There are a lot of people who struggled in life but with a lot of hard work they did make a name for themselves and tasted the sweet fruit of success. In this article you will be able to find a lot about a sandwich chain called the Jimmy John’s. It is a really popular food chain that is quite popular, however, there is a whole story behind it. If you are interested in learning about the success of Jimmy John’s then this is the article that you need to read.
Jimmy John Liautaud is the owner of Jimmy John’s. He started his business when he had just gotten out of high school. At that time he had no money so he had to take a loan from his father. With 25000 dollars as loan he started his very own sandwich shop and for that he tried a lot of things. He searched for different recipes until he made the perfect sandwich. When he started out there were only four sandwiches on his menu, however, as his sales went up he started introducing new flavors.
In a span of only 10 years he had opened multiple shops in different places and by the end of the year 2002, he had around 160 running franchises. But at that time he face a number of problems and out of all the 160 franchises, around 70 of them were failing. This caused him a major setbacks for him and that is when he stepped in and started working on controlling the damage that had already been done. After that he completely stopped franchising and gained huge amounts of profits. He did face some other problems as well but overcame them eventually.