FRIDAY, IT'S FINALLY HERE... AND
THAT MEANS IT'S FOODIE FRIDAY
HERE ON "TAKE2."
KRISTINE:
AND TODAY, WE'RE CHECKING OUT
JERSEY MIKE'S NEWEST LOCATION
HERE IN HAWAII.
Kelly:
Trini: IS FINALLY HERE.
IT'S FOODIE FRIDAY HERE ON "TAKE
2".
Kristine: WE'RE CHECKING
OUT JERSEY MIKE.
LET'S REJOIN JAI LIVE FROM
PEARL CITY.
WE HEARD THEY'RE HELPING
DISASTER RELIEF HERE IN HAWAII
AS WELL.
SO AWESOME.
TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.
Reporter: YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT IS THE SIXTH -- I DIDN'T KNOW
THIS.
THE SIXTH JERSEY MIKE TO OPEN IN
HAWAI'I.
THEY'RE RIGHT FRONT AND CENTER.
I WANTED TOFIED OUT MORE.
STAFF AND CREW ARE UP AND GOING
THIS MORNING.
CHECK THIS OUT.
THERE THEY ARE.
GREAT THINGS ABOUT JERSEY MIKES
THEY'RE ALL SMILE.
IT'S A A GOOD PLACE TO WORK.
LOOK AT THE INGREDIENTS.
THIS IS FRESH.
II WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
GEORGE HERNANDEZ.
GENERAL MANAGE AND DIRECTOR
OF OPERATIONS.
Reporter: TELL ME ABOUT
JERSEY MIKE'S SUBS.
WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING A GOOD
SANDWICH.
I THINK IT'S THE CULTURE OF
JERSEY MIKE'S BEEN SINCE 1956 TO
SPLICE FRESH.
GRILL EVERY SINGLE HOT SUB.
AND WE TOP IT UP WITH ONIONS,
LETTUCE, TOMATOES, RED WINE
VINEGAR, OLIVE OIL AND WE BAKE
THE BREAD EVERY DAY FRESH.
Reporter: EVERYTHING YOU SEE
IS LITERALLY JUST BEEN CUT, JUST
BEEN COOKED.
IT IS FRESH.
THAT'S 100%.
YOU ORDER ROAST BEEF SANDWICH,
YOU GET IT FRESH.
THE BREAD, COOKIES.
Reporter: SUBS ARE COMING
BACK TO THE TV STATION.
JUST OPENED.
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE
HAPPENING WITH PROCEEDS AND HOW
YOU'RE HELPING THE AMERICAN RED
CROSS.
WE JUST OPENED.
WE'RE GOING TO DO FIVE DAYS OF
GIVING BACK TO COMMUNITY.
SO EVERY PERSON THAT COMES IN
WITH A CARD, YOU GET A FREE SUB.
DONATE $2 AND ALL THAT MONEY IS
GOING TO GO TO AMERICAN RED
CROSS OF HAWAI'I.
WE'RE PROUD TO DO THAT AND HELP
THEM OUT.
Reporter: I KNOW THIS LADY
APPRECIATES IT.
I DO.
Reporter: WHAT JERSEY MIKE'S
IS DOING FOR YOU.
NOT JUST -- WE HAVE SEEN HOW THE
HAWAI'I CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN
RED CROSS HAS TO STRETCH ACROSS
THE STATE.
YOU'RE HELPING EVERYONE FROM
HAWAI'I ISLAND TO KAUAI.
WE'VE BEEN GOING TEN WEEKS
STRAIGHT.
AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL
TO GEORGE AND THIS ORGANIZATION
FOR ALLOWINGOUS CUSTOMERS TO
SPREAD THEIR ALOHA AND
COMPASSION TO DISASTER VICTIMS
INCLUDING THOSE SORNING FROM THE -- SUFFERING FROM THE LAVA
FLOW.
WMP WHEN SOMEONE LIKE A
JERSEY MIKE'S COMES IN, ISN'T IT
GREAT?
YOU CAN TELL THAT THIS COMPANY
PUT DOWN ROOTS HERE.
THEY WANT TO BE HERE.
AS GEORGE WAS SAYING, WE'VE GOT
TO CHANGES THE NAME.
IT'S KEOKI.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE JERSEY
MIKE'S AND THE COMMUNITY COMING.
TOGETHER.
WE APPRECIATE THEM.
Reporter: CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
KEOKI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M GOING TO STICK AROUND.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO MAYBE
GET A LITTLE TRAINING AND SEE IF
I CAN BE JERSEY MIKE'S MATERIAL?
OF COURSE.
WE'LL DO THAT AND HELP YOU.
MAYBE YOU'LL WORK HERE
PART-TIME.
Reporter: THERE YOU GO.
I WOULD BE HELPING NOT JUST
JERSEY MIKE'S, I CAN EAT AND
HELP THE AMERICAN CROSS HAWAI'I
CHAPTER.
BACK TO THE "TAKE 2" STUDIO.
CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW QUIRK QUICKLY THE
STAFF WORKS.
Kelly: INCREDIBLE.
HER FAMOUS MAI TAIS IN STUDIO.
KHON2.
OVER TO YOU.
Kristine: THANK YOU.
A POPULAR WAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR
AN IMPORTANT CAUSE IS FOOD.
THAT RINGS TRUE FOR A NEW
SANDWICH SHOP IN PEARL CITY.
Kelly: THEY'RE GIVING BACK.
HOW ARE THEY HELPING HOOK UP
SOME DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS?
I HEAR YOU'RE GOING TO BE
COOKING SOMETHING UP.
Reporter: I DECIDED I'M
EXPERTS.
THESE FOLKS HERE, THEY'RE THE
EXPERTS.
THE NEAT THING IS, STAFF PUTTING
TOGETHER -- GREAT THING IS
EVERYTHING, AND YOU CAN TELL HOW
FRESH EVERYTHING IS.
AS YOU WERE SAYING, IT IS
BENEFITING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
I WANT INTRODUCE CORALIE FROM
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
JERSEY MIKE'S, THIS IS THEIR
SIXTH LOCATION.
WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU FOR THEM
TO SORT OF SAY, YES, WE'RE IN
HAWAI'I AND WE LOVE HAWAI'I.
IT IS SO HEARTWARMING TO SEE
JERSEY MIKE'S COME INTO THE
HAWAI'I MARKET AND IMMEDIATELY
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE SURE NEED THEIR HELP.
WE RESPOND TO DISASTERS EVERY
FOUR DAYS.
WE'VE BEEN TEN WEEKS STRAIGHT
WITH THE FLOODS AND LAVA.
WE'RE GREAT.
FOR COMPANIES LIKE THIS THAT
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Reporter: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
YOU'RE A BUSY LADY.
SHE'S OFF HER CONFERENCE
CALL.
I DUBBED HIM KEOKI.
WHAT MAKES JERSEY MIKE'S SUCH A
SPECIAL PLACE WHEN IT COMES TOE
TOE -- TO ORDERING THE SUB.
I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT.
WE PUT OUT OUR MEATS HERE.
EVERY SUBYOU GET YOU GET IT
MIKE'S WAY.
ALL FRESH.
WE HAVE RED PEPPER HAM, TURKEY,
PREV LONE CHEESE.
WHEN YOU GET A COLD SUB, HE'LL
SLICE IT FRESH FROM HERE.
TOPPING ONION, LETTUCE,
TOMATOES, RED WINE VINEGAR..
Reporter: YOU ALSO HAVE A
NUMBER OF HOT SUBS.
KAHUNA?
THAT'S RIGHT.
EVERY SUB HAS A NAME AND NUMBER.
GRILLED ONIONS, PEPPER,
MUSHROOMS, CHEESE.
GRILLED FRESH.
Reporter: WHEN YOU COME INTO
JERSEY MIKE'S, ORDER THE 56.
THAT'S THE BIG KAHUNA.
BIG KAHUNA CHEESESTEAK.
Reporter: KEOKI, BESIDES
THIS, HOW IT FEELS TO BE IN THIS
MARKET.
YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO AMERICAN
RED CROSS THE APPROXIMATE.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT NOW YOU?
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
COMPANY EMBRACES.
SINCE 1956, THE C.E.O.,
FOUNDER STARTED THIS.
WE GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITIES.
JERSEY MIKE'S, EVERY MONTH IN
THE MONTH OF MARCH WE GIVE BACK
TO A NONPROFIT.
THIS YEAR THE COMPANY RAISED
$6 MILLION TO 170 NONPROFITS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
RAISED $34 MILLION.
PART OF THE CULTURE.
REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND
HELP THEM OUT.
Reporter: GOOD JOB.
YOU MUST BE THRILLED WITH THESE
YOUNG PEOPLE.
CREW'S AMAZING.
THEY DO THIS WITH A PASSION.
EVERYTHING IS DONE FRESH: THEY
LOVE WHAT THEY DO AND DO IT
NATURALLY.
YOUYOU CAN SEE HOW THEY TOP IT OFF,
MIKE'S WAY.
Reporter: ONIONING.
, LETTUCE, TOMATOES AND.
AND JUICES.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT.
THE JUICES.
Kristine: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR
STAFF.
AND JUST TO LET YOU LADIES KNOW,
THIS IS WHAT'S HEADED BACK TO
THE STATION.
THE "TAKE 2" CREW IS GOING TO BE
WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
THANKS TO KEOKI AND HIS STAFF.
JERSEY MIKE'S.
PEARL HIGHLAND, OPEN EVERY DAY,
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
BACK INTO THE "TAKE 2" STUDIO.
Kelly: AT LAST SO MUCH,
JAI.
I DON'T THINK SO THEY TRUSTED
HIM TO MAKE A SANDWICH.
Kristine: NO.
Kelly: GOOD CHOICE.