Jimmy John’s Focus on Back to School and Back to the Office

 

Building top-line sales and bottom-line profits requires customer focus, seasonal timing, and relevance.  Jimmy John’s understands that with September comes back to school, and back to the office for many more this year and is focusing in on helping ease the pain of that transition. According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® Jimmy John’s marketing messaging is on target this fall, positioning them for incremental success.

So, Jimmy John’s has expended its catering offerings and has made wraps, which were offered as limited time offers for the summer both last year and this year, permanent additions to the men. Hand held food for immediate consumption is a consumer choice for groups of any size according to Johnson.

Here is what will empower customer choice.  These new catering offerings include a Small Bundle comprised of an 18-piece assorted sandwich box, a premium side for up to 10 people, six bags of chips, and six desserts. It’s priced at $76.49 in Jimmy John’s home market of Champaign, Ill. A Large Bundle of 30 sandwiches, 12 half wraps, two sides for up to 20 people, 15 bags of chips, and 15 desserts is $196.99.

This timely program is another reason that Jimmy John’s continues to be a fast-growing restaurant chain now with more than 2,600 restaurants.  Driving the check average up these new catering / party bundles of six desserts for around $12.99, six bags of chips for around $8.49, and four beverages for around $10.79. Remember that they have a line of existing of party boxes that the new items will complement.

There are also two premium sides, pesto bowtie pasta with sundried tomatoes and potato salad made with hard-boiled eggs, celery and dill, have also been added to the catering menu in addition to the existing Jimmy Chips and Jumbo Kosher Jimmy Pickles. They’re priced at around $2.49 per order, a $1 premium to the existing sides. A new dessert, Fudge Chocolate Brownies, joins the existing Jimmy John’s Giant Cookies as an option. Both are around $2.29.

Expanding the halo of better for you, the catered items also have new packaging, including a new branded reusable canvas bag.

In case you did not know, two of the three wraps that are now on the permanent menu were introduced ahead of summer, the Chicken Caesar Wrap (chicken, Parmesan cheese, Caesar dressing, and miniature croutons in a garlic & herb wrap), and the Jalapeño Ranch Chicken Wrap (chicken, provolone cheese, jalapeño ranch dressing, fried jalapeño peppers, and red pepper flakes in a flour wrap) are now on the permanent menu. Joining them is a new Tuscan Italian Wrap, which is based on one of the chain’s top selling sandwiches, the Jimmy John’s #9 Italian Night Club, made with salami, capicola, ham, and provolone cheese. The wrap is slightly different, made with salami, capocollo, ham, Parmesan cheese, oil, and vinegar in an oregano-basil & garlic wrap. All of the wraps are priced at around $9-$10.

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