Three teenagers meet at St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City, N.J. Throughout their high school years, they become close friends and begin talking about the possibility of starting a business.

A few years pass and one of the young men asks the others a fateful question; "Hey, have you guys heard about those sandwiches they call submarines?" The next morning, the trio leaves their homes in North Jersey and head down to Point Pleasant to a little shop serving long, strangely-shaped sandwiches. It's lunchtime and the place is packed. At that moment, the three young men with an entrepreneurial dream realize they are on to something very special.

To help set them apart, they wanted to call their sandwiches something other than subs, submarines or hoagies. So they went through a dictionary until they came to the word "blimp" and a picture resembling the generous-size sandwiches they wanted to make. This was the "eureka" moment, and the BLIMPIE sandwich and restaurant chain was born and, on April 4, 1964, the three men opened for business on Washington St. in Hoboken, NJ.

Ever since that day in 1964, Blimpie has been serving a wide array of great tasting sandwiches, wraps, salads, and other delicious varieties. No matter what you like to eat Blimpie has something for you. So come visit us today at your local Hess Express.

For more information about Blimpie, visit www.blimpie.com.