{"id":174239,"date":"2023-02-27T09:07:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T16:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/?p=174239"},"modified":"2023-02-27T09:07:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T16:07:49","slug":"northern-california-sandwich-shop-opens-another-location-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/?p=174239","title":{"rendered":"Northern California Sandwich Shop Opens Another Location in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mr. Pickle\u2019s Sandwich Shop<\/a>, a beloved mom-and-pop family of quick-service restaurants in northern California, has officially opened its newest location in Arizona. The restaurant, located at 14696 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. on Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. and Thompson Peak Pkwy, is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 1995, Mr. Pickle\u2019s has been a premier sandwich shop specializing in innovative and craveworthy sandwiches, salads and catering,\u201d says Mike Nelson, chief executive officer, Valley resident, and long-time customer who purchased the brand in 2020 when founders\/owners\u00a0Frank and Michele Fagundes decided to retire. \u201cDuring its first three decades, thanks to its community culture, incredible recipes, and all its fans, the brand grew from one to 56 locations across northern California.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Pickle\u2019s new location is the brand\u2019s second store in Arizona and the city of Scottsdale, with the first location opening its doors in January 2023 at the corner of Scottsdale Rd. and Shea Blvd.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had a wonderful welcome to Arizona and look forward to building this brand across the state, as well as helping grow it nationwide in the years to come,\u201d says Nelson.<\/p>\n

The location will feature all of Mr. Pickle\u2019s most popular hot and cold sandwiches, notably the Mr. Pickle, which is chicken breast, bacon, Monterey jack, avocado and the works as it relates to veggies; the Santa Maria Tri-Tip, which is actual tri-tip sourced from the famed Santa Maria region topped with specialty barbeque sauce and the works; and Big Jake, a turkey sandwich with cream cheese, avocado and the works. The brand now also has two new sandwiches of note.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first is Listen Linda, which is named after my wife of 36 years and is piled high with turkey breast, avocado, bacon, Swiss cheese and the works \u2013 including our specialty garlic sauce \u2013 as far as condiments unless otherwise noted,\u201d says Nelson.\u00a0\u201cAnd the second? That would be Della\u2019s Deli, which honors my business partner, best friend, and Mr. Pickle\u2019s president Dean Johnson\u2019s wife of more than 40 years, Della. It features turkey breast, ham, salami, cheddar, and the works.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are 10 types of bread and wraps from which to choose at Mr. Pickle\u2019s, including the Dutch crunch roll, sourdough roll, sweet roll, wheat roll, sliced sourdough, sliced wheat, sliced marble rye, and various wraps, including gluten-free wraps. In addition to a wide selection of chips, sides include red potato salad, macaroni salad, jumbo whole dill pickles (of course!), and fresh baked chocolate chunk cookies. A cookie is also given FREE with every sandwich, salad, or wrap.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor those who do not know the brand yet, every order automatically comes with one of our melt-in-your-mouth cookies, a hallmark of the brand since its inception,\u201d says Nelson, adding there is also apple sauce available as a side in kid\u2019s menus as well.<\/p>\n

In addition to carrying its full menu and adding new recipes that fit the market, Mr. Pickle\u2019s will continue to its close-knit relationships with vendors as it grows, notably Frito-Lay,\u00a0Dirty Chip, Pepsi, Foster Farms, Max\u2019s Artisan Breads, Best Foods, and Hidden Valley. A leader in online ordering technology, Mr. Pickle\u2019s partners with DoorDash and invested in Paytronix Systems, Inc., the most advanced digital guest experience platform, in the past year. Through the partnership Mr. Pickle\u2019s uses the full Paytronix Platform for its loyalty, order, delivery, mobile and gift system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe partner with as many artisan bakers, regional farms and ranches that we can when sourcing our products, making every item unique to us,\u201d says Nelson, who spent the past year bringing the business into the digital age and investing in technology that will propel the brand forward nationwide. \u201cYou will not see six-inch and footlong sizing from us, more specialty breads than uniform options.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Nelson\u2019s purchase of the brand, he moved its national headquarters to Arizona in 2022, opening an office at 9332 Raintree in Scottsdale. Its franchisee support center is located in California.<\/p>\n

In addition to launching the Scottsdale headquarters and opening the first Arizona location, Nelson \u2013 a veteran of the restaurant business with more than 30 years of experience as an owner and operator of Wingstop, Subway Restaurants, and Carl\u2019s Jr. franchises nationwide \u2013 will open a handful of Mr. Pickle’s locations across the Valley over the next 18 months including restaurants in Chandler, Laveen, Surprise and Queen Creek.\u00a0\u00a0The brand also continues its expansion in California, with up to 20 new locations being planned over the next seven years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe only have one goal with this brand: for guests to \u201cEnjoy Every Sandwich,\u201d says Nelson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mr. Pickle\u2019s Sandwich Shop, a beloved mom-and-pop family of quick-service restaurants in northern California, has officially opened its newest location in Arizona. The restaurant, located at 14696 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. on Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. and Thompson Peak Pkwy, is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sundays […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-174239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growth-enterprise","tag-hot-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=174239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=174239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=174239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=174239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}