Current Events > Subway (the sandwich place) is suffering bad......

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I plan on getting a foot long tuna sub with everything on it with oil and vinegar. It's been 2 years since I've had Subway.

Their doing great here. Also its privatized ownership so there's that


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The first sentence tells a lot. They've oversaturated the market. That and unlike other fast food establishments they're not drive-thru ready for The Pandemic. The good thing about owning a Subway is they have very little overhead. They don't need a lot of cooking equipment or staff and the base ingredients are cheap. For this reason they were popular with immigrant franchise owners who instead of opening a costlier and risky restaurant serving ethnic food would instead run a Subway and make a comfortable living being sandwich artisans. But eventually all things come to an end.

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Subway fucked up getting rid of the $5 footlong. Theyre just too expensive now.

Want a cheaper sub? Go to Jimmy Johns for a comparable taste. Want something better? Spend an extra dollar or two than subway and go to Firehouse or Jersey Mikes.

Theres just no need for subway anymore. I would still pick them over Quiznos but thats about it. Even the bakery at my grocery store sells subs at Subway prices with like four times the meat lmao

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TheBiggerWiggle posted...

Subway fucked up getting rid of the $5 footlong. Theyre just too expensive now.

Want a cheaper sub? Go to Jimmy Johns for a comparable taste. Want something better? Spend an extra dollar or two than subway and go to Firehouse or Jersey Mikes.

Theres just no need for subway anymore. I would still pick them over Quiznos but thats about it. Even the bakery at my grocery store sells subs at Subway prices with like four times the meat lmao

Facts.

There are definitely better options in my area, but I'll still go once in a while since it's fast and convenient. I guess that's pretty much how I feel about any of the fast food places I go to.
I feel like the quality of fast food has kinda dropped across the board in the past 5 years or so. I'm hard pressed to think of any of them that I'd rate as an "A tier". Everything just feels passable or terrible.

doppelganger posted...

There are definitely better options in my area, but I'll still go once in a while since it's fast and convenient. I guess that's pretty much how I feel about any of the fast food places I go to.
I feel like the quality of fast food has kinda dropped across the board in the past 5 years or so. I'm hard pressed to think of any of them that I'd rate as an "A tier". Everything just feels passable or terrible.

Pretty much. All of the big name fast food joints have seem to have gotten worse.

Arbys keeps getting better, but i can't think of any others.

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Medussa posted...

Arbys keeps getting better, but i can't think of any others.

Damn I forgot about Arby's. Their food got more pricey but it's still good though.

I'd rather drive 2 miles to go to firehouse subs than 200 feet to go to subway

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It's weird. I will settle for cheap burgers or pizza in the right situation, but I will never settle for Subway.

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Peoppenreallybyave it out for subway. Been to quite a few subways, even one in a convientant store and they are all pretty good. My laziness is the only thing that keeps me from going cause I dont want to get out of my car lol

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last resort is cutting the budget for the subway scent spray. imagine walking by a location and not smelling it

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Subway's whole thing was basically "healthy" fast food, in that it was better for you than the other fast food places. Only reason it really boomed(well, that and $5 for a 12 inch sandwich)

Nowadays they have nothing special. There's way better sub places out there, way better healthy fast food choices, and pretty much everything tastes better.

I like them alright, but there are a lot of small stores in my area that make good sandwiches. Nothing about them really stands out.

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garbage food with gym mats for bread

People only went to Subway for convenience. COVID made Subway's lack of a drive thru inconvenient. And if someone decided they are actually going to go into the place to pick up a sub, they might as well go to a sub place with quality.

I live two blocks away from a Subway and I have never visited it. I'll go to the Goodcents 2 miles away every time.

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the only times Ive ever been to subway were out of sheer desperation on road trips where that was the only thing in whatever shithole town I was passing through

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Very bland sandwiches. Low tier lunchmeat quality stuff. Used to be good way, way the hell back in the day but now I'd rather just get some premade from my grocery store.

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ShineboxPhil posted...

having fake meat does that

what?

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I like their Buffalo chicken sub, but I havent been in a while so they may not have it any more.

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Wawa subs blow them out of the water and for cheaper.

Any sandwich from buc-ees is a hundred times better

XxKrebsxX posted...

Wawa subs blow them out of the water and for cheaper.

I miss when Wawa actually had good bread.

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They got rid of their good breads and meats. Along with the $5 sub. The $5 sub tuna was legit the only reason why I went. Then they got rid of that, then they got rid of pastrami and haven't been since

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Fade2black001 posted...

what?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-chicken-fast-food-1.3993967

Subway's results were such an outlier that the team decided to test them again, biopsying five new oven roasted chicken pieces, and five new orders of chicken strips.
Those results were averaged: the oven roasted chicken scored 53.6 per cent chicken DNA, and the chicken strips were found to have just 42.8 per cent chicken DNA. The majority of the remaining DNA? Soy.

@Duncanwii

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R_Jackal posted...

Subway's whole thing was basically "healthy" fast food, in that it was better for you than the other fast food places. Only reason it really boomed(well, that and $5 for a 12 inch sandwich)

Nowadays they have nothing special. There's way better sub places out there, way better healthy fast food choices, and pretty much everything tastes better.

It's the same basic problem McDonald's got into about five years ago: Barely-edible fast food is only tolerable when it's cheap, and nobody really goes to a fast-food place for the premium options.

Alpha218 posted...

@Duncanwii

I always get egg, ham, pepperjack cheese and tomatoes on Italian Herbs and Cheese.
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I will eat subway if there are no options.
Everything there smells and tastes the same.
If they went out of business and i never had a subway sub again, i wouldn't be upset

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The closest Subway to me is across the street from DiBellas, which is slightly more expensive but is actually really good. Theres also a Jersey Mikes up the street. I dont like them as much as DiBellas, but theyre absolutely way better than Subway.

Subway is low quality, but its not especially cheap nor is it something drunk/high people are going to keep afloat. They should be struggling!

Ill get like a Spicy Italian a couple times a year.

Questionmarktarius posted...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-chicken-fast-food-1.3993967

I guess this explains why I cant stand how their chicken tastes. Ive always thought it tasted really off-putting.

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MuayThai85 posted...

Mr Sub and Quiznos > Subway

I miss having a Mr. Sub around.

Not only were their subs better but they sold beer too.
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I go the Subway probably once a week since it's close to my job, but I have other options as well.

For sandwich places, there were Jimmy John's, Which Wich, and Potbelly. Now, Jimmy John's seems to be closed half the time, Which Wich just suddenly disappeared before the pandemic hit (and their equipment and year+ old bagged snacks are still on the shelves), and Potbelly is no longer doing walk-in ordering, so that really only leaves Subway as a reliable option among sandwich shops.

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Majority voting that Subway food is okay.

When they had the five dollar foot-long sub sandwiches it was a great deal. Now though, they are prices are so expensive Id rather just go elsewhere so no wonder they are suffering.

Subway's big advantage over the other sub sandwich chains was that it was always a lot cheaper

now that it's hella expensive I'd rather just go to somewhere better like Blimpie or Quizno's

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Not having a decent vegetarian option is bad for business.

FL81 posted...

Subway's big advantage over the other sub sandwich chains was that it was always a lot cheaper

now that it's hella expensive I'd rather just go to somewhere better like Blimpie or Quizno's

Seriously.

Why are they charging so much for bad food? It's ridiculous.

Firehouse Subs and Publix Subs are all you need

It's utterly and completely flavorless. I have never eaten fast food with less flavor than their "chicken" sandwiches.

I don't think I'll ever go there again, willingly.

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I would order double roast beef with tomatoes and cucumbers.

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Conflict posted...

A meatball sub footlong is $6

Not anymore it's not!

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Worst sandwich place unless you really like bread and lettuce sandwiches

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Kolibri X posted...

The first sentence tells a lot. They've oversaturated the market. That and unlike other fast food establishments they're not drive-thru ready for The Pandemic. The good thing about owning a Subway is they have very little overhead. They don't need a lot of cooking equipment or staff and the base ingredients are cheap. For this reason they were popular with immigrant franchise owners who instead of opening a costlier and risky restaurant serving ethnic food would instead run a Subway and make a comfortable living being sandwich artisans. But eventually all things come to an end.

Subway really was the Starbucks of sandwich shops
Ubiquitous, overpriced, and mostly crap.

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Conflict posted...

Subway is still significantly cheaper than the other sandwich chains

A meatball sub footlong is $6 whereas a large sub at every other place is no less than $10

A meatball sub foot long is $5 in my area.

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I've never had it.

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