JUNGLE JIM'S INTERNATIONAL MARKET - A FOODIE'S PARADISE

Jungle Jim's International Market | Fun Facts

Jungle Jim Q & A's
How well do you know Jungle Jim and his history in the grocery industry? Go ahead and test your knowledge.

Q. What was Jim Bonaminio's major at Miami University at Oxford?
A. Business

Q. Before selling produce on street corners, what else did Jim Bonaminio sell?
A. Purses and Carpet

Q. What historical Cleveland market did Jim Bonaminio visit with his father as a young child growing up in Lorain?
A. The West Side Market was the destination where fresh produce, cut-to-order meats and ethnic foods can still be purchased today from dozens of individual vendors. Jungle Jim's International Market offers many similar products and services as a single retailer, but with even more variety.

Q. What is the other name for Jungle Jim's International Market in Fairfield? Hint: The monorail, which is under construction, should give it away.
A. Foodie Land - an Amusement Park for Foodies.

Q. What was Jim Bonaminio's nickname before he became Jungle Jim?
A. Bono is the nickname he was given from his baseball coach at Miami University. The name is short for his last name.

Q. What is an action Jungle Jim does when he is wearing his wizard costume at the market?
A. Price Magic - Jungle Jim reduces the prices of products.

Q. How many people does Jungle Jim's employ?
A. The market has grown from a produce stand operated by Jim Bonaminio to more than 350 employees.

Q. How big is Jungle Jim's in Fairfield?
A. The market is over six acres and expanding.

Q. Jungle Jim’s imports food from how many countries?
A. Over 75 different countries.

Q. How many imported grocery items does Jungle Jim's offer?
A. More than 50,000

Q. How many customers does Jungle Jim's serve in a week?
A. More than 50,000 from the Greater Cincinnati area and beyond.

Q. How many brands of beers and micro-brews are available at Jungle Jim's?
A. About 1,200 different brews.

Q. What is a hard to find plant that is an ingredient in the Chinese recipe for sweet and sour soup? By the way Jungle Jim's sells it.
A. Tiger Lilly Buds

Q. What long, thin bony fish in the order of Anguilliformes is sold in the seafood section of Jungle Jim's? Hint: It is used in Japanese cuisine.
A. Eel

Q. What is Jungle Jim's favorite "recycled" display at the market? Hint: It is not Robin Hood in the English grocery section or the historic fire engine above Hot Sauce Heaven.
A. Jungle Jim likes to play tricks on people so his favorite ‘recycled’ display would be the Port-a-Potties that are the entrance corridors to the public rest rooms. Inside the port-a-potty doors are upscale rest rooms equipped with automatic sinks. These spectacular "johns' won the Best Restroom in America for 2007.