Jimmy John Liautaud

“I think the kids that struggle are way more prepared for real life.”

“We deliver. We are consistent. Customers trust us. Our restaurants are cleaner than most. Our meats are natural, the bread is best in class, the chips are best in class, and we are a group of very systemized and disciplined operators.”

“You can't forget where you came from.”

“I could sell more franchises than I'm selling right now, but we're pretty deliberate about where we're going.”

“Money has no feelings.”

“We will continue to pursue anybody who violates our franchise covenants, trade agreements, or anything, for that matter, that is ours.”

“I assumed when I was first selling the franchises that everyone would be as excited as I was to wake up in the morning to bake bread and slice vegetables.”

“I'm a good operator: good with food and good with math.”

“Jimmy John's is what it is. We strive for a consistent experience that is consistently good.”

“I don't hunt big African game anymore.”

“My college options were nil.”

“My dad was the guy who wanted to teach a man to fish. He was very, very curious, right up until the day he died. He was insatiable for information. He was the pursuit of awesome.”

“I think I'm in the service business. I mean, our sandwiches are pretty good; I don't know if they're extraordinary. But our service is.”

“I've never offered coupons or deals. I'm not fancy enough to do soup or salads, hot breakfasts, or smoothies.”

“I'm so genuine about what I do and how I want to do it, and I get anxiety when I'm pressured from the outside.”

“I choose to hunt, and I choose to fish. Everything I've done has been totally legal.”

“We offer an extremely controlled, disciplined, and completely systematic franchise package.”

“We want a system that creates the same exact sandwich, very rapidly and very consistently, every single time.”

“I wanted all my stores to be the same, to offer the same customer experience, whether I was there or not.”

“My team and I are excited to bring to our new partners at Roark the same energy and commitment to excellence that helped make our partnership with Weston Presidio so successful.”