Sandwich Chain Credits Tenacious Franchisees and Cult-Like Following CHAMPAIGN, Ill. /PRNewswire/ -- Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches has been consistently opening almost 200 units per year for the last three years. Today, Jimmy John reached a milestone by opening his 1,000th unit in Beaverton, OR. With an additional 1,500 or so units in the pipeline, it doesn't look like they will be slowing down anytime soon.
Jimmy credits the success to tenacious operators and precision execution, producing a chain whose growth represents a cool fact that 80 percent of all units are opened by current owners.
"It's been a hell of a journey," said Jimmy John Liautaud, 46-year-old founder of Jimmy John's. "My team is best in class...
