how many jimmy john's are there in the world
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 Liautaud text: Jimmy John Liautaud James John Liautaud (January 12, 1964) is the founder, chairman, and majority owner of Jimmy John’s sandwich chain. In October 2018, Liautaud was included in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people. At this time, Forbes estimated Liautaud's documented wealth at $1.7 billion. Jimmy John Liautaud was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois on January 12, 1964. His father is James Liautaud, longtime entrepreneur, and his mother is Gina Gudaityte Liautaud. He has two brothers, Greg and Robby Liautaud, and a sister, Lara Liautaud Berry. He was born the third of four siblings. He attended Elgin Academy, 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 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's Restaurants text: Jimmy's Restaurants Jimmy’s Restaurants is a loosely linked chain of buffet restaurants in the United Kingdom, with other companies trading under a similar format as Jimmy’s World Grill & Bar, Jimmy’s World Kitchen, Jimmy Spices, Jimmy’s World and Jimmy’s Bar. The first Jimmy’s World Grill & Bar opened in 2003 and as of 2016 the chain operated restaurants at about 11 locations. In 2012 it launched its flagship restaurant in The O2, London. Each restaurant offers cuisines from multiple countries including Italy, China, India, Mexico, the US and the United Kingdom. The restaurants all offer "live cooking stations" where food