Jimmy John’s Franchisee Sends Free Meals to VA Hospital Staff
“We’re very fortunate that we’re able to be open,” said Jimmy John’s franchisee Wyatt Batchelor. “We’re in a unique position to be able to help.”
It’s with that mindset that Batchelor and his partners at MBN Brands, operators of 23 Jimmy John’s shops, decided to launch #WeGotYour6, an effort to provide meals to workers at VA hospitals near their restaurants in the Denver area, along with Salt Lake City and markets in Arkansas and Missouri.
Batchelor, a former U.S. Army Ranger who retired as a captain in 2014 after three combat deployments, said he began hearing about VA hospitals across the country opening their doors to COVID-19 patients, not only veterans, and whose medical teams were working around the clock.
“Jimmy John’s works really well as a box lunch, it’s something the doctors, nurses, the staff can enjoy when maybe they only have a few minutes to eat,” said Batchelor. MBN Brands also operates 11 Burger Kings and two IHOPs, and Batchelor said they’re looking at how they can get those restaurants involved in the effort.
