Talk:Jersey Mike's Subs

Quality of subs

Doesn't it seem like there should be some mention in the article that Jersey Mike's is known for it's very high quality fresh sandwiches, as opposed to Subway/Blimpie? It's hinted at, but isn't really mentioned explicitly. The higher quality is also apparent in the higher cost of Jersey Mike's combos. It's hard to get a combo for less than 7 bucks. As far as sandwich joints go, Jersey Mike's is near the top of the pack as far as freshness and quality goes. I know this kind of seems like a subjective topic, but just take a Jersey Mike's sub and put it next to a Blimpie or Subway sandwich - the difference is obvious. I'm not trying to advertise JM by saying this...I eat at Blimpie and Subway just as often. JM sandwiches are very notceiably stacked with more meat.

While you may be right, Wikipedia is an objective website, and therefore any reference to Jersey Mike's being superior to any other sub shop would be subjective. You might be able to say that Jersey Mike's as a company strives to provide high quality sandwiches, but I'm not sure if that's objective or not. It sounds like advertising, so I'm thinking it isn't.98.203.152.108 (talk) 07:32, 12 December 2007 (UTC) aka Felixed

I love their subs, but anything like that would have to be properly referenced to avoid being blatant advertising. Snowfire51 (talk) 07:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Spelling pro-ZHOOT

Someone keeps changing the Proscuittini meat into prosciutto. Its not prosciutto. Check the jersey mikes homepage for a source. I work at the place. I'm changing it back to Proscuittini --65.43.148.17

I'm the guy that did that. When somebody changed it a while back from prosciutto to proscuittini I noticed the link had gone red, meaning there is no Wikipedia article for proscuittini. I wondered if maybe the article itself had it spelled wrong, so I asked Google.

meat + proscuittini ——     157 hits
meat + prosciutto ——   677,000 hits

Mike makes a great sammich but he's no speller. I have great respect for Mike so if that's the way he spells it on the menu I'll change Jersey Mike's Subs to redirect proscuittini (like that) to the right place and not have a red link. See you at the Sunoco station. :-) --CliffC 14:58, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Blatant Advertising?

I'm thinking this page is falling under WP:BLATANT, but I'd like to start some discussion before nominating it for deletion.Ravenmasterq 03:42, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

• I certainly believe a rewrite is in order, as is a major infusion of sourcing. I'm guessing based on Firehouse Subs (which seems to be of similar size), this is probably a notable enough subject. Erechtheus 02:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
• Disagree... until you show where it's advertising. If your going to go around tagging pages atleast say where the problem in the article is. As far as I see... it gives a history, ingredients, and the subs you can get. I guessing the thing your getting upset is the menu. If the menu needs to be reworked... then remove it and leave a footnote. Thats the problem with wikipedia... users with a trigger finger delete articles that have decent content with just a few issues. Instead of a delete and rewrite... just correct the problem. The article has been untaged until further input is provided.
• Disagree. I just found the article today, and it seems to be okay. There are no out-of-the-ordinary claims, and the menu is part of the chain. Snowfire51 (talk) 07:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

"Fast food"

Please see this, where the chain self-identifies as "fast food". - SummerPhD (talk) 01:42, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Inaccurate Founding Date?

I understand why a restaurant would want to back-date themselves to seem older, but even the information in the Wikipedia page doesn't agree. If they were founded by Peter Cancro, then you can't start counting from when he started at someone else's restaurant in 1956. He purchased it in 1975, that's when it became Jersey Mike's. This won't agree with the corporate story, but the alternative just doesn't make sense. Might as well say "Peter had his first sandwich in 1945", thus Jersey Mike's was founded in 1945. Not going to change the text without consensus, and this could amount to original research (although it's just synthesis from the article itself), but otherwise we are including what seems like corporate propaganda.Sheriffjt (talk) 16:41, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Good point. But what's the correct date then? That Inc. article states "In the spring of his senior year in 1971, Cancro learned the two brothers who owned the shop wanted to sell" - so 1971, not 1975. But further down the founder is quoted with "We've done it since 1975", kinda confusing to me. OTOH, the NYT article has "1971, when I was 14 [...] At 17, [...] I learned that the brothers wanted to sell the sub shop.". So, please change it to 1975, the quote from the founder looks plausible enough. -- Evilninja (talk) 17:20, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Possible advertising-styled wording

In the products section, the paragraph reads more like a note you'd see on a newspaper advert, or a review. In addition, while the edit is old, the "menu" items bought up in prior years are not visible, why was the menu section removed/not merged with the products section Rosebloomfield (talk) 17:58, 2 January 2023 (UTC)