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Jersey Mike's subs have not been changed by PE, says CEO. So I hate to do this to you, hope you don't check your social media mentions, but if you just look up Jersey Mike's, there is just a wide swath of people who say, since the Blackstone PE overlords came in, they've changed the sandwiches. They have, you know, shrunk in size. People love to complain that like PE comes and ruins their favorite sandwiches. Charlie, can you say here definitively have the sandwiches changed at all, quality or otherwise since you came into the helm? Not at all. That's just hype and social media. They like to pick on people for that reason, and we haven't done nothing. I mean, I've been involved almost as long as Blackstone has. We haven't changed a thing. Why would we? This brand has grown 20 consecutive years, positive same-store sales growth. We don't need to change the menu. We enjoy one of the lowest food costs in the industry. Our franchisees have some of the highest cash-on-cash returns in the industry. They want to grow and build more stores and they're going to do that. And so no need to change anything. We love this brand. We love the way we deliver the product, and we're going to continue to do it that way for a long time to come.
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