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This is why i hate Subway. they are so full of it. I used to work at one of these, and you are so right about the Liberal sandwich toppings, ive had a boss tell me to only put 3 slices of olive on each sandwich, unless "the customer wants more" well of course they more.subway is for sucks

damn not Even the the Dogs at Yankee Stadium are that much , but in a few Years they probly will be

this seems wrong, yet, like it could work.i'd try it

Wow I think im in love! Honestly I am on a mission to find this. My mouth is watering as i speak. Throw some pepporoni in there and Im in heaven!

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Let me say first, that I'm an extreme AHT fan. This is my favorite site, and I hope to be a burgermeister someday myself. There's always room for more quality joints.

Currently I'm Subway franchisee so that will have to wait. Subway's a great business to own, in fact one of the least expensive franchises to get into, "What a country." The reason Subway is one of the most difficult to work at is simple, customers are a-holes and they take it out on employees all too often. Sure, the majority of customers are nice, but there's a high percentage of customers who look down on the people making their sandwich and I think that gets to employees after a while. Physically, it's pretty demanding as well. I don't blame former employees bagging on Subway, it's a tough business. I should know as I work my store every day.

The reason customers get three olives is, just like every other franchise, there is a formula for every sandwich, including the veggies. At the burger joint you don't ususally get to see your sandwich being assembled and tell people what you want on it. At Subway you get to stand there, as I witnessed a countless number of times watching people stare at their sandwich saying "more..., more..., more.." until they have an olive sandwich (or whatever topping turns them on). Trust me, most customers get everything they want at Subway because they are in complete control, much more so than at the burger joints. I believe that's the #1 reason for Subway's success. Especially with women, women are extremely picky and it's a match made in heaven. There are some unscrupulous owners who charge extra for extra veggies, but that's not the norm, and Subway certainly doesn't allow it. If they catch you, you are written out of compliance, which can prevent you from getting new stores.

To the point though, if you want a lowfat sandwich at Subway that's what you'll get. I noticed you didn't reference any of Subway's fat free dressings, most stores carry at least three. They're pretty decent considereng they are fat free. Also, we use light mayo on the "bain" and our light mayo has only 50% less fat than regular mayo. I don't understand how one teaspoon of light had 1 gram and regular had 12 grams per teaspoon. Something doesn't sound right.

The bottom line is I sell a ton of low fat no mayo sandwiches, primarily to women, (turkey breast is #1 with the chicks) with either/or fat free dressing, mustard, or vinegar. On the other hand, I sell a lot of 1/2 pound footlongs (sometimes double meat, a full pound of fully cooked meat) of pastrami, or carne asada, to you guessed it, men. The double meat pastrami or carne asada is too much meat for anyone to eat on a regular basis. We have a hard time closing those sandwiches with just the meat added. Obviously, the only reason Subway came out with heavy meat sandwiches is in response to the "six dollar" burgers.

Myself, I like the "Feast" sandwich, I was making those for myself at those stores three years ago. It's just an italian sub with turkey and roast beef added. Salt and pepper, oil and vinegar on mine.

I will give you what Fred Deluca told us when I was in franchisee school. People come to Subway for customer service, clean stores, and a perception of value. Subway doesn't try be the low price leader, or gourmet, Subway wants customers to enjoy their sandwich and feel they got what they paid for. Contrary to what a lot of people might say, customer service is #1 with DAI. No matter what food you sell in the QSR business, if you don't have customer service, they don't come back.

The two reasons for Subway's explosive growth: Baking bread in store, an Jared. Apparently those two things changed everything.

Lauren: Eloquent and smart argument. However, you're dealing with a business whose primary focus is on profit gained by promoting itself to as many target consumers as possible. You're writing for Serious Eats where Ed Levine features Michael Pollan's most recent book and advocates its tenets, if with reservations. At the same time, instead of simply losing weight by eating less, mostly plants and exercising, he is snacking on processed foods with brand names and asking members to identify the food products get them through their diets. The web site depends on revenue from advertising breaded patties of vegetable-like stuff for breakfast. Hypocrisy? Or merely a sign that we, like every text in the hands of deconstructionists, are full of contradictions. Theory or praxis?

The stuff the serve at ball parks, other sporting events or concerts doesn't qualify as food, to my mind.

And, as a Canadian all I can say about poutine is hurl!

ohmygosh! I can't believe no one mentioned bratwurst! It wouldn't be ball season without a brat!