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title: "How the Jersey Mike's IPO will affect the M&A market"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/15665f43-41b3-40eb-a9bc-d8d36cedb3a2
source: "Restaurant Business"
original_url: https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/how-jersey-mikes-ipo-will-affect-ma-market
category: "Sandwich & sub"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Sandwich & sub"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2026-07-23T13:05:16.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T14:58:22.568Z
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# How the Jersey Mike's IPO will affect the M&A market

**TL;DR:** Jersey Mike's upcoming IPO, valued at $9 billion with a planned $1 billion fundraise, is expected to impact the restaurant mergers and acquisitions market. Ashish Seth, founder of Harrington Park Advisors, discusses the IPO's effect on the market and demand for restaurants among investors.

*originally published in Restaurant Business on 2026-07-23. [Read the original](https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/how-jersey-mikes-ipo-will-affect-ma-market).*

## Story

How will Jersey Mike’s upcoming IPO impact the market for restaurant mergers and acquisitions?

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Ashish Seth, founder and managing partner of Harrington Park Advisors, an advisory firm that specializes in multi-unit companies, including restaurants.

We wanted to talk with Seth about the restaurant M&A market and were particularly interested in his thoughts on the Jersey Mike’s IPO.

The offering is set to be one of the biggest in restaurant industry history, with a planned $1 billion fundraise and a valuation that could be $9 billion.

Seth also talks about demand for restaurants among investors and what kind of deals work right now.

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## Entities

- Finance (sector)
- Restaurant Business (publication)
- Jersey Mike's (company)
- fundraising (topic)
- market demand (topic)
- restaurant m&a (topic)
- Harrington Park Advisors (company)
- Ashish Seth (person)
- ipo impact (topic)

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Originally reported by Restaurant Business (https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/how-jersey-mikes-ipo-will-affect-ma-market). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/15665f43-41b3-40eb-a9bc-d8d36cedb3a2).