Talk:Jimmy John's

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I know nothing about this franchise, but somebody should rewrite this article. This whole thing reads like one big advertisement. For example "speedy late-night delivery and reasonable prices" sounds like something you would see in a TV commercial, not an encyclopedia article. TDude695 18:42, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I wish there was more information about this company.

--65.25.62.196 21:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

There needs to be a citation to the "About 95% of the current restaurants are franchise-owned" statement under "Current success". It is also unclear. Are 95% of the restaurants owned by the corporation (franchisor) or by franchisees?

--146.7.117.20 22:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually, the very first Jimmy John's is located in West Chester Pa, and was opened in 1945 I believe by Jimmy John. I know this because I worked there during my high school days and the nephew of the original Jimmy John, Jeff John, is my best friend. I believe it is now a landmark too. I am sure the JJ franchising corporation knows this, but thought I would shed a little light.

The, pray tell me, why would the firm's own Web site publically proclaim 1983 as the first year for the firm? A firm would surely want to promote itself and longevity is an oft used self-promotional item. But, there is no possibility you could be mistaken or that another similar firm simply happened to use the same name, is there?68.13.191.153 23:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

1940, actually. I personally have been there in the last week. I thin'k I'll have to add that in here somewhere.

You are really mistaken, Jimmy wasn't even alive in 1940, you wouldn't be the first though, I have many older customers who come into my store and claim they've been coming to jimmy johns for 30 years, which is impossible because the first one wasn't even opened until the early to mid 1980's. Please go to the website, you can read the history of the company yourself, www.jimmyjohns.com

Editorofthewiki 17:47, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Number of stores Store #400 opened in July, 2006 in Indianapolis, Indiana K_Watson1984

Just so you guys know, Their is actually over 750 stores now and Jimmy has sold his 1000th store, I know this because I have attented Jimmy Johns Manager training program and this was discussed, and my store is a new store to open and its store # is in the mid 700's. I guess I can't really cite any of this so I didn't bother editing it.

Lead

The lead section has some redundancy. --Imaginationac (Talk | Edits) 17:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Maybe some redundancy in the lead section.68.13.191.153 00:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

jimmy is a nazi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.46.232.10 (talk • contribs) 01:00, May 3, 2007 (UTC)

I don't see how this is relevant. I also doubt it's true. Please do not add spam. --Imaginationac (Talk | Edits | Email) 17:47, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Pretty much everything on this page isn't correct. Jimmy John, is from the general area of Champaign Urbana, where he personally owns five of the stores that were made. The majority of the other stores are franchised owned. He went to college at Southern Illinois Carbondale, and then dropped out and made this company. The original Jimmy John's is located in Charelston Illinois, on the Eastern Illinois University campus. I dont really know what else to add. Jimmy John Leautod, is and still is the owner and creator of this store, his dad never had anything to do with it, aside from a minimal amount of start up money. I know all of these are facts.

That's funny. Jimmy John graduated at the bottom of his highschool class. He's from Charleston, Illinois, and never attended college. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.199.0.11 (talk) 20:20, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

This part of the article does not fit

"In October of 2006 Joe Munz, a Jimmy John's delivery man, was robbed and killed in the Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee. This sparked a city-wide debate on the importance and legality of delivery boundaries;"l It seems like a local issue restricted to a city it has not affected or altered the way jimmy johns runs it business as a whole if we put this type of statement on a bank article we would be adding every bank robbery of that banks branches. Thus I am removing it Weaponbb7 21:12, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

A sentence here makes no sense to me: "After Liautaud realized it would cost nearly twice as much as the loan to start a hot dog business." Twice as much as what? Dean Esmay (talk) 15:45, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Post high school options

After founder Jimmy John Liautaud graduated second-to-last from Sumner High School in his 1982 high school class, his options were joining the Army, college, or starting a business. He chose the latter.

Aren't these the options for 99% of people graduating high school? How is any of this relevant to the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.170.8.210 (talk) 17:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Trivia

I don't understand why there's citation requested for this area. The slogans are on the menus, inside the restaurants, etc. Just because you can't view the source on the internet doesn't mean it's untrue. I'd personally remove the citation, but I doubt they would stay gone for very long. Somebody should consider scanning a menu or taking pictures from inside a store to upload to the internet, because these are true claims. Chaide

Criticisms

To bring some balance to this article, I've started the Criticisms section. Right now the only thing listed is the loud music/radio played in an effort to increase their hip image. Really, I don't know where they got the idea that turning up some random soft rock radio station to louder than a lawn mower is hip. I personally like to be able to place my order without yelling, and if I wanted to eat there, which I originally planned on, the music would keep me from being able to enjoy conversation with friends. Maybe they don't really want people to dine in; either way, though, that's got to be bad on employee's hearing.--NeantHumain (talk) 17:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

The loud music seems to depend on the store. At my local JJ the music is at a decent volume but ive heard of another JJ 45 minutes away that blasts their music —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.146.222 (talk) 03:32, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

The managers have little respect for their employees and welcome as high of turnover as the economy will support. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.86.80.12 (talk) 00:55, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Its because Jimmy is not as hip as he thinks he is. There are also signs in front of every store saying "rockstars wanted" instead of a hiring sign. after being hired you are told that you can have no visable tattoos or piercings. rock stars huh? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.254.252.163 (talk) 21:37, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

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Expansion

Jimmy John's has become available in Oregon, with a locations in Beaverton and Portland. The Jimmy John's website confirms this data, hence the image for state locations should be updated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.26.53 (talk) 06:47, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Louisiana should also be highlighted. There is now a location in Baton Rouge.--66.135.31.62 (talk) 14:26, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Union

I have removed the "Union" section. It was laughably biased, and was likely written by someone in management. No cites, and not even a halfhearted attempt at neutrality. I do not know if the subject is notable enough to warrant its own subsection, but if it does, it needs to be neutral and cited. Messiahxi (talk) 13:02, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Map

The map is not accurate. I can say for certain that Oregon has JJ locations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.175.38.128 (talk) 18:10, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Earlier in the article it says Louisiana is the newest state to have a Jimmy John's, yet it is not shown as such on the map. ReverendG (talk) 23:13, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

New Jersey also now has a JJ in New Brunswick, NJ, making the map inaccurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.151.130.68 (talk) 19:55, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Personal Life

It seems that this article relies heavily on the history section of the corporate website. There may too much about the founder and not enough focus on the corporate entity. I'll Use the example of Papa John's Pizza, there is an article that focuses on the company and one that focuses on the founder. i think this is what should be in place. This article should focus on the company itself, and then another article be created focusing on the person who founded it. This just seems to make more sense. Thoughts ?