Words matter. These are the best Jimmy John Liautaud Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
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.
I don’t hunt big African game anymore.
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.
I was absolutely blessed. And I’m really fortunate that my parents were there for me. And I hope that I can give back to society the way they have and the way – I just – I was very fortunate.
We offer an extremely controlled, disciplined, and completely systematic franchise package.
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.
We have more franchisees that want to pay us money than we have locations to go into.
I’m a good operator: good with food and good with math.
As soon as I go to Wall Street, my customer – all of a sudden, I’m working for people that don’t know me. They don’t know how much I love what I do.
I was at this fancy school, and I felt out of place, so I rebelled.
If you’re going to do a job, do it right. If you’re going to throw a birthday party, make it amazing. If you’re going to do anything, do it awesome.
Jimmy John’s is what it is. We strive for a consistent experience that is consistently good.
I think the kids that struggle are way more prepared for real life.
When I see kids who naturally get A’s and who naturally score high on tests and the teachers naturally like them because they require the least amount of management – when they come out into the real world, I find they’re very poor at getting through obstacles. And life is about solving obstacles.
I think my service is better than my food… I focus so much on the service.
I could sell more franchises than I’m selling right now, but we’re pretty deliberate about where we’re going.
I’ve always liked food – a lot.
Government intervention only hurts; it doesn’t help.
I don’t think my wheelhouse is comfortable in Wall Street. My wheelhouse is small-town America.
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.
Could we grow faster? Yes. But I don’t want to be the biggest. I want to be the best at what I do.
Money has no feelings.
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.
