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strategically opening stores in the right places with the right people .”
The best part of being in this business is knowing the vast number of lives and stories it has influenced . “ Jersey Mike ’ s has created thousands of careers and seen people develop not only professionally , but also in their personal lives . As a constant reminder , we have a conference room in our home office dedicated to the many employees who started working with us part-time at the age of 15 , 16 , or 17 and are now franchise owners . There are around 100 portraits in there and each Friday , we highlight one of them in our internal weekly newsletter .
“ We recently supported our Manager of the Year for 2023 , Madison Burroughs , to fulfil her dream of becoming a firsttime franchisee . After working for Jersey Mike ’ s for over a decade , Madison
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