business at the Champaign Public Library. Jimmy’s talk at the library was the first in a series called Launch at the Library. The program is part of the library’s effort to better serve
Jimmy and Leslie Liautaud started the Liautaud Family Foundation with the primary mission of helping people help themselves. They donate to both national and local organizations that embody this mission. One of these organizations is Crisis Nursery, a nonprofit that provides 24-hour emergency care for
