KAYSVILLE — A couple who owns three northern Utah restaurants donated all profits from "Senior Day" last week to graduating employees to help them achieve their dreams.

Jordan and Jennifer Olsen own Subway restaurants at 324 N. Main Street in Kaysville and 388 E. 300 North in Morgan. They also own a Fiiz drink shop at 2212 W. 1800 North in Clinton.

The Olsens have 12 staff members graduating from high school this spring. All profits made at their Fiiz franchise and Morgan Subway on Wednesday, and at the Kaysville Subway on Friday, went to those respective employees.

"We just wanted a way to say thank you to our employees that have worked really hard for us," said Jordan Olsen.

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When Jordan and Jennifer Olsen were planning their business venture into the culinary world, they decided to buy the restaurant where they first met and fell in love 22 years ago: a Subway shop.

The Olsens started Senior Day as a gift to employees who continued to work for them during the COVID-19 pandemic. The tradition eventually turned into a graduation gift.

"We have a lot of really great, hardworking high school employees that work for us that we expect to be the face of our business when we're not there and in the restaurant, and they just do a great job for us," Jordan Olsen said.

The Olsens made headlines in 2019 after they bought the same Kaysville Subway franchise where they met and fell in love more than 20 years before.

Jordan Olsen started working at Subway as a 15-year-old in 1995, and Jennifer Olsen started working in 1997. They were married in 2002.

Now, the couple loves being able to give back to their community.

"I grew up in Kaysville, I went to Davis High, and it's been great to just stay connected with my hometown community," Jordan Olsen said. "It's been great to stay so connected with the local community and to be able to be so involved with our high school students."

Jordan Olsen said he saw an increase in customers last week as the community turned out to support Senior Day. The Morgan Subway saw 35% more customers than usual, Fiiz saw 15% more and the Kaysville Subway was 30% busier.

Along with Senior Day, the Olsens provide an annual bonus to employees who work for them for a long period of time. If employees stay with them throughout high school, they can make around $1,500 on top of their typical profits and Senior Day bonus.

"It's really important for us, for our employees and for our store that we have employees that know we appreciate them," Jordan Olsen said. "We want the job to help them achieve their goals, not just on a week-to-week basis, but in their long-term goals as well."

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