Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, August 24, 2016
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Rogue River Subway expands to Cave Junction
Brings along Mama
DeLuca’s Pizza
Annette McGee Rasch
IVN Senior Contributing Writer
The days of “jonesing” for a Subway
sandwich are almost over in Cave Junction. A
new Subway store is slated to open this fall, in
the building that formerly housed Evergreen
Bank.
Mama DeLuca’s Pizza will also be
offered in the same building. Similar to the
Subway operation, the pizzas are made-to-
order in front of customers, utilizing a speed
oven. Customers will also have a “take or
bake” option. Mama DeLuca’s Pizza was
developed by the Subway Corporation as a co-
location for Subway Restaurants.
“In addition to pizza, we’ll be offering
boneless chicken wings, breadsticks and
calzones,” explained Michael Rodgers,
who along with his wife, Ada Rodgers, are
developing the Subway and Mama DeLuca’s
Pizza franchise in Cave Junction. “We also
received approval to bring in ICEE,” which are
frozen drinks in a variety of flavors. “The most
common are the Coca Cola, blue raspberry
and cherry flavors. But we’ll switch it up with
different flavors of the month. And, we’ll also
have a drive though at the restaurant.”
The Rodgerses also own and operate a
Subway in Rogue River, which they opened in
February 2015, though their experience with
Subway goes much further back.
“Ada has been in the quick service
restaurant business for 25 plus years and has
been associated with Subway for 20 years.
She used to oversee 20 Subway restaurants in
Southern Oregon, from Roseburg to Ashland,”
Michael Rodgers said. “We just decide to go
off on our own and start our own restaurant.
Ada’s experience is a real benefit for us.”
Michael Rodgers hopes to have the
new store open sometime October. “That’s
our target opening,” he said. “It’s a beautiful
location and a well-built structure, with
easy access for customers. We’re currently
removing the old infrastructure inside the
building. We’re getting ready for the remodel.”
The couple plans to hire 10 to 15
employees and will be interviewing local
candidates for those positions. “At our Rogue
River location, every one of our employees
lives in Rogue River,” Michael Rodgers said,
“and we’re going to do the same thing in Cave
Junction.”
Anyone interested in these jobs can go
to: www.mysubwaycareer.com and then search
for Cave Junction and apply online. Michael
Rodgers says interviewing will begin in mid-
September.
“We offer competitive pay to our
employees,” Michael Rodgers said. “Our
whole philosophy is the golden rule, we
want to do the best we can for our employees
with pay and benefits, and not just give them
minimum wage. We recognize fast-food work
is hard work, so we want to compensate people
accordingly. We’ve all worked for companies
or people where you didn’t feel appreciated
- and that makes it tough to come to work. We
want to make sure that people enjoy the work
atmosphere. We foster a team environment on
the job. We’re all there - including Ada and
I - to serve the customers and provide good
service.”
The Rodgerses are originally from
Montana, but moved to Oregon 17 years ago.
The couple have four children “all grown now
and off into their lives in different states. Our
three boys are in the military and our daughter
is married and has two children.”
Michaels Rodgers’ background is in
senior housing. “I used to be a nursing home
and retirement community administrator and
that’s what brought us to Southern Oregon in
the first place. But I was ready for a career
change and I’m really happy to be involved in
the restaurant business now.
“We love the small town environment
and we’re very excited about doing this in
Cave Junction,” he added. “We really like the
relationships of getting to know people, and
you just don’t have that opportunity in bigger
cities. And we’re excited about being able to
offer all of our customers a number of choices
(Courtesy photo for The Illinois Valley News)
Mike and Ada Rodgers prepare the old Evergreen Bank building in preparation
for the future Subway and Mama DeLuca’s Pizza. The Rodgers hope to be
operational sometime in October.
and options.”
Subway has been around for 50 years,
currently, there are 44,000 locations in 112
countries. All these stores are franchises
(owned by individuals), and while many
people own one or two stores like the
Rodgerses, others own up to a few hundred
franchises.
By using the Subway brand, the
franchises must purchase food and supplies
from the parent corporation, which according
to Michael Rodgers, prides itself in its “gold
standard.” Most of the food comes from
farmers that have met Subway’s quality control
criteria, and effort is made to source the food
as close as possible to each store location.
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