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Jack in the Box (NASDAQ: JACK) and LA-born streetwear brand The Hundreds have joined forces to celebrate Jack in the Box’s 75th anniversary with a collaboration that’s all about street culture, community, and the fun that only happens outside of the box. Launching January 28, the Jack in the Box x The Hundreds “Jack Was Here!” collection will be the first of four limited-edition drops throughout 2026, bringing Jack Box face-to-face with The Hundreds’ Adam Bomb to celebrate 75 years of unruliness and two brands known for leaving their mark.
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For more than 23 years, The Hundreds’ Adam Bomb has stood as a symbol of belonging, an unmistakable icon woven into streetwear culture and community identity. For 75 years, Jack has played a similar role of his own, showing up in late nights, drive-thru runs, and core memories, instantly recognizable and impossible to ignore. Naturally, Jack couldn’t resist putting his own irreverent spin on a streetwear classic. The first drop introduces a reworked Adam Bomb graphic, tagged and transformed with Jack’s signature face and stamped with the phrase “Jack Was Here!” Featuring a T-shirt, sweatshirt, and trucker snapback, the “Jack Was Here!” drop seamlessly blends the west coast heritage and passion of both brands, celebrating a shared legacy of fun, rebellion, and making noise where it counts.
“For 75 years, Jack in the Box has been showing up in people’s lives in ways that go far beyond the menu,” said Ryan Ostrom, Chief Customer and Digital Officer at Jack in the Box. “Collaborating with The Hundreds lets us celebrate creativity, community, and the moments that become unforgettable. ‘Jack Was Here’ is about giving fans a way to take Jack with them to the spaces that define who they are, and serve as a reminder of why they love Jack in the first place.”
“Jack in the Box is part of the fabric of growing up in California,” said Ben Hundreds, Co-Founder of The Hundreds. “It’s college memories, inside jokes, and late-night conversations with your people that stick with you forever. Pairing that history with the Adam Bomb felt natural. They’re both icons that people have been tagging onto their lives for decades. ‘Jack Was Here’ is our way of leaving our mark together.”
The partnership taps into a larger cultural moment where food, fashion, and identity are all becoming one, as brands move beyond traditional categories to meet fans where they are.
The Jack in the Box x The Hundreds “Jack Was Here” collection will launch at https://thehundreds.com/ on January 28, with early access beginning at 6:00 p.m. PT for The Hundreds subscribers (also known as Adam Bombs!) and Jack Pack members, followed by a public on-sale at 9:00 p.m. PT. The collection will be available while supplies last, with three additional drops planned throughout the year. Images are available here.
About Jack in the Box Inc.
Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ: JACK), founded and headquartered in San Diego, California, is a restaurant company that operates and franchises Jack in the Box®, one of the nation's largest hamburger chains with approximately 2,135 restaurants across 21 states. For more information, including franchising opportunities, visit www.jackinthebox.com.
Launching January 28, the Jack in the Box x The Hundreds “Jack Was Here!” collection will be the first of four limited-edition drops throughout 2026, bringing Jack Box face-to-face with The Hundreds’ Adam Bomb to celebrate 75 years of unruliness and two brands known for leaving their mark.
LONDON (AP) — Shoveling piles of compost and clearing weeds on a cold, damp evening in London might not be most people’s idea of fun.
But it’s smiles and chatter all around as a group of people in running gear put on headlamps and get to work in a community garden located on a derelict parking lot rooftop. The volunteers warmed up by jogging a mile to get to the site, and the digging, squatting and lifting they are doing is part of a weekly workout session.
Combining exercise with community service is the mission of GoodGym, an organization that encourages U.K. residents to “get fit by doing good.” There’s no expensive gym membership, treadmills or weights. All participants need is a desire to walk, run or bike and a willingness to sort cans at a food bank, pick up trash, visit an older adult or do other kinds of local volunteer work.
“I go to the normal gym usually and I do other sorts of exercise, but this is my mandatory once-a-week run with the GoodGym group,” said Jason Kurtis, 42, who was among the regulars toiling in the south London garden. “It’s really fun and it forces me to get out, especially on a Monday night when it’s cold and in the middle of winter.”
GoodGym says it has more than 26,600 members in 67 locations across England and Wales, and that it wants to start new groups in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Most weeks there are meetups happening somewhere. Recent workouts in London included clearing sidewalks of discarded Christmas trees, picking plastic litter from the muddy banks of the River Thames, planting fruit trees and setting up cots for homeless people.
Members say that signing up for activities — and feeling they’re a part of something positive — motivates them to exercise regularly.
GoodGym began in 2007 when its founder, Ivo Gormley, started running to deliver a newspaper to an older person in his neighborhood. At the time, Gormley said he wasn’t doing any exercise and missed being part of a basketball team.
“I just didn’t like that idea of going to a gym, going into a sweaty basement and lifting things that don’t really need lifting. I thought I could do something more useful in my exercise,” he said.
He started organizing group runs to places where participants could help with community projects big and small: the first group ripped down outdated posters in his east London neighborhood, Gormley said.
The idea gained traction in other English cities and GoodGym, which registered as a charity in 2015, expanded rapidly. The COVID-19 pandemic ruled out group runs, but the organization received a surge in requests to help older adults who were isolated at home. Volunteers started focusing on tasks like delivering prescriptions and food.
GoodGym still pairs volunteers with retirees who want someone to talk to or need help with practical tasks like moving heavy furniture or lawn mowing. Many home visits call for one volunteer at a time and therefore have no group exercise component, though participants are encouraged to run, walk or cycle to their assignments.
Gormley said he wanted to make it as easy as possible for people to stay in shape and give back. Monthly donations are welcome but voluntary, and members are not pressured to show up, he said.
“You can just sign up today and have a go tonight. We try to reduce the barriers as much as possible,” Gormley said. “You don’t have to come back if you don’t like it. It’s a really easy way to get involved.”
In southwest London's Battersea district, local GoodGym leader Anastasia Hancock instructs members to lunge, jump and stretch as they prepare for their mile-long run to the Doddington and Rollo community roof garden, a rare slice of greenery in the middle of towering apartment buildings that were built as affordable housing in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Hancock organizes a variety of volunteer projects for GoodGym members in her area, but helping to maintain the garden is one her group returns to every month. She recalls how they once helped shift hundreds of bags of heavy compost up narrow steps to reach the rooftop.
“That was an amazing workout,” she said.
Hancock said she hardly ever cancels a scheduled run and activity, and members keep coming even during London's bleak, drizzly winters. For women, the regular sessions have the added benefit of offering a safe way to run outside after dark, she said.
“I really love coming. I think it’s just a boost of positivity in the week,” said Sophie Humphrey, 33. “It’s amazing to get together a group of people who just want to help somebody they don’t know."
Gormley said he doesn’t know of many similar organizations that combine fitness with volunteering, though he acknowledges that to some extent, the idea behind GoodGym is “really obvious.”
“It’s what people have always done, right? You grow some food and literally through the action of planting and digging, that’s where your exercise comes from,” he said.
The opportunity to socialize is a key element that hooks participants, Gormley said. He said a recent member survey indicated that many young people were keen to get away from phone screens and to have more in-person interactions. Members of Hancock's group Monday night group sometimes go to a pub together when their volunteer work is done.
Christian Krekel, an assistant professor at the London School of Economics who does research in behavioral economics and wellbeing, spent two years leading an evaluation of GoodGym to determine if blending volunteering with exercise offered additional mental health benefits. The findings, based on survey results from 3,600 people who had either expressed interest in joining or already were active members, were promising, he said.
A team of economists recorded improvements in all six aspects of mental wellbeing they measured, with participants reporting feeling less lonely and more satisfied with their lives, as well as a greater sense of “belongingness and connectedness,” Krekel said. More research is needed, but the team hopes the findings, if they are validated, could help shape public policies on mental health.
“Because of this unique combination of volunteering or pro-social activity and physical activity, we do find stronger well-being impacts than what the literature suggests for volunteering and for physical activity alone,” Krekel said. “So I think that’s what makes this so unique, and it’s actually quite powerful.”
Participants in the Goodgym group pose for a group photograph after collecting litter to keep the River Thames free of plastic and other waste in London, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Participants in the Goodgym group collect litter from the riverbank to keep the River Thames free of plastic and other waste in London, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Participants in the Goodgym group warm up before running to collect litter to keep the River Thames free of plastic and other waste in London, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Participants in the Goodgym group exercise after collecting litter to keep the River Thames free of plastic and other waste in London, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Participants in the Goodgym group collect litter from the riverbank to keep the River Thames free of plastic and other waste in London, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
