I hear they also put dihydrogen monoxide in their bread.Is is true they put cellulose into their bread?
I'm not convinced. There's a lot of food ingredients that could be considered harmful in large quantities, and comparing an overturned truck of ingredient to the quantity in a baked roll is disingenuous. It's worth noting it's existence, but whenever you eat out, you're at the mercy of the industrial food complex. Azodicarbonamide is one of many ingredients that may be bad for you, and avoiding it only is a false sense of security.
Subway is certainly a more stable brand than they are, though.And I remember a time when $5 actually got you a foot long and cookies and a drink. They had stamps, and every 6 inches you purchased got you a stamp. 12 stamps = 12" of subsequent sub. What this meant was if you bought 6 subs you got a 7th free. Then they went to the subway card and made the return way, way less.
Ever since I learned they use Azodicarbonamide (also used to make yoga mats) in the bread I picked every time I stopped eating there:
http://foodbabe.com/2013/09/23/are-you-eating-this-ingredient-banned-all-over-the-world/
Subway has been putting less and less meat every year it seems. You basically need to get a ton of vegetables to make the sandwich worth it to all.
1. Quiznos is better
So you don't eat bread? Or do you make your own?
Azodicarbonamide is in almost every commercially sold bread.
yes, hence major the cost difference...McD's are usually in larger stand-alone buildings, have more equipment, and more staff. Where as Subways are usually in smaller rented strip mall units, have minimal appliances (bread oven, microwave, couple of fridges), and a minimal staff. Most locations only have only 3-4 people on per shift.
obvious answer is obvious:
1 guy owns 13 subways in your city.
economies of scale + monopoly, bitches.
girl: "her father owns 18 dunkin' donuts"
me: "probably all within 2 blocks of each other"
supply and demand, saturation, and other economic blah blah blah.
Ha, i have a subway across the street from me, and a quiznos about 1 block down. The quiznos shut down last year and the subway owner just opened 2 more in the area so he can't be doing too badly.
I doubt that. Around here, Dunkin Donuts is very picky about letting people open new stores. I think they only allow 1-2 per major road through the city (90,000 pop NYC suburbia).
The average DD here makes $30,000/month, meaning 12 stores would bring in around 6.5 million a year.
I know 2 subway owners and they claim on those $5 sub's, they claim they clear .40/each sub. They really make $$ on volume and or multiple locations. Another owner I know owns 4 subways and barely clears 100k which is pitiful considering the amount of overhead he has.
in MA, particularly the eastern half, you can't sneeze without hitting a dunkin donuts. in metro areas the density is at least as high as starbucks on the west coast.
Subway is shit now. Their bread, the wheat especially, is some of the worst bread I've ever had. The meat has also gotten progressively worse over the years. They are the bottom of the sandwich chain barrel.
Hell, I'd even eat at Schlotszky's first. Around here we also have McAllister's, Panera, Atlanta Bread Company, Firehouse Subs, Jimmy John's and Quizno's to chose from for sandwiches.
What I find more amazing is how Quizno's survives. Equivalent sandwiches are twice as expensive or worse there. And quite honestly not as loaded with toppings. At Subway, I can get extra everything at no extra cost, as long as I'm a regular and know the employees.