About Us
A message from our President
Welcome to Aggressive Developments. We are a people-focused, TEAm-oriented company with 18 McAlister’s Deli locations across Illinois (and one in Iowa!) As President of Aggressive Developments, I take great pride in this company, and in our TEAm.
From our humble beginnings with just one location to where we are today has been a journey. But our philosophy has never waivered: provide guests with a great experience, treat everyone the way we’d want to be treated, and invest in the communities we serve. That is the formula for our success, one community at a time.
Our future is bright. We plan to continue growing, and expand into new-to-us communities. We plan to add TEAm members, and develop people in their career paths. And we will build up our communities by investing our time, talents and treasure into the causes that make them strong.
Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
Formed in 2016, Aggressive Developments owns and operates McAlister’s Deli locations in Illinois and Iowa. Together, partners Jason Coalter and Matt Fox have built a fast-growing organization that offers a unique combination of opportunity and stability to our team. Over its nine years of operation, it has grown from a single restaurant in Fairview Heights, IL to a robust company with 18 locations. And we continue to grow.
2020 brought its share of challenges to the company. However, tough times don’t last – tough people do. We rose above those challenges with hard work, creativity and perseverance. Our restaurants gave back to their communities and helped those in need. We came through it with some battle scars, but none of our TEAm members lost salary or benefits. We call that a win.
Looking ahead, great things are on the horizon for Aggressive Developments. We will continue to grow, adding new restaurant locations each year. We will add to our TEAm. We will create delightful experiences for our guests. We will continue to build our communities and support the causes that make them strong. And we will invest in developing the greatest asset we have: our people.
Our future is bright. Just watch what we do.
Mission
Our mission can be summed up simply:
Delight our guests. Develop our people. Build our communities.
Vision
Making a difference by connecting people with food and conversation.
Values
We have six core values that we live by. These guide our decisions, inspire our actions and are reflected in our work each day.
Excellence
We strive for excellence in all that we do, each and every day.
Service
We serve each guest by The Golden Rule, and strive to delight them with every experience.
People
We are people-focused, understanding that our TEAm members are our most valuable asset.
Growth
As our name says, we grow. Aggressively. We always move forward.
Community
We engage in the communities we serve, and seek to make them strong.
Philanthropy
Each of us, at some point, will need the help of others; giving is the backbone of our corporate structure.
Meet our Management Team
Matt Fox
Adam Hubbard
Michael Smith
Joe Francois
Bradley Atkinson
Tina Abbott
Audrey Jones
Donna Siemaszkiewicz
Pam Ogles
Matt Fox
President
Fearless Leader
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
Matt Fox
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
- Motivated by: serving others
- Supports: animal rescue, Special Olympics, Wounded Warriors
- Secret talent: plays drums and guitar
- Admires: his mom, who worked hard every day to give him the world
- TEAm describes him as: passionate
- Wants to be remembered: as someone that made a difference
Matt Fox
President
Fearless Leader
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
Matt Fox
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
- Motivated by: serving others
- Supports: animal rescue, Special Olympics, Wounded Warriors
- Secret talent: plays drums and guitar
- Admires: his mom, who worked hard every day to give him the world
- TEAm describes him as: passionate
- Wants to be remembered: as someone that made a difference
Matt Fox
President
Fearless Leader
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
Matt Fox
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
- Motivated by: serving others
- Supports: animal rescue, Special Olympics, Wounded Warriors
- Secret talent: plays drums and guitar
- Admires: his mom, who worked hard every day to give him the world
- TEAm describes him as: passionate
- Wants to be remembered: as someone that made a difference
Matt Fox
President
Fearless Leader
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
Matt Fox
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
- Motivated by: serving others
- Supports: animal rescue, Special Olympics, Wounded Warriors
- Secret talent: plays drums and guitar
- Admires: his mom, who worked hard every day to give him the world
- TEAm describes him as: passionate
- Wants to be remembered: as someone that made a difference
Matt Fox
President
Fearless Leader
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
Matt Fox
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
- Motivated by: serving others
- Supports: animal rescue, Special Olympics, Wounded Warriors
- Secret talent: plays drums and guitar
- Admires: his mom, who worked hard every day to give him the world
- TEAm describes him as: passionate
- Wants to be remembered: as someone that made a difference
Matt Fox
President
Fearless Leader
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
Matt Fox
As a Co-Founder of Aggressive Developments, Matt focuses on building relationships and community service. Matt is eager to meet new people and values strong relationships...
- Motivated by: serving others
- Supports: animal rescue, Special Olympics, Wounded Warriors
- Secret talent: plays drums and guitar
- Admires: his mom, who worked hard every day to give him the world
- TEAm describes him as: passionate
- Wants to be remembered: as someone that made a difference