The
Jitney Premier in Hattiesburg includes many amenities and sophisticated merchandising techniques that would stack up against any big chain, big-city competitor.
August Wilson's
Jitney scored as best play when the New York Drama Critics Circle handed out awards.
Part of that entails developing people who live in the area to get responsible jobs in the neighborhood
Jitney Jungle.
Having lasted just 90 minutes in its first incarnation,
Jitney is now a full-length drama that has attracted rave reviews everywhere the play has made a stop.
The company sticks close to the menu so that its customers, many of whom eat lunch at
Jitney two or three times a week, know what to expect.
Movement of salad packs in the
Jitney Jungle stores has doubled over the past two to three years, Lovette estimates.
Jitney Jungle has not installed software because its checkout systems are not compatible with any of them, says Eller.
In many places in America, it is politically incorrect to build a church in a residential neighborhood, to own a pistol, to have oral sex in your own bedroom, to carry paying passengers in an unlicensed
jitney, to braid hair for money, to cut down a tree in your own backyard.
The Food Club name has been around in
Jitney Jungle's market for so long, and the quality is so high, that it is seen as a national brand.
Jitney Jungle was already heavily into prepared foods.
