20 Things You Didn't Know about Jersey. WebHost of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Jersey Mike's Subs CEO & Owner, Peter Cancro. Its incredible service and support, but it has to be. Look at your community and nominate people that are doing incredible things. They have to pay it back. What are you doing getting the money? Their owners sponsor them, the franchise owner. Thats how it started and thats where we go. We found out about it. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. It was only ten people on the roster total. Were going to go over $2 billion in sales. Let me have the Cancro Special. We put it up on the menu, but it didnt sell enough, so its not about me. Nobody knows. The contest is open to Greenwich residents only. All of that helped us with a digital component, which you read about all the restaurants. We gave as many as five million subs out to first responders, healthcare workers, and senior citizen homes that were on lockdown. The grandson of Lebanese Christian immigrants, Barrack built a fortune from nothing and now manages $60 billion in assets with Colony Capital fund, much of it for Arab investors. It was all kinds of charities and not just one group. It starts out with small things. My speed increased tenfold. You know how to do every job in that store and you do it well. I dont assume that I know everything. I joke and I say, Most everything, but I do not know everything. Noted New York Times journalist and author Sarah Lyall will join Goodwin in a conversation about the themes in Goodwins book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, including the 2020 presidential election, inauguration and the impact of the U.S. on world affairs. Peter was named to the 2021 Power List by Nations Restaurant News. We care. How would you describe your leadership style and how do you approach your interaction with all facets of the company because you have the corporate entity, but then you have the owners and the employees of the actual stores? Its built into the price of opening the store and were proud of it. As Ive said often, its starting to grow. We dont say, Would you like to give? They see it and they want to give because they want to give. Can you talk about process development at Jersey Mikes and whos involved in that? Its amazing. We had an unbelievable app and investment in technology. Thats where our heads are at. Thats our investment. Weve won numerous national awards. I sensed and knew that to make the subs a slice of fresh, theres a lot of training involved. To date, Americares, a nonprofit disaster relief and global health organization, has provided 315 tons of critically needed supplies, including masks, gowns and disinfectants, to combat the spread of the coronavirus. At age 14, Peter Cancro of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, took a part-time job at Mike's Submarines, a neighborhood sandwich shop in the adjacent borough of Point She said, When are we going to open a store in Springfield, Mass? I said, When you open one. I looked right at her because I knew that I was going to go ahead with her and shes going to be one of the Coach Rod Smith Award recipients. Based in West Palm Beach, Newsmax is close by Mar-a-Lago, where Ruddy became a frequent guest. Youre not above them, youre with them. We give 3% of the sales for three years. I was a good fast slicer. Thats our business. For more information, visit jerseymikes.com/mog. In the White House at 6 p.m., hes happy to be alone in the private quarters eating a burger and watching TV news, says a Republican lobbyist who represents some of Trumps corporate insiders. Its nice to see, but one of the biggest challenges with training is compliance. You see so many founders of large companies and youll go in and say, Why do we do it that way? Youll get answers like, The founder said so. Who defends the presidents every nonsensical Tweet? Can you talk about that conversation? Please join us and make a difference this Wednesday, March 30, when 100 percent of sales from all Jersey Mikes Subs locations will be donated to help raise up these athletes. It brings down the house anytime you watch it. Peter Cancro (center), Founder & CEO, Jersey Mikes Franchise Systems, Inc., celebrates the companys 2022 Day of Giving at Jersey Mikes in Point Pleasant Beach. She was very confident and she had the energy. People could see tables in front 8 or 10 feet away making the product, contactless pickup and the digital. I enjoy watching your commercials. Who stands up to Chuck Todd on Meet The Press to blunt criticism of his New York buddy? 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Its the small things and Im sure it was the small things that achieve victory way back when and its now as well. Peter was named to the 2021 Power List by Nations Restaurant News. Just He wrote a book about the politics of gun law with Gabby Giffords, as well as Why Bernie Sanders Matters, the only unauthorized biography of the Vermont senator. We see the progression, we see us getting to 300 stores a year, but most of the growth, 90% of it is from the existing owners. I paid for everything. How do you assess their capabilities? I stood behind the counter since I was fourteen years old, meeting and greeting people. Granted, that was how many years ago, but she said, He never came home for Christmas. If you relate that to these times, when she would say it to kids, He was a kid, he was a teenager and he never came home for Christmas, it doesnt matter if its many years ago, its still relevant. As soon as I said it, now the owners are happy. Were going to be the national sponsor. What are you doing after this? I challenge them to see where their lives are and that, Youve got a future here. Banks went out of business. That is what I do when I go into a store. What would you say youve taken away from him in addition to what youve mentioned? We care about it deeply and teach our children the value of freedom. Its not that easy. They all come in with one and then they grow from there. You have to approach them as they did in Mikes when I first joined in 71, that my voice mattered and you raise up each other and raise up together. Its mid-December on a Saturday and be part of it. When I think about what you do, I think about Jersey Mikes and how you approach everything. Some franchise, its 5 to 10 days. They said, Let me have, then a number. Trumps security chief for the past 16 years, Schiller started as Trumps bodyguard in 1999, after a decade with the NYPD. Jersey Mike's Owner Peter Cancro: The Power of The Sub Sandwich. Donalds wealthy acquaintances come and go, says a builder whos done deals with Trump, but Tom was always there.. How do you motivate the owners? I came back on March 15th from Vermont. Ive got to get out there and do it. Somehow, we pulled it off and kept pushing harder than ever during that time. Thats $75,000 per store. I want to ask you and take it back to something that was very important to the Jedburghs back in World War II. Ill be there in line. Not that were not satisfied or whatever, but weve got to keep raising the bar. We got all the stores looking good and sharp. McDonalds at eleven, KFC at 25, Jimmy Johns at 72, and Firehouse Subs at 78. Sixteen years before Donald Trump debuted on The Apprentice, he jump-started his entertainment career at WWEs Wrestlemania IV. The basic style has always been to be subservient, to put others first before yourself. Whats empowering that people love is when they can be real and genuine, and not some script by the company. I first found out about it from a friend, Edith Knowles, who lived in a nearby town. Before Breitbart, before Bannon, there was Newsmax and Christopher Ruddy. In 1988 pro wrestling magnates Linda and Vince McMahon were holding their tournament at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. I immediately said, No, and I wish I could tell you why, but instinctively I said, Im not going to do it. I tell that to all the young folks that were looking to back in their store with a new coach, Rod Smith Award, I say, Dont take a partner.. Help me through this. Its amazing day by day how when you start pushing and pushing and nothing happens. Thats what brings everything together. I didnt know what direction to go and thats when I went over to my coachs house and called him up. He befriended Trump while negotiating the Plaza Hotel deal in the 1980s and cemented their friendship though the decades, so much so that Trump asked Barrack to run his inauguration. It was the original store at fifteen seats, and all takeout. I have to know, where did it come from? When you look at this, how do you stay grounded? Youve got to work with them. They see that leadership and they say, Ive got to get on this train.. What did you do with your life? Thats how we recruit and retain, but to go from a small company to a large, Ive got to tell you back and Ill say it again, we showed up every day. Somebody gave me a shot. Its having a culture that people can win together. July 1980 - April 2000. Thats the motto. "I would like to extend a personal invitation to you and your family to visit Jersey Mike's Subs throughout the month of March, and especially on Day of Giving when 100 percent of sales every penny goes to help a great local cause," said Peter Cancro, Jersey Mike's founder and CEO, who started the company when he was only 17 years old. We had somebody going through it. Now, theres this process. 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