SUBWAY is the world’s fastest growing franchise because of its people and product. We’ve got the best people in the industry serving the world’s finest sandwich.
I was surprised to see that the chain was “Est. 1965”. (Fortunately for me, I guess, that must’ve been somewhere where I didn’t live… We had “Blimpie’s” in NYC, which was very similar except that the sandwiches were actually “eatable” - even if the hero rolls leaned a bit in the Wonder Bread direction - rather than being merely “edible” in the strict sense…)
Looks like Cava ( )
Yeah, it’s Freixenet (per the neck band). Which to be fair, is better quality in its class than Subway sandwiches are in theirs…
It always amazes me how many Subways exist in Philly and its surrounding counties. You can’t go more than a few blocks without passing a deli or pizza place with excellent hoagies made from quality ingredients (not to mention great bread). Then again, none of those places offer $5 footlongs
When I went to school in Athens, OH (mid-late 1980s) there was a Subway, which I understood as there was not a decent hoagie to be found. Every now and then I had a hoagie craving and bought one from Subway . . . it never satisfied the craving.
@MikeG and @gaffk - never been a Subway fan either, ever, strictly ER type food on road trips or such, when lacking better options. Blimpie def better, and on the slightly good side of edible. Don’t know how such mediocrity became so popular…
Yeah. I was truly shocked to see a Domino’s Pizza open - and then thrive - on my (then) block on the UWS in the later 90s… I mean, there were a couple of Pizza Huts near major tourist areas (and in Penn Station…) long before then, but on the UWS, in the 1990s?! In retrospect, it was definitely one of the earlier signs of the Apocalypse that later overwhelmed that area…
People are strange. I can see the chains thriving in tourist areas, as people trend to what they’re used to. But I can honestly say I never visited a pizza chain in NYC–come on, it’s NYC–even as a Philadelphian (a city with good pizza) I can admit NYC pizza is the best.
When I was in Ohio, we ordered Domino’s more times than I’d like to admit. But they had a ridiculously cheap deal for two pizzas and four sodas and we were two poor grad students who could survive a week on that $10 deal.
According to Wikipedia there are now 41,512 Subway locations. Now that’s a very scary thought.
Years ago I was looking into a wine retail franchise opportunity that was being shepherded by the guy that was behind Subway and other franchises like Mailboxes Etc… The guy was all open shirt and gold neck chain and seemed pretty shifty to me… though obviously very successful.
There is a soft spot in my heart for Subway. In my 40s Sundays were generally yard work days and lunch was a foot-long turkey on whole wheat, lettuce, tomato, pickle, olives, crushed red pepper, once across with spicy mustard. And a beer. Those were honestly good days and a Subway sandwich brings happy memories flooding back.
I’m always surprised how large the Subway chain is. I’ve only ever eaten there once, and it was because I was on a long bus ride and it was one of the few places in a strip mall that we had pulled into for a restroom break. I find it ‘meh’, but I’m not much of a deli sandwich fan. When I used to work downtown, where there are tons of various lunch options, the Subway location was packed with long lines every day.
If you having a burning need to make sloth pancakes. I actually think this is quite cute and I would gladly use it if I had one, but not sure I would go and seek this out.
Subway is/was the largest fast food chain by number of locations in the world. Mc Donald’s dominates revenues but Subway was the leader for number of stores.
We had “Blimpie’s” in NYC, which was very similar except that the sandwiches were actually “eatable” - even if the hero rolls leaned a bit in the Wonder Bread direction - rather than being merely “edible” in the strict sense…))
