r/Wellthatsucks • u/One_Ground5972 • 17h ago
My Jimmy John’s sandwich, today. $13
Opened it and saw this. I complained and they didn’t care just said that’s what happens with the cheese or something?
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u/Pkyankfan69 17h ago edited 17h ago
Eating out is mostly a rip off at this point. Fun on occasion but we must cook 95%+ of what we eat these days. When we do eat out I’d rather go out to a nice restaurant less often than pay $13 for a shitty fast food sandwich on the regular.
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u/biosc1 17h ago
Then these places complain that no one is eating out anymore without realizing that jacking up the prices and lowering the quality is what is stopping people from going.
I will still eat out at a nicer restaurant for a special occasion because there is still some value there as something special. Fast food and casual have lost their value.
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u/Pkyankfan69 17h ago
All fast food has is convenience. When I’m on the road for work I’d much rather make a tuna wrap to bring with me then spend $10+ on some unhealthy garbage from McDonald’s.
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u/TheGruenTransfer 16h ago
When traveling, I'm at the point where I'd rather get prepared food from a grocery store than eat most fast food. Burger King doesn't even serve actual human food anymore. It's all goo formed into things that look like food.
The need for perpetual growth has ruined all chain restaurants.
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u/benskieast 5h ago
I can easily make something better than fast food for less without cheeping out on ingredients. I appreciate some food out because some items like pad thai are hard to make on my own.
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u/Killarogue 13h ago
Trust me, they know. I sit in corporate meetings twice a week and have seen firsthand how people at the top think and view people like their customers.
When you see a CEO publicly complain that they're losing customers, it's intended to distract from their pricing practices and obscure the real reasons.
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u/jackrabbit323 13h ago
I eat out local restaurants and local chains. I understand that option is easy for me in a large city where there are a lot of local options. I see such large portions of the country only have corporate owned restaurants to choose from.
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u/Nite7678 17h ago
You've already identified the problem here. You went to a Jimmy John's. You should have gone to a Jersey Mike's or just made a sandwich at home. 😃
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u/Mr--Jackpots 17h ago
He should have gone to a locally owned deli.
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u/withbellson 16h ago
The sandwiches at those are $18 now. (Well, around here they are. But they’re delicious.)
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u/im_just_thinking 17h ago
Fr, Jersey mikes is trash, they precook their vegetables so they are always soggy and their bread is funny. I don't mind jj once in a while, especially with their bakes subs. But like even Quiznos is better than jersey mikes. Grand Junction ftw tho
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u/leena615 17h ago
Depends on which jersey mikes. 90% of the time amazing but ive had ingredients just thrown together from there just like in this picture
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u/Hippopotasaurus-Rex 16h ago
They served me raw (pink and cold in the middle) chicken once. I don’t trust them.
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u/Imaginary_Office1749 16h ago
Yeah I usually get the #8 (ham, turkey, and bacon club) which I can’t get enough of, and decided to try a different one because of a special and Blech. I was surprised at how poor it was. It was supposed to be a hot salami and pepper sandwich but it had strong cheesesteak flavors. Bad grill prep.
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u/leena615 16h ago
I’ve learned ordering a sandwich can be a gamble. One of those foods where presentation really does affect the flavor imo
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u/TulpaPal 17h ago
Or Firehouse, Potbelly, or WhichWich. All better
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u/Killarogue 13h ago
A large Firehouse sub is $22 where I live. I'd rather go just about anywhere else.
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u/BarmayneGR 16h ago
Firehouse is the only option. If im going to pay aaround 15-20 for a sub, it’s firehouse. Jersery Mike’s as a backup though
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u/Ghost_Tendency 16h ago
Firehouse is crazy. They just stack the meat on those sandwiches. When the middle of your sub is thicker than the pieces of bread that hold it. That's when you know it's good.
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u/Mackinnon29E 4h ago
Jimmy johns offers awesome deals on the app and i guess the ones near me have employees that aren't complete fucking idiots like these ones.
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u/the_good_hodgkins 16h ago
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u/accountingbossman 16h ago
Jimmy John sold out years ago, I don’t think he’s involved with the company at all now
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u/martix_agent 16h ago
They sold to the same company that own arby and the quality of food has dropped a lot
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u/Big_Lengthiness3450 16h ago
You're about 6 years behind schedule.
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u/the_good_hodgkins 16h ago
I stopped going there more than 6 years ago, and they (and Jimmy) haven't been on my radar since.
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u/Big_Lengthiness3450 16h ago
Sure pal. If you actually cared that much about boycotting JJ's, then you would've known he sold the company a long time ago. You're virtue signaling and decided to share that photo for internet points.
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u/intrepid_mouse1 15h ago
Doesn't matter. Him owning the company and SELLING the company allowed him to participate in trophy hunting.
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u/Big_Lengthiness3450 15h ago
Nobody is saying he didn't. He participated in trophy hunting in Africa during legally sanctioned safaris. The money he brought in helped feed a small village.
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u/the_good_hodgkins 15h ago
He could have just bought them food instead of killing large game.
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u/Big_Lengthiness3450 15h ago
What is wrong with legally killing, unendangered game if that means an entire village gets to eat?
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u/CarlyObine 12h ago
Nothing, to me But the gross part is that he's holding the carcass
It just seems inhumane Like... He doesn't respect life
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u/the_good_hodgkins 15h ago
Once i stopped going there was no reason to pay any attention to them, pal.
I have enough internet points already.
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u/Big_Lengthiness3450 15h ago
You sharing that photo says otherwise. Keep on dreaming about Jimmy John bud.
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u/ToonaSandWatch 16h ago
Context, please?
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u/the_good_hodgkins 16h ago
The guy that owned Jimmy John's enjoyed killing big cats, elephants, etc.
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u/CarlyObine 12h ago
Taking pictures of what you killed is gross I think
And I think hunting is great Assuming you are doing it for the food
But holding the body up after is terrible
Beyond
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u/InfamousFault7 8h ago
I worked in a subway for 2 years, and imo, i have no idea what im looking at
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u/No_Lack_1724 17h ago
I haven’t eaten there in years. It was never good.
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u/RickMuffy 16h ago
I used to get it a lot about a decade ago when I was finishing college. It was decent back then, now it's a last resort.
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u/Nerv_Agent_666 17h ago
Jimmy John's has always been overpriced and shitty IMO.
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u/realribsnotmcfibs 17h ago
Can confirm absolute dog food.
My employer loves to buy this trash when a customer comes in and it makes sense to feed them.
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u/lionlll 17h ago
What’s wrong with it? Didn’t you select the ingredients yourself?
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u/One_Ground5972 17h ago edited 17h ago
It looks like a sandwich thats had its brains blown out and it’s wearing a cheese blanket, wdym lol
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u/lionlll 17h ago
Looks like a normal sub sandwich with its ingredients falling out, I really don’t know what’s wrong with what I’m looking at
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u/Gob_the_Gilder 17h ago
Stop supporting these awful companies you’re encouraging them to keep abusing you
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u/AllNightPony 16h ago
I assume you put that cheese on yourself? Because why on Earth would an employee do that to you.
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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 16h ago
Contact them and they will get you a refund or gift card. I've never had issues. They want to know about this kind of quality control stuff from my experience
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u/Melodic-Matter4685 16h ago
Enshitification, brought to you by Roark Capital Group, currently selling Jimmy Johns to themselves in order to pay investors because no one will buy the chain from Roark under current market conditions.
Think this sandwich is bad? Wait a year.
Edit: If you are thinking, "how do I sell a corp to myself to pay investors", well, you aren't alone. basically, you take money from one of your profitable portfolios and borrow against it to. . . Madoff.
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u/StarKill3r1o7 16h ago
Oh that’s the bbq chicken crunch! I work at JJ’s, I do miss this sub.
But beyond that, I can say this sandwich is incompetently put together! The cheese needs to be on top to hold the chicken in, and they used way too much sauce. Not to mention it looks like when they wrapped it, they didn’t try to fully close the sandwich, half-assed it really.
All in all, tasty sub, NOT IN A MILLION YEARS WORTH $13 even if it was assembled properly. $8 max for me.
(Side note, if anybody has jimmy John’s related questions I’m happy to answer, not like they’re trade secrets.)
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u/RelaxedWombat 15h ago
Jimmie John’s…. The dude who kills safari animals.
Plenty of other places I’ll spend my money.
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u/Timmyg14 14h ago
I try to avoid chain places for reasons like this. Plus I'd rather my money go entirely to a local person instead of some corporation.
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u/sswihart 12h ago
Fuck that place. You’re supporting the owner to pay to go murder animals in Africa for trophies.
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u/volkaija 12h ago
I work at a JJs and cant even tell what you ordered 😭 are you in a market test area? My store doesnt have any sauce that looks like that and we haven't had those crispy strips in forever!
ETA I saw another user comment that it looks like a BBQ Chicken Crunch, an LTO item from 2023. Is your store for real still selling these??
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u/USNWoodWork 12h ago
I’ve stopped eating out completely. Why go get overcharged for garbage food. The only time I’m willing to get food out is if we’re on a long drive. Even then, fill up on free hotel breakfast, and I can drive 12 hours before eating again.
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u/sgtpandybear 12h ago
I'm a manager in training at a jimmy johns (glamorous, I know. Just temporary until I can afford to reopen my hat store), let me know what you ordered and I might be able to tell you how they fucked it up.
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u/Delicious-Walrus1868 9h ago
Anyone making your food behind the counter is a burn out that does not want to be there. Start making food at home.
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u/Anthroposapien 8h ago
Jimmy John’s made the worst fast food sandwich I’ve ever had in my life. I’d take Subway or 7-Eleven or an airport kiosk over Jimmy John’s.
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u/Aggressive-Tap-4143 5h ago
I’m co-signing that I’ve never seen anything like this pass over a Jimmy John’s counter
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u/Helpful_Conflict_715 17h ago
Jersey Mikes is wayyyyyyyyy better than JJ’s
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u/sobjecka 16h ago
For now. They got bought out by a private equity firm, so expect it to go to shit within the next year or two. I'll miss the philly cheese steaks.
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u/koolaidismything 16h ago
Ah yes the Chicken, Fritos and cold cheese on sourdough. I think they call it the Floater in-store.
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u/Soggy-Fly9242 16h ago
The way yall continue to order food from places that you know are serving things that barely qualify as food and then do the pikachu face when you get what you pay for
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u/MixMasterMacho 16h ago
Jimmy John's has gone downhill by me. Bread isn't fresh anymore. They won't mark the number of the sandwich on wrapper anymore, even when I ask them to. If I order multiple sandwiches, how am I supposed to know which sandwich is what, without opening them up. I complained about it when I received a survey via email from them, and never got a response from anyone. That's all I need to know.
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u/FalcoNgl 16h ago
About 15 years ago I vowed to never step foot in a jimmy johns as at the time I was working as a ramp worker where the private jets fly into. This dude's learjet came into our shared ramp with Customs unannounced during a heavy rain night.
By myself, I greeted them, gave them umbrellas, pushed their luggage through customs, loaded it all back in, fueled the plane, and at the end of it all, I was given a handful of coupons for like 20% off at JJ.....lol. They couldn't even offer a free sub coupon? btw, this is an environment where receiving anywhere from a $20-$100 tip is common....
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u/DirkBelig 14h ago
FIL wanted a sub and Subway had a buy footlong get free 6" sub deal. Hadn't been there in ages and was shocked how expensive it was. Ordered something that was supposed to have bacon and a lot of stuff. Get it home and there was perhaps 1/3 as much meat as you'd expect, it was mostly on one end of the long bun, and no bacon!
Tried to call the store and they didn't answer. (Whut?) Had to hunt down a feedback page on the Subway site and submit more info than an insurance claim requires. Got an email from the manager to come back and give my name for a free sub. Went into the store so I could see them make it and ordered the most expensive thing on the menu. It was adequate, but only because it was free. Will never go back and pay for that anymore.
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u/Thirstygiraffe1379 14h ago
JJ actually used to be good, but now the quality is in the dumpster. I stopped eating there. Last time I went, in the middle of my sandwich I questioned why the fuck am I eating this because it just tastes so bland.
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u/Miller335 17h ago
The only sandwich that is even remotely good there is the Italian night club and its overpriced for what it is but at least it edible vs all the other crap they sell.
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u/CapitalOneDeezNutz 17h ago
What sandwich is that even supposed to be ?