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title: "Jimmy John's Won't Jump on the Third-Party Delivery Bandwagon"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f237f1bb-88fc-4a59-a136-b09a8284ace7
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/jimmy-johns-wont-jump-on-the-third-party-delivery-bandwagon-2709113
category: "Sandwich & sub"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Sandwich & sub"
published: 2019-02-08T18:13:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:29:28.820Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8ea3affd8a7d8ce98c3f06929bead75d7731.jpg
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# Jimmy John's Won't Jump on the Third-Party Delivery Bandwagon

**TL;DR:** Jimmy John's announced its opposition to using third-party delivery services, instead opting for in-house delivery. The chain wants to control the experience from preparation to customer handoff.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-02-08. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/jimmy-johns-wont-jump-on-the-third-party-delivery-bandwagon-2709113).*

## Story

Jimmy John’s enthusiasts who order food for delivery know that their meal will be delivered by a brand employee in a branded uniform - and the chain absolutely plans to keep it that way, according to a report in The Verge .

The sandwich brand wants everyone to know that it is officially against using third-party delivery services such as Grubhub and Uber Eats, unlike so many other players in the restaurant industry, according to the article.

“We want to control the experience from the fresh prep to the hand off to the customer,” Jimmy John’s CEO James North said in a statement, according to the article.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- customer experience (topic)
- Uber Eats (company)
- Grubhub (company)
- Jimmy John's (company)
- third-party delivery (topic)
- in-house delivery (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/jimmy-johns-wont-jump-on-the-third-party-delivery-bandwagon-2709113). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f237f1bb-88fc-4a59-a136-b09a8284ace7).