Valuetainment - June 20, 2026


"I Thought They Knew Who I Was" – Billionaire Gets Punked by Chick-fil-A


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Fast food giant dethroned as customer study crowns America s new favorite restaurant chain Jersey Mike s has replaced Chick-fil-A with that original sandwich that they make. The shift marks the first time in over a decade that a new chain has led the ACSI quick service restaurant category.

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00:00:00.000 Fast food giant dethroned as customer study crowns America's new favorite restaurant chain.
00:00:08.200 And this article is written by, you know who?
00:00:10.480 Fox News.
00:00:11.440 So it's not like it's written by anybody else.
00:00:14.960 And so America's fast food chain has been knocked from the top spot and closely watched.
00:00:18.880 Customer satisfaction ranking is Chick-fil-A, which topped the annual American customer service index in 2025,
00:00:26.480 If I fell to second place, Jersey Mike's officially claims first place with an ACSI score of 84 out of 100, edging out Chick-fil-A by, you know what, 83 by one point.
00:00:36.900 Hello, Jersey Mike, with that original sandwich that they make.
00:00:41.540 The shift marks the first time in over a decade that a new chain has led the ACSI quick service restaurant category.
00:00:47.960 They described Jersey Mike as a new leader among QSR, adding that it was the first time in more than a decade that a new chain led the quick service category.
00:00:59.140 The reported credit Jersey Mike with maintaining high customer satisfaction while rapidly expanding its restaurant footprint.
00:01:07.080 Jersey Mike, ACSI success consistent with their business performance, including rapid unit growth, strong customer demand,
00:01:14.300 and a model design around through put an off-premise convenience
00:01:18.700 from a high-digital pickup usage.
00:01:22.040 Jersey Mike founded in Point Pleasant at Jersey in 1956,
00:01:25.260 has more than 4,000 locations across the U.S.
00:01:28.960 John, your thoughts on this story.
00:01:30.440 First thing I will tell you about Jersey Mike's is my wife, Ultima,
00:01:34.380 is Jersey Mike's all the way.
00:01:37.380 She loves Jersey Mike's.
00:01:39.500 That's cool.
00:01:40.620 You know what I've been fascinated with?
00:01:42.360 We'll gear a little bit into money.
00:01:45.920 The new billionaires in this country own a bunch of sub shops.
00:01:52.640 And you know how they do it?
00:01:54.660 Scaling.
00:01:55.700 Jersey Mike's guy is a billionaire.
00:01:57.660 The guy that did Subway, DeLuca, is a billionaire.
00:01:59.920 The firehouse sub firemen from Jacksonville are billionaires.
00:02:06.340 Jimmy Johns is a billionaire. 0.98
00:02:08.620 And then you flip over to the chicken people. 0.96
00:02:11.880 Raising Cane's is a billionaire.
00:02:14.280 It has been fascinating to me the wealth that's been made from chicken tenders and subs.
00:02:24.520 And you never would have thought it.
00:02:26.440 And it's all about scaling.
00:02:29.840 Chick-fil-A is the gold standard.
00:02:32.400 I told people back during the COVID, if we want to get everybody vaccinated in a week, let's just let Chick-fil-A get it done.
00:02:42.600 And we would all have been vaccinated in seven days.
00:02:47.020 COVID would have been ended in about six months early. 0.99
00:02:50.440 So the next time, if I'm Bobby Kennedy and we have a plague, turn it over to Chick-fil-A because they'll get that shit done. 0.95
00:02:58.100 by the way who here are you chick-fil-a or jersey mike can you run a poll real quick to see where 0.97
00:03:05.060 people are at it's which team you are that's all i care about team jersey mike or team chick-fil-a
00:03:10.260 i'm actually curious how the audience will react to it where are you i'm a i'm a joy-z mike guy
00:03:14.800 i do absolutely love though the the chick-fil-a customer service whoever their management pat
00:03:21.220 leadership right they're everybody in there is freaking happy everybody is freaking having a
00:03:26.880 good time and everybody's really nice and they're i mean i don't have anything bad about jersey mics
00:03:31.120 but the thing about chick-fil-a number one most most franchisees only can have one store
00:03:37.460 i mean i got a friend billy fender has got two in tennessee but they make you have one i mean
00:03:43.260 they make that be your your life for me the downside to chick-fil-a is the waffle fries
00:03:52.360 So if I'm going to go to Chick-fil-A, I'm going to have to go to get my chicken sandwich
00:03:56.360 and then I'm going to drive down the street and get my French fries from McDonald's.
00:04:00.360 I got you.
00:04:01.020 Because, I mean, the waffle fries.
00:04:03.680 Now, some people, are you a waffle fry guy?
00:04:06.580 I'm going to be honest with you, John.
00:04:08.020 No, I'm not.
00:04:08.640 I'm not.
00:04:09.980 I don't want to lie to you, John.
00:04:11.300 You know who I am, John?
00:04:12.140 I'm a McDonald's go inside and I say, hey, listen, because my blood pressure,
00:04:15.900 can you make me fries without the salt?
00:04:17.280 They'll make you a brand new batch without question.
00:04:19.980 That's a good idea.
00:04:20.580 But, John, why don't they open up like a combination restaurant where it's like Chick-fil-A with the McDonald's fries sold in the same place?
00:04:28.480 I mean, what are we talking about?
00:04:29.200 You know how we could really make some money?
00:04:30.740 Let's do it.
00:04:31.660 Let's have Publix sell us their sub stuff, and let's go open up Publix subs because the best subs.
00:04:38.120 Oh, yeah.
00:04:38.460 There's a line.
00:04:39.800 Publix subs.
00:04:40.840 You can't get in.
00:04:41.840 There's a line in there.
00:04:43.520 Yeah.
00:04:44.020 I'm with it.
00:04:45.000 Jersey Mike, Chick-fil-A.
00:04:47.200 I'm a Jersey Mike guy.
00:04:48.380 I appreciate, I love the story of the little sub shop that went big.
00:04:53.460 I love that.
00:04:54.940 I just, I've never had a situation where I felt like, well, I won't go there because
00:05:00.680 it's going to be too busy, you know, because it's speed.
00:05:03.040 Now, you never go into a restaurant where it's not busy because then you only look at
00:05:06.500 the letter that's stuck to the front window, see if it's a, maybe it's a C and be like,
00:05:11.140 whoops, maybe I shouldn't eat there.
00:05:12.760 No, they're always quick.
00:05:14.320 It's always efficient.
00:05:15.180 And I just, I really appreciate it.
00:05:17.700 You know, and I, you know, it's like, Ann, you're going to say something here.
00:05:23.260 I'll order my subs topless.
00:05:25.300 You know what I'm saying?
00:05:25.800 I want half the bread.
00:05:28.020 I'll say no top on the bread.
00:05:29.420 Tom is getting dirty on that sandwich. 0.99
00:05:30.940 Tom's getting naked. 0.87
00:05:32.000 Where they cut the top off the bread so they do it,
00:05:34.280 and then they put the lettuce on top and wrap it.
00:05:36.140 Keep going, Tom.
00:05:36.580 So you can hold the bread on the bottom and eat it like this.
00:05:39.040 Because I only want half the.
00:05:40.400 What just happened right now? 1.00
00:05:41.300 Tom just got freaky with that sandwich, homie. 1.00
00:05:44.020 At least you're being honest about it. 1.00
00:05:45.360 Turn off the lights.
00:05:46.960 Remember this about bread.
00:05:50.300 Eat bread, look like bread.
00:05:53.060 Wow.
00:05:53.440 Ooh.
00:05:54.400 That's a good point.
00:05:55.280 Wisdom right there.
00:05:56.360 Eat bread, look like bread.
00:05:57.500 Adam, final thoughts with you.
00:05:59.860 If it's more than 10 seconds, I'm going to make you stop.
00:06:01.780 My answer is Chick-fil-A.
00:06:02.900 I've never been in a Chick-fil-A until I started working at Valuetainment,
00:06:05.980 and everyone started calling our friend Kelly Chick-fil-A Kelly.
00:06:09.600 She always said, my pleasure, my pleasure.
00:06:11.460 I said, why do they call her Chick-fil-A Kelly?
00:06:13.020 They said, you've never been to a Chick-fil-A?
00:06:14.140 I said, no.
00:06:14.900 I walked into a Chick-fil-A.
00:06:16.360 I've never been more mind-blown in my life on the unreasonable hospitality
00:06:21.440 and customer service.
00:06:23.380 I mean, the best thing I've ever seen in my life.
00:06:25.660 Let me tell you one last Chick-fil-A story.
00:06:29.300 One time the line was so far, we were in the Home Depot parking lot.
00:06:33.660 So I said, you know, it's going to be quicker to go in.
00:06:35.820 So I walk in the Chick-fil-A in Lake Mary, and it's jammed in there.
00:06:40.840 And I'm at the back of the line.
00:06:43.020 And I'm in the back of the line, and this girl comes from around the counter.
00:06:46.140 She says, sir, come with me.
00:06:48.800 Oh, I'm going to the front of the line.
00:06:51.060 She took me to the front of the line.
00:06:52.600 She put up there, and I'm thinking, you know, she knows who I am.
00:06:55.800 This is fantastic.
00:06:57.500 I'm getting preferential treatment.
00:07:00.380 And I said, I got my stuff.
00:07:03.440 I'm going ahead of everybody.
00:07:04.920 And she said, thank you very much.
00:07:09.180 And I said, thank you very much for doing this for me.
00:07:12.340 And she said, don't worry about it, sir.
00:07:14.860 We do this for all of our seniors.
00:07:17.580 Oh, man.
00:07:19.980 Oh, man. 1.00
00:07:20.880 And I'm like, fuck me. 1.00
00:07:28.520 Brought you down a peg. 1.00
00:07:30.000 I'll never go.
00:07:30.880 I will never go. 1.00
00:07:31.940 I will wait in the fucking I-4. 0.99
00:07:34.940 I'm never going in. 1.00
00:07:36.960 The great John Morgan.
00:07:39.180 Oh, my God.
00:07:40.980 I didn't know where that was going.
00:07:42.460 Oh, my God, dude.
00:07:43.280 I just cramped up with that.
00:07:45.400 You know?
00:07:46.460 Get the hell away from me.
00:07:47.820 Oh, God, it's so bad.
00:07:48.600 Well, never in son.
00:07:51.180 Listen, 70-30, our audience chose Chick-fil-A.
00:07:54.680 Oh, wow.
00:07:54.920 You guys, no matter what with the survey, they're like, nah, I'm going with Chick-fil-A.
00:07:58.120 Let me see what the exact number it is right now.
00:07:59.940 Oh, my God.
00:08:00.400 Is it 70?
00:08:01.060 Yeah, 71-39-29.
00:08:02.960 Our audience has good taste. 0.85
00:08:04.160 Chick-fil-A's got it.
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