Jimmy John's

Jimmy John's's Florida stores average -0.47 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.58 to -0.36), below the county baseline. Rank 3 of 6 sandwich brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.47vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.58 to -0.36

0.68 vs 1.16raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

146stores in 34 counties, 397 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Jimmy John's is known for submarine sandwich. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Jimmy John's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 397). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Jimmy John's	Florida	Ratio
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	55.2	21.1	2.61x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	43.6	46.9	0.93x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	37.5	43.6	0.86x
11	Personnel with infections restricted	31.2	16.5	1.89x
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	30.5	16.9	1.80x

Outcomes

27.2% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.25% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

95%of 130 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

2 closures of Jimmy John's stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 2 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-07-09	St Petersburg	Pinellas	Fly activity
2026-01-20	Gainesville	Alachua	Sewage back up

Other sandwich brands

Ranked sandwich brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Arby's	-0.54	-0.62 to -0.45	148
2	Subway	-0.53	-0.56 to -0.49	970
3	Jimmy John's	-0.47	-0.58 to -0.36	146
4	Jersey Mike's	-0.46	-0.53 to -0.38	248
5	Firehouse Subs	-0.44	-0.52 to -0.36	169
6	Charleys Philly Steaks	-0.03	-0.16 to +0.12	107

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Jimmy John's elsewhere

Jimmy John's franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Jimmy John's when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.