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title: "Why Jersey Mike's is planning an IPO"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8d5ae84d-54c5-4470-a3e3-35b8c7b969d6
source: "Restaurant Business"
original_url: https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/why-jersey-mikes-planning-ipo
category: "Sandwich & sub"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Sandwich & sub"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2026-04-24T17:55:10.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T14:44:05.750Z
image: https://cdn.informaconnect.com/platform/files/public/2026-04/background/TWIR%204-24-26.png?VersionId=BSY.T8r6YlgHJZc5dQeKY2sgkx9NoJH1
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# Why Jersey Mike's is planning an IPO

**TL;DR:** Jersey Mike's is planning an IPO less than two years after its sale to private-equity firm Blackstone. The fast-casual sandwich chain's IPO plans are being discussed on the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants.

*originally published in Restaurant Business on 2026-04-24. [Read the original](https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/why-jersey-mikes-planning-ipo).*

## Story

Why is Jersey Mike’s going public so quickly after its sale?

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants looks at the IPO plans of the fast-casual sandwich chain less than two years after its sale to the private-equity firm Blackstone. Why is it going public so quickly? And how big of a deal is it?

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We also talk about the recently concluded Restaurant Leadership Conference and some of our major takeaways, including slowing population growth, high gas prices and other concerns.

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Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants.

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## Entities

- private equity (topic)
- Finance (sector)
- Restaurant Business (publication)
- Jersey Mike's (company)
- Jonathan Maze (person)
- Blackstone (investor)
- Joe Guszkowski (person)
- restaurant finance (topic)
- Blackstone acquisition of Jersey Mike's (deal)
- ipo plans (topic)

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Originally reported by Restaurant Business (https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/why-jersey-mikes-planning-ipo). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8d5ae84d-54c5-4470-a3e3-35b8c7b969d6).