[1][8] Due to the poor location of his first store, Liautaud decided to include delivery of his sandwiches to boost sales.

At the time, Coulter was a Pizza Hut Franchisee, and later founded and ran Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon and other chains.

[7] In January 2007, Liautaud selected Weston Presidio, a private-equity firm, to help acquire better locations for the expanding company.

[8] In September 2016, Roark Capital Group agreed to purchase a majority stake in Liautaud's company, as Weston Presidio sold their minority investment after 10 years.

[17] In July 2014, Liautaud donated $1 million to the Folds of Honor Foundation, an organization that supports the spouses and children of America's fallen and disabled service-members.

In non-summer months, the camp's facilities are used to support military veterans and their families transitioning back to civilian life.

[21] The Liautaud Family Foundation directed $1.291 million to the Horatio Alger Association to support scholarships for underprivileged students in 2019.

[22][23] The Liautauds donated $1 million to Chicago's Youth Guidance Becoming a Man program, which helps disadvantaged young men learn how to handle tough life challenges and give them the tools to succeed in the future.

[22][24] Other causes supported by the Liautauds include: the Frances Nelson Smile Healthy Dental Clinic,[25] the Kickapoo Rail Trail,[26] Crisis Nursery in Urbana, Illinois,[27] Champaign County's Youth Assessment Center,[28] Champaign Unit 4 schools,[29] Christmas layaway purchases,[30] the American Heart Association, the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, MD Anderson, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, the Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the Goodman Theater, and the Detroit Symphony.

[36] In the same year, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the National CEO Conference and inducted into the Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization Hall of Fame.

[37] In 2007, Liautaud delivered the commencement speech at his alma mater, now known as the Liautaud-Lyons Upper School, a program of Elgin Academy.

[38] In March 2017, he was named Franchise Times' "Dealmaker of the Year" for the deal that brought Roark Capital Group in as the company's new majority owner.

In an interview in 2015 with the Chicago Tribune, Liautaud said that the largest misconception about him is that people still connect him to photos of him posing with big game from 10 years ago.

The ship, which can accommodate ten guests with a crew of 13,[52] has been a finalist for a few yacht awards[53][54] and has been featured in industry publications.