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Jersey Mike’s
Jersey Mike’s, from page 1
It was no coincidence that he was
raised in Mount Pleasant, seven
doors from the original Jersey
Mike’s. “I ate a lot of subs as a kid,”
he said. And the corporate trainer,
who came to help them teach the
staff to cook, assemble and wrap
the subs, had dated Kane’s cousin
and knew his parents. “I’ve been in
your living room,” he told Kane.
The Mostellers took the plunge
in February a year ago. Kane
signed the contract three weeks
before the Covid-19 virus shut the
country down.
“What have I done?” he asked
himself.
Peter Cancro must have felt
much the same in 1971 when he
bought the first sub shop. He had
worked for the sub shop, then
known as just Mike's Subs, in
Point Pleasant since he was 14. He
loved bantering with the customers
and took pride in remembering
their names and what their favorite
sub was.
When the owner decided to
retire and sell the shop, Cancro,
17, asked his football coach, who
was also a banker, for a loan. The
coach came through, and Cancro
became the shop’s owner, a year
before he could legally operate the
slicer.
As the shop grew into a chain
of 1,800, Cancro did not forget
its roots. The shops still have the
same vibe that Cancro loved in his
teens. Employees, many of them
teenagers, are encouraged to keep
up the banter with customers.
Subs is
Helping Feed
America
“We’re here to make every one of
our customers’ day a little better,”
Kane said.
He named Mike Kealey, one of
seven siblings who graduated from
Newburyport High School, as his
manager. After working in retail
and restaurants, Kealey said he is
thrilled to land at Jersey Mike’s.
“This is the best food service experience
I’ve ever had. It’s amazing.”
The new shift manager is Matthew
Myers, also a graduate of
Newburyport High School and
University of Massachusetts – Amherst.
Before joining Jersey Mike’s,
he was a manager at the Purple
Onion.
Kane and his team went through
hundreds of hours of training that
was so intense and physical, Kane
said, “After 30 years of sitting my
butt, I felt like I was training to be
a Navy seal.”
This month, Jersey Mike’s is raising
money for more than 200 charities
across the country. During the
Pandemic, it donated more than
$4.5 million for the food charity,
Feeding America. March 31 is the
chain’s Day of Giving, when every
dollar that comes to the shops will
go to charities.
The Mostellers chose Our
Neighbors Table as its charity. For
$3 donated to the Amesbury food
bank, a customer gets a free sub.
Jersey Mike’s is coming out of
the Pandemic stronger than before,
Kane said. Before the virus
hit, shops averaged selling about
150 subs a day. For the last three
or four months, it has averaged
200 of its freshly cooked “breads”
every day.