Coats Auto Body

❄️Due to weather conditions, we will be opening at 9am tomorrow❄️

❄️ WEATHER CLOSURE NOTICE
Out of care for our team and our Coats Auto Body family, we will be closed Monday, 1/26 due to weather conditions❄️

Thank you for understanding, and please stay safe.

🎄 Merry Christmas from all of us at Coats Auto Body 🎄

We’re so grateful for our customers, friends, and community who support our family-owned shop year after year. Wishing you a joyful, safe, and peaceful Christmas spent with the ones you love.

🎁 Holiday Hours:
We will reopen Monday, December 29.

Thank you for trusting us with your vehicles — we look forward to seeing you soon! 🚗✨

Christmas Brunch ✅🎄✨🚗

Epic Elf battle this morning 🤣

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours.

If today teaches us anything, it’s that family, food, and gratitude make life rich — and we’re thankful for all three.

Thank you for supporting our family’s shop for generations. Wishing everyone a warm and restful holiday. 🍂🧡

To all Veterans and their families — thank you for your service and sacrifice ♥️🤍💙

We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of the WakeMed Campus Police officer who was shot in the line of duty. Being a business that’s been part of the Raleigh area, we believe in standing strong for those who protect us every day.

Our condolences go out to the officer’s family, loved ones, and the entire law enforcement community. We are holding you in our hearts. 💙🙏

In 1975, a 17-year-old high school senior bought the sub shop where he worked for $125,000.

His name was Peter Cancro.

While his friends were filling out college applications, he was negotiating loans and learning how to run a business.

Banks said no.

Wealthy locals offered money but wanted half the business.

He refused to give up control.

Then came a break.

His football coach — who was also a banker — believed in him and helped secure the loan.

By the time Cancro graduated, he wasn’t just slicing subs. He was signing paychecks.

The next decade was a grind.

Cancro worked open to close, trained every employee himself, and fought to keep the lights on through slow Jersey Shore winters.

When the early 1990s recession hit, Jersey Mike’s nearly went under.

Instead of cutting corners, Cancro doubled down. He focused on quality, invested in his people, and kept customers coming back.

In 1987, he took another risk and started franchising.

The name changed from Mike’s Subs to Jersey Mike’s and growth started to accelerate.

He only approved franchisees who believed in the culture.

He even used company money to renovate struggling stores rather than let them fail.

One store became 10.
10 became 100.
Then 1,000.

No celebrity endorsements.
No flashy ads.

Just consistency, service, and relentless ex*****on.

Today, Jersey Mike’s has:

• 3,000+ locations
• Nearly $4 billion in annual sales
• A deal with Blackstone valuing the company at $8 billion

And Cancro?

He’s still the CEO — nearly 50 years later — leading the same brand he bought as a teenager.

This is not a story about luck.

It’s a story about grit, patience, and protecting a vision for half a century.

You don’t have to be first.
You don’t have to be flashy.

You just have to keep showing up, keep delivering, and keep betting on yourself until the world finally notices.