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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dive Brief:<\/p>\n Jersey Mike\u2019s has signed a franchise agreement with JM Submarines UK<\/a> to open 400 restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the company said Monday in a press release. JM Submarines UK is led by Jersey Mike\u2019s founder and chairman of the board Peter Cancro. Dive Insight:<\/p>\n Jersey Mike\u2019s expansion into Europe comes just a few months after the chain hired Andy Skehan as president of international<\/a>. His role has been to oversee the Jersey Mike\u2019s multinational growth strategy along with development, operations and marketing initiatives while the chain expands into new markets, focusing on Canada and the U.K.\u00a0<\/p>\n The U.K and Ireland have \u201cincredible potential that represent just the beginning of our global growth journey,\u201d Skehan said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n The deal also marks the first major expansion push following the sale of a majority stake in Jersey Mike\u2019s to Blackstone<\/a> in 2024. The company also brought on Charlie Morrison last April as CEO<\/a>, succeeding Cancro, who became chairman of the board.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe strategic partnership with Cancro underscores the brand’s commitment to thoughtful, quality-driven growth as it shares Jersey Mike’s authentic \u2018A Sub Above\u2019 experience with a global audience,\u201d the company said in the press release.<\/p>\n Jersey Mike\u2019s currently has more than 3,200 shops following a significant round of growth in the past few years.\u00a0<\/p>\n The chain added 898 units from 2022 to 2024, the bulk of which were franchised, according to its franchise disclosure document. As of Dec. 31, 2024, the company projected to open 270 units during 2025 and had commitments for over 500 units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-366490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThis agreement marks the first expansion of the sandwich chain into Europe. The first location under this deal will open this year.\u00a0
\nJersey Mike\u2019s is the latest chain to plan major expansion into the U.K. and Ireland, following commitments from Chick-fil-A<\/a>, Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken<\/a>, Chuck E. Cheese<\/a> and Raising Cane\u2019s<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n