Jimmy John's employee investigated after video of 'dough skipping rope' goes viral

Employees at a Jimmy John’s franchise are being investigated following a video of a worker using a skipping rope made out of dough going viral.

The video which was originally recorded on Snapchat at an outlet in Jacksonville, Florida, was posted to Facebook and received a number of sceptical comments about the brand’s hygiene and rules about handling food.

Fox News reports that James and Rebecca Williams, local independent franchisees who own the restaurant where the video was filmed, have released the following statement: “Our investigation confirmed the dough used in the video was immediately discarded after the incident, however we do not condone this behaviour from our employees and appropriate action has been taken to prevent this from ever happening again.

"We have been serving the community at this site for more than four years and will continue to provide only the highest quality and freshest product to our customers.”