Jack in the Box Franchisee Testimonials

Reason I became a franchisee was, just the passion that I have for this brand, and this is all I've done all my life. And then dealing with the franchisees, watching their day to day operations and what kind of, leadership they were providing to the people that was very intriguing to me. When I want to become a jack jack in the box franchisee, and existing franchisee in California. I visit his location I worked for him one and a half year and I learned the stuff and experience, hands on type, what it takes to learn the jack in the box system. And I was hundred percent determined, that's a brand I need to get into it. The part about the Jack and About franchise community is regardless if you're a fifty year old operator, I'm not age wise, but if you're ten years, about fifty years old, or, you've been around for only two years. Everybody gets along as a family. We get together once a year. Obviously, it hasn't happened in twenty twenty, but we get together. And, all the families get together too at that time. We believe in developing our own people. Maybe today they are team leader Tomorrow, they become a managers. So it's a win win situation. I never ever seen in any other brand besides Jack in the box. People have that much of sure it is available to them. The ramp up time from trying to get a a restaurant open from ground up, it spends on a lot of variables, but jack in the box supports you with architecture. Jack in the box supports you with prototype designs. In the box helps you with having, identified third party project managers or identified, contractors out there. So biggest thing to help you with is the training support part and the marketing part when you open up a new restaurant. They have packages available for marketing that it just won't stop shop. Hey, I'm and open up a restaurant, and here's a package for you. Being involved in the community, some jack in the box franchisee and jack in the box system itself is a very rewarding thing for me. But on a local basis, we've had first responders out here, in the last, year or so. We delivered food to the Salvation Army. We were also involved when the October one, incident happened in Las Vegas. And then, you know, Jack in the box has given me the ability to support other, charities out here, like foster kinship and my wife and my family and my kids are involved volunteer out there. So we are very proud of the fact that Jack in the box has given me this opportunity.

So started out with five restaurants, and, started buying some stores, little by little, until, today, fifteen years later as a franchisee. We own and operate two hundred restaurants in, multiple states. So Jack in the box as a brand, as you know, has been around for many, many years. It's been around for we're about to celebrate our seventieth year anniversary, believe it or not. We started the drive thru business. We started the business on a drive through. And therefore, there's a lot of loyal fans of Jack in the box, particularly in the areas where we have done business for so long, like San Diego, Los Angeles. And I am very proud of the fact that I am surrounded by a great people who are extremely dedicated, very well trained, have significant passion for the business. They really love being here, They love the jack in the box brand. And we really have created a culture where new people come in and prosper and succeed because they're given the support and they're provided the right environment for them to grow and prosper. So what we do is prior to beginning construction, we start putting the operational team together. So by the time the restaurant is to open. I have now a complete train season tee that is ready to open the restaurant. A potential franchisee also have a lot resources in the franchise community. The franchise community is made out of a lot of franchisees that have either worked at Jack in the box or a second generation or even third generation franchisees. If you're willing to put in the work, if you're willing to put in the investment, if you're willing to hire the right people, And if you're willing to do things the right way, there is a lot of success to be have here at Jack and the boss.

Well, I I moved out here to California, to work for Jack in the Box. And over a six year span, I went from division vice president to vice president of operations for the West Coast. So at the end of my time with Jack, I ran about two billion dollars, a billion and a half for franchise ops, and then a half a billion with seven thousand employees for company operations across the Western United States. But I knew I wasn't gonna be able to run it all. I sat down with the president, Francis, who I worked for at the time. And I said, "Can I be a franchisee?" And I'll never forget her reaction. She said, "Where did that come from?" And she's like, do you have the money? And I said, well, not really, but I'll find the money. And she said, if you can find the money, we'll talk. So I went to an existing franchisee, Mark and Karen. They have been here for over fifty years with Jack in the Box, and they were willing to be my partners. And I came back to Jack in the Box, and they sold seven company owned restaurants here in San Diego. People love Jack in the Box, grew up on Jack in the Box, and now they're bringing their grandchildren to come to Jack in the Box. The other thing is really the brand team. I knew all the executives, and I I trust them a lot. So when you know they're competent and they're doing a great job. It really makes it easy to invest in the brand. And really, the last thing quite honestly is the money. I knew I could make money being a franchisee of Jack in the Box. Anytime in any industry that you can, bring in people to make it multi-generational. That's the foundation for success. And I think Jack in the Box does a really good job of not only bringing in new franchisees, but building on the relationships that they have in order to foster relationships that are multi-generational. Being in the business for twenty five years, I have a lot of confidence in me. So it's nice about being a franchisee as opposed to when I was corporate. It's me making the decisions. It's the culture of the company is how I think we should go. So I really like the ability to own that and drive that. But for me, it also is the people. You know, it's so exciting. Just, you know, there are so many people we've helped grow in our business, get promoted in our business. And quite frankly, we've helped people go to college and work around their schedule. And when they graduate, they leave us, and that's fine. I want to see people grow. And as long as you like people, this is actually quite an easy job. I think the Jack in the Box model works so because, well, first of all, it always ensures me a job through college, through high school. And I think it helps the people who already work here know that it's gonna stay in the family for a while. So hopefully one day I'll come back and I'll run it just like my dad. So I I would have to say my job is easy because I have great people. But really, when I look at how I do my job, as a franchisee, my district manager does the food cost and some of the restaurant things. And for me, it's more the training, managing the vendors, managing of projects and just really try to know every single employee. Being an assistant manager at Jack in the Box has really helped, for me, to identify some areas of improvement as well as all of my strengths. And I think that being able to work for my dad and seeing how well that he was able to put his career together, I wanna follow in his footsteps and do that. I'm really proud that we drove sales coming in and following the systems and working with the people, the sales have went through the roof. Thank you have a beautiful day!