Norco, CA: Jersey Mike's brings sub shops to the Inland Empire

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Jersey Mike's Subs, a sandwich chain with more than 500 stores across the U.S., is opening its first store in Norco June 8.

It is also the chain's first Inland location, according to the company website. A second will open soon in Rancho Cucamonga.

Errol Talley, owner of the Norco franchise, is celebrating the Inland debut with two fundraising events.

The first, which runs June 8-12, will benefit the Blues Youth Soccer Club. Talley plans to distribute more than 5,000 fundraising coupons in the community, offering the bearer a free regular-size sub when he or she brings in the coupon and makes a $1 donation to the cause.

The second fundraiser will run Aug. 1-15 and will work the same way, with more than 3,500 coupons distributed. It will benefit Norco Unified School District.

The store, located at 1411 Hamner Ave., in the Marketplace on Hamner, will be Talley's first Jersey Mike's location.

Jersey Mike's, headquartered in Manasquan, N.J., has 55 stores in California, nearly all of them spread through Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. But the franchises appear to be moving away from the coast; the most recent opening in California was a store in Bakersfield.