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How would you fix the dying Subway restaurant brand?
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 3:10 AM Author: Traditional Latin ass They're down to 19k stores from a high of 27k, everyone knows their food is complete shit. How would you save this brand (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898171) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 3:14 AM Author: Drunkard Real meat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898174) |
Date: May 2nd, 2025 3:17 AM Author: my dog is a bigger TRUMP fan than I am (Fight! Fight! Fight!) deport all of the indian franchise owners (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898175) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 4:13 AM Author: butt cheeks (✅🍑) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898194) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:18 AM Author: ,,,..,,.......,,.... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898219) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:25 AM Author: novus homo (gunneratttt) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898227) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 8:45 AM Author: Ass Sunstein (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898410) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:43 AM Author: Candy Ride (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898769) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:44 AM Author: Candy Ride I live in a place without Indians and Subway is 180. If I travel and eat Subway it is horrible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898771) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:52 AM Author: Miss Anthropy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898794) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 12:55 PM Author: Trump is the first woman President (TT6) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899005) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 12:57 PM Author: cannon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899014) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 3:45 AM Author: Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong (TDNW) I had it in Europe last year and it was much more edible (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898188) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 3:53 AM Author: ...........,.,.,............:::: Stop charging $15 per footlong
Go back to $5 footlongs |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:33 AM Author: animeboi (.) Forcing our franchisees to operate at a loss is a surefire way to success! (kike CEO) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898234) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:51 AM Author: ...........,.,.,............:::: They made like $1.20 profit even off their $5 footlongs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898791) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 12:43 PM Author: animeboi (.) no, and franchisees actually sued corporate to end it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898953) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 4:17 AM Author: butt cheeks (✅🍑) transform them all into Jimmys John (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898197) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 4:20 AM Author: Drunkard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898198) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:13 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899063) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 2:39 PM Author: TSINAH eating Jimmy John's in a gay bar Good suggestion. TSINAH would probably keep them profitable by himself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899353) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 4:25 AM Author: ataraxic resign the brand to its current garbage status, let it be a purveyor of cheap shit for poors and slobs. lower prices, reduce store count, focus on smaller stores and roadside stops. reallocate the extra capital to launching entirely unrelated upscale brands. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898201) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 5:34 AM Author: Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong (TDNW) so do the exact opposite of what Olive Garden did when it revived its brand? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898208) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 8:31 AM Author: ataraxic i could maybe be persuaded to revive the brand if improving the ingredients wouldn't send COGS through the roof but i assume it would given the considerable gap in quality between subway and almost every other chain sub shop.
olive garden benefits from being one of the few sit down italian restaurants in many small flyover towns and the only truly national sit-down italian chain. subway faces intense competition along many different vectors and has already poisoned the pot by situating itself among thousands of gas stations, and its third-world franchisee base is probably not equipped to carry a better brand than that. it can probably make more money by capitalizing on its ubiquity here and cutting costs and store count rather than undertaking the massive project of reviving the brand (which would still require cutting store count) and forcing itself to engage in relentless sisyphean competition with dozens of other chain sub shops and other adjacent categories like chipotle which are constantly improving and giving birth to new entrants. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 2:59 PM Author: Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong (TDNW) *backs away meekly* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899413) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:27 PM Author: DAT TOO MANY LETTUCE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899921) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 5:56 AM Author: AZNgirl Rubbing Dads Ashes on Stephen Millers Head
Unlimited L's @unlimited_ls NEW: Video shows a man making a sandwich barefoot on a Subway counter in Chicago
Witnesses recording reported that Subway employees did not take any action when they complained about man
Other customers in line appeared uncomfortable
https://x.com/unlimited_ls/status/1820077316854120939
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:19 AM Author: ,,,..,,.......,,.... always a stinky jeet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898220) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:20 AM Author: AZNgirl Rubbing Dads Ashes on Stephen Millers Head If only Birdshits had run India for 200 years, they cld have taught these Pajeets proper manners (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898221) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:31 AM Author: ,,,..,,.......,,.... it just proves how hopelessly subhuman jeets are. same as blacks. this is why they dont belong in western society. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898230) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:32 AM Author: AZNgirl Rubbing Dads Ashes on Stephen Millers Head if birdshits are soooooo supreme why they cldnt reform pajeets? ODD CASE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898231) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:34 AM Author: ,,,..,,.......,,.... i mean we couldn't reform lots of non-human creatures, like pit bulls and chimpanzees. best to keep them locked up or eliminate them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898235) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:37 AM Author: AZNgirl Rubbing Dads Ashes on Stephen Millers Head *or ur own women (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898238) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:25 AM Author: ....,.,.,.,....,.,.,,.,. Is this mental illness or standard jeet behavior? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898225) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:32 AM Author: AZNgirl Rubbing Dads Ashes on Stephen Millers Head standard, they really furking suck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898232) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:33 AM Author: ,,,..,,.......,,.... standard behavior - even their elites do it
https://x.com/heavydutysteven/status/1895425588883763697 |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:38 AM Author: AZNgirl Rubbing Dads Ashes on Stephen Millers Head its hilarous bridshits got so MAF abt that, how is wearing shoes INDOORS in ur own home furking CLEAN? u sick creatures
its funny my retard turd parents adopted US shit so much they wld wear shoes indoors so i wld too but looking back i realize its so furking sick and disgusting and pointless |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:50 AM Author: AZNgirl Rubbing Dads Ashes on Stephen Millers Head https://x.com/yamaha_c40/status/1895889078706454789 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898243) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 6:57 AM Author: ....,.,.,.,....,.,.,,.,. Do u ppl really wear shoes inside your homes? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898254) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:02 AM Author: UhOh wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898451) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:55 AM Author: Miss Anthropy just wow. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898804) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:56 AM Author: Judas Jones 180000000000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898808) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:30 PM Author: Candy Ride Why don't Indians ever wear blue jeans? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899124) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:44 PM Author: novus homo (gunneratttt) what are you talking about i have a raw denim collection (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899165) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 2:36 PM Author: AZNgirl Rubbing Dads Ashes on Stephen Millers Head they wear jeans, i actually hate it, jeans is like the most common outfit in india even though its 150 degrees outside, it looks so stupid just wear ur stupid turd pajamas it looks more authentic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899344) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 2:39 PM Author: butt cheeks (✅🍑) they commonly work out in jeans and black leather suit shoes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899349) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 2:40 PM Author: AZNgirl Rubbing Dads Ashes on Stephen Millers Head https://h7.alamy.com/comp/RTX2G8/indian-men-mamallapuram-mahabalipuram-bay-of-bengal-tamil-nadu-india-RTX2G8.jpg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899361) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 2:42 PM Author: Penis Six Nine What a bunch of stinky, mutant, pedo rapists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899364) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:48 AM Author: .,,.,.,,.,..,.,.,.. Move everything tremendously up-market. Sandwiches are now $20 minimum with premium options (e.g., authentic hamon iberico, imported proscuittio, casu martzu) pushing per sandwich price up to as much as $50. Completely retool the restaurant interiors, bring in natural stone and wood, subdued lighting, fabrics and textures. Extreme training for all staff, at least a year in a dedicated subway academy learning everything from appropriate wine pairing to methods for deboning a swordfish. Dramatically expand drink offerings with a full service coffee bar with italy-trained baristas and a complete sommelier program with both curated daily offerings and a "Subway Reserve" cellar. Secret influencer apps which allow people to book access at highly desirable locations / desirable times. Connect the brand to cultural touchpoints with select big band / small venue surprise showings, transgressive comedians, art installations (both temporary and site-fixed). That's gen 1. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898783) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:36 PM Author: ;..........,,,...,,.;.,,...,,,;.;. welcome back vonoskar (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899147) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:52 AM Author: Jacking off to YouTube videos about low birthrates Better ingredients (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898798) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:54 AM Author: Judas Jones Sell that wonderful fresh baked bread as standalone item, and operate as both a sandwich shop and gourmet bakery. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898801) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 12:53 PM Author: LathamTouchedMe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898993) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 12:56 PM Author: fulano bottle the aroma. sell in gift baskets (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899010) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:56 AM Author: fulano they could honestly save a lot on lettuce. maybe millions or billions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898807) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 12:42 PM Author: .,.,.;;,;.,..,:,,:,...,:::,...,:,.,.;.:...:.,:.::, dat crunch tho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48898944) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 12:55 PM Author: ChadGPT-5 jeets using their feet to spread mayo on the sandwiches kind of killed it for me, I hope that entire "franchise" is shut down and investigated for H1B fraud. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899002) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:04 PM Author: Penis Six Nine Agreed. I saw a jeet picking large boogs out of his nose and smearing it on salami slices. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899042) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:28 PM Author: blow off some steam (guy that hates spicy food, progress, GDP increases) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899113) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 12:55 PM Author: gibberish (?) They should try making the sandwiches taste different. I swear no matter which one you buy, they taste the exact same. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899003) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:00 PM Author: blow off some steam introduce some sort of livestreaming element to the franchise where people online can view the activity in a location and make suggestions to staff and prospective customers via paid "superchats" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899025) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:02 PM Author: ~~(> ' ' )> dat too much lettuce!
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:12 PM Author: animeboi (.) why can't anyone do this meme right? (xo 2025) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899061) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:50 PM Author: CapTTTainFalcon I am a homosexual! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899177) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 2:54 PM Author: Rampart ( ) Sign in to KarenCam to boss around the minimum-wage workers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899400) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:13 PM Author: Covid was a Hoax just buy it cash and file all the paperwork to end it as a company (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899062) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:24 PM Author: cannon Remember XO circa 2012 promoting buying a Subway franchise? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899096) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:24 PM Author: CapTTTainFalcon rebrand to "Metro" and use only baguettes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899097) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:29 PM Author: animeboi (.) . (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899118) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:33 PM Author: ,.,.,.,....,.,..,.,.,. the problem is that it's shit food but it's not priced like shit food. i would rather just go to a regular fast food restaurant than eat there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899134) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 1:43 PM Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,; I haven’t actually looked into this, but it seems like their app game is shit. Huge portion of the fast food customer base is under 40 people who love the feeling of getting a deal because of their tech fluency. Given that they do still have a vague “healthier” association with their brand they could go a step further and do integrations with calorie counters and the like, make recommendations to hit calorie/macro/nutrient goals. Also seems like they landed on a double-expanded array of toppings 20 years ago and should trim that down and instead just focus on upgrading their lettuce options and lean harder into salads and bowls. Basically a cheaper/more fast food experience undercutting Sweetgreen would be plausible. Should also be down to lose another 10k stores and make all the real estate plays they can to manage the balance sheet while they implement these transitions like all struggling restaurant businesses always do (eg random Highway exit locations that McDonald’s and the like will always pay a premium to get). Looking around the 2-3 big cities I am regularly in, it seems like there have to be a ton of the SBA loan abusing Indian franchisees who lucked into amazing locations 20-30 years ago, and they should modify the franchisee agreement to force them to hit higher targets on revenue and spend per customer minimums, and force them to sell to smarter/better management when they fail to achieve those. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899164) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 3:20 PM Author: Traditional Latin ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899477) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 2:41 PM Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,; I would also do an ad where I leaned into the Jared Fogle thing hard and made a joke out of it. “Subway sandwiches are so healthy that even disgusting and terrible people can lose weight when they eat them.” Need to get ahead of him getting out of prison in a few years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899362) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 2:45 PM Author: TSINAH eating Jimmy John's in a gay bar My understanding is that Subway's biggest problem is that they let anyone open a franchise anywhere even if there was another Subway franchise two blocks away. They all ended up cannibalizing each other. I'm not sure that the huge drop in the number of the stores means anything other than that the market is returning to equilibrium. I have no idea what their financials look like, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899370) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 3:04 PM Author: animeboi (.) Subway corporate is just a big scam to sell franchises to dumbass jeets and they even provide the financing. It was always going to collapse at some point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899429) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 5:45 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,...,:::,.,.,:,.,,:.,:.,:.::,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719496&forum_id=2#48899866) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 5:52 PM Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,, I think there's two big problem:
1. Franchisees - they suck. It's become so run down that none of them care or have standards anymore. You need to aggressively enforce all brand standards and take franchises away from anyone who is not operating at a level between McDondalds and Chik Fil A
2. Product - it isn't considered healthy anymore and it doesn't taste good. I think they partner with somoene like Sweetgreens to offer Sweetgreens salads in the restuarants and Sweetgreens-esque ingredients for the subs.
Otherwise the food is just too dated. It's like they're at the basketball game and trying to sell the "nachos" with corn chips and a cup of liquid nacho cheese in the corner, and across the hall there's a place selling nachos with fresh made chips, topped with three different types of cheese, fresh guacamole and beer can chicken. |