Quotes from Jimmy John Liautaud

I loved the taste and smell of Chicago hot dogs.

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

My customers come and go, cycle in and out. They eat others' foods, too. It's cool. They move on, and they come back. My quality, in food and execution, speaks for itself.

NASCAR is Freaky Fast, just like Jimmy John's.

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

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.

My college options were nil.

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.

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

We have more franchisees that want to pay us money than we have locations to go into.