Jersey Mike's Subs

Top 500 Chains

Jersey Mike's Subs

The chain announced plans to expand onto college campuses

Leadership

Jersey Mike’s announces new vice president of sales

Brian O’Hagan first joined the chain as an area director in 2013.

Consumers expect food from the drive-thru to be just as tasty and fresh as food eaten in the restaurant. Packaging is key to delivering on that expectation.

The sandwich category increased sales by 2.9% and units by 0.3%, despite category heavyweight Subway's 1.7% sales decline and 1.3% unit decline.

It’s not sandwich chains: The brand is losing business to Chick-fil-A, and delivery, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Top franchise companies are driving growth, finds researcher Technomic's Top 400 Franchise Report. The 200 largest franchisees grew sales 8.2 percent in 2014, 2.5 times the rate of the Top 500 chains. Unit growth among these companies, too, was three times higher than their franchisors.

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The expanding hot and cold sub shop serves sandwiches made with fresh-sliced meats and cheeses

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More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

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