how many jimmy johns are there in the us
more than 2,500 almost 3,000 stores 2,630 2,630 (December 2016) more than 2,500 locations
title: Jimmy John's text: Jimmy John's Jimmy John's Franchise, LLC is an American franchised sandwich restaurant chain, specializing in delivery. It was founded by Jimmy John Liautaud in 1983 and is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. In 35 years, the company has grown to more than 2,800 locations in all states except Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Jimmy John's has opened approximately 200 locations per year over the past three years. , 98% of the locations are franchise-owned. After Jimmy John Liautaud graduated second to last in his class at Elgin Academy (1982), his father gave him the choice to title: Jimmy John's text: Coulter mentored Liautaud and “taught [him] how to effectively run multiple units.” Liautaud continued opening more stores and developed a prototype before beginning franchising in 1994. Franchising continued until 2002 when Liautaud stopped selling franchises for one year to give support for stores that were struggling. The first franchise store opened in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. In 2001, the hundredth Jimmy John's store opened in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. In 2007, the five-hundredth store opened in Seattle, Washington, and in 2010, the thousandth opened in Beaverton, Oregon. As of March 2017, Jimmy John's has almost 3,000 stores with plans for expansion up title: Jimmy John's text: retained 35% ownership of the company as part of the deal. As part of the agreement, the company's founder and largest individual shareholder Jimmy John Liautaud will continue as chairman of the board. In 2010, when the Industrial Workers of the World attempted to unionize ten Minneapolis locations, "The New York Times" called the effort "one of the few efforts to organize fast-food workers in American history." In July 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit found that the National Labor Relations Act did not protect Jimmy John's employees from being fired for exhibiting legally disloyal title: Jimmy John's Field text: Jimmy John's Field Jimmy John's Field is a baseball field in Utica, Michigan, home to four teams that play in the United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL), an independent baseball league. It opened on May 30, 2016 where the Utica Unicorns defeated the Birmingham-Bloomfield Beavers, 5-1. Naming rights were purchased by Jimmy John's, a sandwich restaurant chain. The ballpark is located in downtown Utica, just outside of Detroit. Jimmy John's Field is owned by General Sports Entertainment (GSE), however Utica's Downtown Development Authority will own the land it sits on and lease it to them for $1 per year for title: Jimmy John's text: 83% of the vote based on restaurants they would consider going to again. Jimmy John's was named the #2 Most Popular Restaurant for Business Meals by expense reporting program Certify. In 2015, Entrepreneur.com named Jimmy John's one of the 10 Promising Franchises for Ambitious Entrepreneurs. In March 2017, Jimmy John's won Franchise Times' "Deal of the Year" for attracting Roark Capital Group as the company's new majority owner. FT's judges called the deal "one of the best private equity deals of all time in the restaurant business." In September 2014, Jimmy John’s donated $1 million to the Folds of Honor