I tried them recently and their quality came back it's not the best sub out there but if it's been awhile since you been, go back and try for yourself.
I still very much enjoy subway. I've never had a bad sandwich in about a decade of patronization. I also get almost every vegetable. The only times I've had a bad sandwich is when I've ordered incorrectly. There's not so much excuse for a bad sandwich because you can see the whole process.
Stopped eating Subway when they took egg sandwiches off the menu. It's the one thing I don't think fastfood can screw up, but they couldn't even manage to supply that. They're still one of the cheapest non-vegan source of protein at the store, so I don't understand the problem. Anyway, I don't trust "meat" that I haven't done research on, which means I don't trust 95% of the "meat" floating around right now. I trust the fake meat even less (beyond, etc.).
I can't help but to feel like I bankrupted Subway. Every time I've gone in I ask for more than the standard 4 olives they put on my sub. Given that the sandwich artist acts like I'm stealing from their own personal reserve of olives I have to imagine this is ultimately what did Subway in. I apologize.
I always felt like a dick when I had to put 3 olive halves on a 6in sub for a customer or risk getting yelled at by the franchisee/ big boss who only came in to reprimand a bunch of high school kids who had to choose to get bitched at by hundreds of customers throughout the week or for an hour by the boss every couple of weeks
@@imnotracistbut-9559 yeah, it ain't the employee's fault but man is it annoying to say, "a few more please, uuhhh, a few more, maybe just a few more, bit more" and still only have 8 olives on my sandwich.
I never understood why subways in the US are so stingy with their olives, here in Quebec they always happily put a huge handful of olives automatically when asking for olives on their sub 😅
@@BeyondDaX theyve changed the recipe for the sweet onion sauce.. like 6 months ago.. its not the same now and they admitted this.. it sucks now and is brown no light tan
Not necessarily. I get a veggie sub with ALL veggies + peppers and pickles with just vinegar and mustard. It isn’t cheaper for me to get all the ingredients and have them go bad before I crave another veggie sub. But I don’t ever get meat from there, it kinda grosses me out, so maybe from that perspective it could be.
I'm a Subway employee currently, honestly, subway isn't what it used to be, the food we get on our trucks always looks disgusting, some stores would even have 3+day old cookies (we're supposed to make them daily), prices are skyrocketing, remember the $5 footlong? not without a coupon that's likely expired, And worst of all, management is never attentive enough when it comes to food health and safety standards
$5? Wasn't even that when I used to eat Subway a lot. A footlong is like £8 so nearly double considering the pound is pretty close to the value of the dollar nowadays.
@@A5H_01 yikes, scary how that price shot up, the lowest I've seen a footlong go without coupons or discounts is $9.77, and it's a breakfast sandwich and I've seen some go for $13 and more
angry franchisees? how about angry customers that felt baited and ripped off? subway offered coupons in weekly flyers, online coupons, and when you went to the store, they declined to accept them and made you feel shame for not overpaying for their ripoff sandwiches. and how long do they leave the meat and cheese out when nobody is buying?
So ex-subway worker here. The bread is technically supposed to be about 12 inches or so, but it just depends on how the worker made it. They come as frozen bread sticks, which then defrost in the walk in fridge, then they get rolled and stretched and placed in a proofer. They end up smaller because they weren’t left in the proofer long enough, or weren’t defrosted completely
You know how many people aren't aware of the fact that the quarter pounder at McDonalds isn't actually a quarter pound? It's a quarter pound BEFORE being cooked, then shrinks and loses weight as it sizzles on the grill. Funny how many people were outraged about the "footlong" but have no complaints about the quarter pounder...so like you said, it's a foot long (or so) before being cooked. That's probably what Subway should have said as a response, along with the fact that making any kind of bread uniform in size is nearly impossible.
When I was little, my dad was the manager of a Subway in LA and as a kid who's family didn't have much money, that was the best thing ever. Have so many memories of my dad calling home, asking what we wanted, then coming home with sandwiches, cookies, and drinks
The free sandwiches and cookies I got to take, being the closer was literally the one and only good thing about working there lol. I made myself the most amazing sandwiches.
My biggest issue is with their marketing…. Not only prices went up exponentially, and quality of food sucks, now their marketing gimmicks are just annoying. They send you tons of coupons to get you in to their stores, except that when you try to use them, the restaurants don’t accept coupons except for a few basic subs. Never again…. There will be no subways in the next 10 years.
@pjp80s: Spot on! Same thing happened to me. Those coupons that I also tried to use were declined because "our computer system has no way of acknowledging them." I got the vibe that they were coupons from corporate and that they didn't get fully compensated for accepting them. I've never been back to a Subway seven years later.
I am nearly certain one of the stores I used to frequent regularly had a sign that said "due to rising food costs this location does not accept coupons" It's located in Belton South Carolina in case someone doubts the truth of my claim@@pjp80s
I work at subway, and at one of the places where I had to cover someone's shift, it got shut down because of me. They weren't throwing out expired food, the tea was a week old, basically nothing ever got replaced when it went bad. The workers would get in trouble for throwing away old food. The manager's excuse was that "homeless people were getting into the dumpster and throwing food around and making a mess we had to clean up." The actual reason was probably to save on food costs, since this subway was so slow they often had to close early. I also found 2 dead roaches in the hotwell water. The hotwell is basically this metal tub that holds a bunch of water and heats it up to create steam, and that steam keeps the meatballs warm by heating up the metal cambros that hold the meatballs. That isn't most subways, but it's gross that they were able to get away with selling expired food until I came in to work there and actually told someone about it
So it's this hotwell's fault that every single Subway smells like meatballs that someone partially digested, and then vomited up? That explains everything. The absolutely rank stench at every Subway I've ever been to immediately makes me want to hurl.
What was the food health department doing all that time?! Aren’t they supposed to perform regular inspections?! Those types of things would easily be spotted by them.
I worked for subway for about 5-6 months, and at first it was a good job I actually liked it, but shit hit the fan so hard by the end of my time there. We had switched owners and management at the same time and it made things sloppy. The food quality was questionable at best, and the manager always had us doing something suspicious, not to mention over working people like crazy. One time our freezer broke, and they had us bake about 500 cookies that day only to serve that same batch of cookies to people for over a month, all the way until they ran out. I never sold them I just gave them out as freebies, and warned people of course. They treated me and my coworkers like garbage. The cherry on top is that the owner fired me because he couldn't pay me and I wouldn't work for free. His words to my face were "you fucked everyone over by not showing up to work today" Anyways fuck subway
So you got yelled at for not showing up to a job that you're not getting paid for for one day and made to feel guilty because now everyone has to pick your slack for not being there all while you're working for free, but then proceeds to fire you and at that point you'll never be back making everyone pick up your slack everyday thereafter for not being there. Oh the logic of a stupid boss.
Lol at least they fired you! They didn't even fire me! As far as I know I'm technically still an employee for Subway. They just stopped putting me on the schedule claiming "business is slow" so I stopped checking it. I might even still have access to those stupid training videos if I could remember my password (or cared enough to try logging in). Now that I'm actually typing this, I realize how absolutely sketchy AF that is!
I remember how excited I was when I first got to high school in the mid-nineties and found out that my school had a Subway on campus. That was about the high point of my relationship with the franchise. Once I became an adult who could eat anywhere, I found that just about every other sandwich place (either chain or independent) was better and, when I occasionally give it another try for nostalgia's sake, it's almost always a bit of a letdown. It's one of those places like Pizza Hut that I could only excuse as having an off-day or as me picking the wrong location so many times before I had to admit that the quality had declined.
@@icetraydemartini3963 We used to get Subway served at our high school. They were located across the street and I think the school must have made a deal for them to prepare sandwiches for us. We would get different options each day. Sometimes it was teriyako bowls, taco bell, pizza hut, or subway. Sometimes we would even get served those McDonalds salad shakers. This was in the late 90's. All local businesses that were across the street. I miss those days.
In the province of Ontario in Canada we have a sub franchise called “Mr. Submarine “. Opened in 1967. As Subway started opening locations, Mr. Sub had to close theirs. I know of one that was open for 30 years until a Subway opened across the street. Mr. Submarines sandwiches are superior to those of Subway. It’s just a shame.
I think it is the same franchise as Mr Sub. I can only think of one location in Vancouver, but it has been there for decades. Admittedly, I went to Quiznos more often (because it was closer to where I live)...but even the Quiznos disappeared over time.
@@Indium111 never liked Quizinos. There is a place called firehouse Subs. Also over rated and over priced. Mr. Sub is the best but not able to make that leap.
My sister worked at subway, and had a lot to say about it. The ingredients aren't fresh, that's not really a shocker, but they aren't. The cookies and bread, surprisingly enough, are fresh, she actually loved baking those and the pretzels and was her only good experience there. Aside from dirty equipment that her boss didn't care about, expiring ingredients she was told to use and if she didn't she'd get "replaced", Co workers who ditched her during shifts alone or stole from the register and blamed her for it, and a boss who just straight up hated her for no reason, it hurt her a lot. The biggest thing was, her boss got this wonderful idea that the employees should use their own personal money to fill out that "discrepancy" in the register, usually whenever it was stolen. He didn't want to, he just wanted his workers to. On top of that, the district manager agreed with that! She was in on this stealing and filling crap that's apparently been a thing for years (we're pretty sure he was the thief and the employees, even though innocent, just pinned blame to save arse anyway) After hearing that she quit next day and reported them.... That store had to get brand new equipment, manager was fired, and who knows what other changes came because of my sister alone
I absolutely sympathize with your sister. I know it depends mostly on the franchise owner, but I agree on the unsanitary practices and the bullying from managers and co workers. Add to that ripping you off on your hard earned tips now. The poor hygiene I blame mostly on the lack of training. They just hire friends and family, and people desperate for any job/income, and throw them there, without any instructions, so they end up picking up all the bad habits from the ones already doing everything the wrong way🤢
I used to eat Subway a lot when I was in high school. Now I avoid them as much as I can. I have a hard time justifying $17 for a sandwich with 8 half slices of meat on it. We have a local sandwich shop that puts 4x the meat on an 8" sandwich for less than $9. I believe they started going downhill when they got rid of "Subway stamps".
Worked at a Subway back in high school and I can confirm the ingredients not being "fresh." Most of our vegetables would arrive in bags filled with what I can only describe as a juice of preservatives and oil. The only things we actually prepared in store were the tomatoes and cucumbers, but I have no idea how old those things were by the time they showed up at the store. Also if you've ever wondered why the employees are so skimpy with the toppings whenever you're ordering a sandwich, it was literally in the instructions to only use a handful of pickles or whatever else you ordered per sandwich, and the franchise owners would watch you like a hawk to make sure you didn't go over. It's a shame because I used to love Subway as a kid in the mid 2000s, but the little time I worked there opened my eyes to how shitty they are real quick.
I have a McDonalds background and recognized those bags from California Foods distribution. I looked past that as McDs did that constantly. That was my least of worries. Getting one shard of lettuce per sandwich is what chased me from one location. Dude acted as if it were HIS $$ and shook his head when I had to repeat “More Please”… FOUR TIMES!! I turned to the owner and said. “Your cheapass finally drove me away, before I wouldn’t even go in here if I saw him,”
ive noticed subway is a lot more restrictive with their toppings than they used to be :( even when i get a veggie de lite they hardly put anything on anymore
@@taebeebee This is why I stopped going to SubWay. When they were being skimpy l would ask for a little more "please" and they would just stare at me and NOT ADD ANYTHING extra on my sandwich. I knew they were probably being watched, and I was right. I would imagine they needed to make a profit, but hell, don't short the customers. Of course, they had to. And, how can you have any type of profit margin when you sell footlongs for $5 bucks each. And, what kind of quality of ingredients can you have selling them for $5 bucks !?! I'll just leave it at that...
Since Subways are so independently owned, I guess it depends heavily on the owners and managers. When I worked at a Subway in Germany, the only time I got told to not add so many vegetables was when I put too much lettuce and the only reason was that it would be impossible to close it afterwards. They were pretty generous with their toppings and if someone ordered extra bacon but you forgot to punch it in at the end, nobody said anything. We also couldn't be supervised through CCTV because it's against German law to basically breathe against the neck of your employees. I had a horrible experience due to other reasons but when it came to portion control, they were extremely lenient. Like, you want more olives on your sandwich? Here, have the whole tub! It was different when I worked for Subway in Romania. They were extremely skimpy on the toppings, I remember just how flabbergasted I was when the owners insisted on using the standard portion for olives which was, like, what? 6 or 12 olives per footlong?! It was a single olive per bite, it's ridiculous. They also constantly monitored us through CCTV because there's no law against it in Romania, the only places that didn't have a camera were the fridge and the freezer. They'd also insist on making yourself look busy even if nothing was happening, I remember my coworkers telling me during my first days about how they'd go into the fridge if they wanted to be left alone and still appear like they did something, they'd just argue that they were reorganizing the fridge. I also remember an instance where a coworker took her visor off (frankly, we all hated them) and within *SECONDS** the owner called her phone and told her to put her visor on. Her reaction was to come to us and warn us to behave because "he's watching again". I absolutely hated it there, you could always feel the tension in the air in comparison to the other Subway where things were more lax and we didn't have to act like we had a stick up our asses.
When I worked there in around 2008 we had to cut out all the black spots and imperfections from tomatoes before slicing them so the customers weren't grossed out. The lettuce straight tastes like cardboard
It’s sad to see people having bad experiences at subway. Personnally, I’ve mostly had good experiences. The only complaint I’d have is that it is getting very expensive It feels like everything is 1 or 2 $ more than last year
Subway is not unique in that category. All fast food is at least 15 -20% ahead of inflation. I mean, seriously, $4 for a stupid breakfast biscuit that used to be $1.
I hear ya. Judging by the lead comments, it's mostly a management problem here the hate comes from, not the brand. I used to work for Subway and I blame my inept manager for making me work in the worst way. Why would I blame Subway when I worked for an idiot manager who "taught" me to use my brain in giving change when the damn cashier is right there for use?
@@luigivincenz3843 I disagree with you. Subway tastes bland , inspid and has no other options like nuggets , fried chicken , chicken rice , cold drinks etc like the Kfc and the MacDonalds. There is no variety. They have stuck to just sandwiches and salads for donkey years. Plus , the food served is not spicy , not hot , mostly cold. There have also been many cases of stomach and intestinal infections because it's hard to maintain cold chain to preserve the vegetables for long, inviting bacteria into the system.
As a 16 year in the mid 90’s, I had a friend that worked at a Subway. At the time Subway was using frequent buyer cards with little stamps. Each 6” sub was one stamp. Each foot long was two stamps. At a certain number (I think 15 or so) you received a free 6” sub. Well, my friend gave me a whole stack of cards and big role of stamps. I was eating free Subway sandwiches all summer and most of the fall. Memories. What a time to be young and alive.
I worked for the different Subways in the same franchise, and the owner was basically a living caricature of every stereotype of the small time hustler of the 80's and 90's. He was in his late thirties, with a Corvette, a blonde girlfriend who was one of his store managers, (with her sister as the assistant manger), and his other two store managers being coke fiends. One of them was so blown out that he couldn't even make a schedule, and just expected people to show up when they were needed. I later worked at another Subway in a completely different franchise, and the manager was the same type of scumbag. You don't necessarily expect to meet the best people in food service, but Subway seems to prefer the worst.
they were/are pretty cheap to open, can go in the smallest places, and their kitchen setup has the least complicated/dangerous equipment - no fume hood, no grease traps, etc. that's why the hustlebros tend to open sandwich places in general.
"One of them was so blown out that he couldn't even make a schedule, and just expected people to show up when they were needed" This made me laugh alone in my dwelling 😂
The ones I have been in were foreign owners, thick hairy arms, gold chains, rings and big black stache and menacing eyes... I half expect that if I want too many olives & banana peppers the freaking sword may come out... 👀👀👀
Haha, your story vividly reminded me of the 20 something losers I worked with in fast food during high school 😂. Some wild individuals. One guy was working under a stolen SSN. He was the brother of the manager. I didn’t go into asking why. They had me, a 10th grader balancing the books at night too.
I literally just got a gastrointestinal virus from eating at subway a week ago before I got this video Man, I'm never going back to another Subway ever again
As an ex Subway employee, the expectations they place on their employees are entirely excessive and unreasonable,. They expect you to do essentially every task in the store within an eight hour shift and do not compensate you for the extra work.
I used to go to Subway religiously with my mom but once I lost my mom, I just lost interest in Subway too. Then after many years, I decided to return and try again, and I noticed it didn’t taste the same. I kept getting kind of soggy bread, really really odd tasting lettuce that tasted like it was in water for like a week. It was weird. The onions didn’t have a crunch they were soft. The meat didn’t have the cold crisp. After a few times, I decide that I’m over it, and I haven’t been to Subway since. I want my vegetables to crunch. I want my meat to feel cold. I want my bread to be crispy.
This sounds like the description everyone is putting out there right now. One of these days people are going to wake up and realize that our FDA (whose prime responsibility has been to protect us from bad products) has been allowing their maximum profit producing corporate scumbag butt buddies to poison us every day for decades. Someone (Trump would be the guy to do it) needs to take a close look at their bank accounts.
You know that's so odd. The same thing happened to me but instend of my mom it was my dad! We both went to subway once a month and usually always got Tuna subs. But after he died the Tuna sandwiches went downhill and I switched to Jimmy Jhons instend. Mostly because the Tuna they had tasted like the Tuna Salad my mom used to make me and my dad! Never ate at subway sense. Mostly because there's like 6 or 7 sub places in the city I live that are 10× better then Subway.
The last two times I ate there (both years apart), I got the worst food poisoning of all time… I’m now two years sober from Subway and feeling better than ever!
I was walking into a subway for the first time with our toddler in one hand and a flier in the other for a footlong deal, the workers YELLED at me (and I mean YELLED) "NO COUPONS" while I was still touching the door... I turned around and have never visited that subway again. I get it, they're franchises and can choose what they honor and don't honor, but it was such a startling moment it really left a bad taste in my mouth (and I usually love Subway). I've been denied coupons several times before, but the rudeness was completely uncalled for. I still eat at other locations on occasion, but it's not my top pick and I don't even attempt coupons anymore unless they are through the app, approved beforehand..
That was uncalled for, that rudeness-- a simple sign on the door saying "No Coupons Accepted" would have sufficed, and then you'd know where you stood.
@@bmasters1981 They're fighting about this, which is self-destructive. Just use the ap every time until Subway gets straight with its franchisees whether or not they're going to accept the coupons and how much the coupons are for. No other chain is like this, but I don't shop at any of them without a coupon (or at least some other limited-time deal like, say, Burger King posts in its window ads or survey codes or what I get by enmail or in the ap) either. You just don't have the unique Subway problem of their being refused. Don't whine about it or be sensitive about it, just accept it as necessary. Around here I just ignore the existence of most Subways. And never buy chain fast food without a coupon. It's not like there's any shortage of fast food joints or coupons, so know and play the game and don't whine about it They're not your friends, they're your opponents. You either win the game or you get exploited, full stop.
Pre-COVID I used to get a Subway sub for lunch occasionally. Fast forward and due to a job change in a new town, they weren't on my routes any longer. One day while doing errands, I decided to go in to get a salad bowl. I watched incredulously as the fairly short line took forever. The employees were trying their best, but obviously were all new and fumbling around. The bowl I got was so sad, so limp, so disgusting that it could barely be called food, let alone "fresh." I haven't been in a Subway since and don't plan to repeat the experience.
When I tried to leave my store (during covid) working for subway to another opportunity, I was offered a DOLLAR more than I was getting, even if I was opening and closing in the same day, working 60 hr work weeks while doing fulltime college at the time, and working alone for hours on end eventually being able to make 46 sandwiches an hour because of working alone and getting used to it (our tills count how many sandwiches we make) lol, I said no because my labor should have been noticed. After I left, the same store was down for 7 months because the skeleton crew was so thin and spread out (3 part-time teenagers doing highschool) and I passed by that place grinning because of the greed of the subway franchise. The more jobs I get that are short term profit focused, the more I realize that you are not in their plan, and will never be.
There are really some terrible, God awful, jobs out there. No wonder nobody wants to work at places they are treated so bad. Most of the managers strut around acting important and expect the employees to work for close to nothing and show them very little respect or appreciation.
It's crazy how oblivious we were in the 2000's to just how much toxic crap is in fast food. I grew up in that era and everyone ate fast food back then. It was more frequent too, not just a once in a blue moon thing.
Uhhh I grew up in the 2000s having fast food every now and then, I always knew it wasn't healthy to eat all the time... I think people overlook subway though because you know... "Eat fresh"
People eat out more now then back then especially with things like door dash. If you want good food your only choice is to have your own farm at this point.
It's not about "back then" it's about your age. Fast food is more popular with younger consumers. Older consumers can usually afford better stuff including food so as we age, our consumption habits change.
@@headshotmaster138 The thing I didnt like about the supersize me documentary is that supersize fries were a good value. So people didnt stop eating that amount of fries they just got charged more for them.
The whole footlong thing could've been easily avoided by simply explaining "Footlong has always been an approximation. A slightly smaller loaf doesn't mean less food, since the size difference is due to air. The sandwich recipes remain unchanged.
If they joke that it was shy or any variation of it's the quality not the size. The post could have been a funny meme that boost rating. They decided for another kind of meme rho
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Technical claims like that will suffer from two types of objection: 1) People will nitpick and say they should have cut longer rolls before baking. 2) People will try to prove that claim untrue, and likely will provide "scientific proof" that subway is lying. In other words, if your PR strategy is to nitpick details, the public's response won't be good. Even if your claim is factually true, even if you can prove it, people have a strong tendency to be skeptical and dismissive of "facts," especially ones they don't like. That's why successful PR strategies generally involve rationalizations, emotional appeals, distractions, and fake sincerity. You'd think people would respond even more abrasively towards obvious manipulation. That's sadly not the case. It's why people are so easily susceptible to fraud. It's why they're far more likely to doubt scientific theories than superstitious beliefs. The best way to appeal to most people is to cater to their inherent irrationality, not to counter and confront it. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
I came to the U.S. in 79 as a college student I discovered the submarine sandwiches in Boston. To my surprise when Subway Franchises became popular in San Francisco their sandwiches were served cold unlike the Boston experience. It was Quiznos with their amazing conveyor toasters that forced Subway to finally toast their sandwiches!
Amazingly, the BMT was awesome when microwaved. The whole short bun thing could have been handled with acknowledging the bun was under proofed. That's all I saw in the video.
I have been eating Subway sandwiches since the 1980s. My favorite has always been the "Cold Cut Combo" with mustard and mayo on the bread, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, black olives, and lots of pickles, on regular Italian bread. It was always one of their less expensive sandwiches, and, if I got a foot long, I could make 2 meals out of it. I noticed that the quality began to slide about the time that they abandoned the old decor their stores had, the wallpaper of maps and pictures of the New York City subway system. It has continued to slide since. Where I used to go there about once a week, I have only been to a Subway three times in the past year. The food was actually OK, but the price, for my old standard "Cold Cut Combo" had risen to the point where I can't justify going there very often any more.
remember the trough bread cut being the default, and how it would hold a sloppy sandwich together? then for a while, it was an option you had to ask for. then they just quietly stopped teaching new hires how to it and it disappeared. I used to trust subway enough to actually eat their krab salad on the reg now I only go into one if it's a post midnight 24 hour situation or a captive situation like a small airport terminal or something. Really kind of a shame, they really were so much better.
Do you remember them having RC Cola before they partnered up with Coke?? Our first Subway came in 85-86 and it was originally served, and RC tasted probably a hundred times better than any other fountain soda I'd ever tasted. I remember circa 89 or 90 when the RC went away - and I was probably more annoyed than I should have been, but it was THAT good. Gotta credit Subway for getting me into bell peppers, banana peppers, onions, black olives, and all the trimmings on sammiches. I always loved the BMT, Tuna, and Seafood and Crab subs the most. I got even more annoyed when they dropped the Seafood and Crab.... yeah, it was some sort of fish seasoned imitation crab meat, but it tasted like the real deal crab roll you'd get in a Seafood joint. No sub shop I know of has ever done this again, and if a Seafood joint has a crab or lobster roll I jump on them with a bit of lettuce, lots of tomatoes and onions. Poppy Seed or Sesame fresh rolls / buns, even better. I literally did senior lunch [off campus privileges] with my amigo 3 days a week at Subway in 87-88 - that was as often as I could afford to go out for lunch then, lol. It was fine dining compared to all other fast food.... they were soooo good the initial boom years. Basically started dropping out of the race when Blockbuster started buying out all other Video rental chains.
@@powellmountainmike8853 Cold cut combo without any cold cuts? Lol. You didn’t list any meat that goes in it, aka COLD CUTS. 😂 If we can even call it meat, that is. I’ve only ever gotten their veggie sub, because I don’t eat meat. I actually have Subway to thank for starting me on my vegetarian lifestyle back in the ‘80s, when a friend’s mom bought me a veggie subway sub because their family was vegetarian. I was floored to see that it tasted delicious without meat, and I really could barely tell a difference - I sure didn’t miss the meat, as all the flavors and textures from the cheese and veggies hit the spot. That was the first vegetarian main meal I’d ever had (I’d never even heard of vegetarian before meeting that friend’s family), and it was a great introduction to vegetarianism. A few years later, at age 16, I became fully vegetarian, and I still am 33 years later. Nearly everyone I know my age or older is overweight and has diet related health issues. I’ve never experienced any of that in my entire life, and I’m positive it’s due to making that dietary change all those years ago. So Subway may not be the freshest thing today (I don’t eat there anymore myself, as there are a couple much better/fresher sub shops near me), but it was a big deal back then when there wasn’t any competition in sandwich shops. I appreciate their history. Now, if only they can catch up with the times and do what their competitors are doing!
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 I realize you were being facetious. I get the standard Cold Cut Combo meats (ham, salami, balogna0, so I didn't think I needed to list them, since, without them, it wouldn't be a Cold Cut Combo. I should have also said I usually get American cheese on it, but sometimes splurge and get both American and Provolone cheese.
Used to be a normal place for the family to visit in the 90s. By the mid-00s, our Subway visits steadily declined. They got worse, and competition got better. Last time I had Subway, my Dad stopped by to get us lunch on the way over. I asked for a Footlong with Turkey and Roast Beef & Veggies. Apparently, this combination of sandwich is off menu. They made a big deal about it to him, and then they charged us for a Roast Beef Footlong plus extra Turkey. This made it nearly a $16 sandwich after Tax! Then when he brought it to me, the sandwich had two tiny slices of roast beef and a single layer of turkey. I was blown away by this, though the veggies and sauce were actually fine. (Spinach & banana peppers). How can you charge so much for such skimp on the ingredients, while making a big deal about which of the ingredients we put on the sandwich's? So why go there when I could go to Publix, Firehouse, Jimmy Johns, Wawa's, or any of the other million sandwich places I can get a much better sandwich for $7-13? It's obvious why they're failing, and it's sad.
As a former subway employee I was not taught a single thing on what to do when being hired, so anytime someone had ordered a specific sandwich that I had no idea on how to make (ingredient wise) I had to ask the only 2 co workers there on what to actually put on it, quit after a week once I ended up being the only person there, completely clueless on half the sandwiches people wanted, for 3 hours. Worst place to work imo.
In early 2000's, a Subway shop opened up across the street from the college that I taught at. Almost everyday, I stopped in for a sandwich. I became very good friends with the owners and most of the 'sandwich artists'. For many years, rain, snow, shine, and many other weather conditions, I walked across the street and a small parking lot for my lunch. After many years, the owners decided to sell out to a new owner. Most of the people behind the counter quit as the new owners were not people oriented - only $$$ oriented., Ingredients were sliced thinner and less was being put on the sandwich (3 slices of tomato ended up 2 THINLY sliced pieces). I asked for a bit more of the vegetables and they would charge as if I ordered double meat. Jimmy John's opened up just around the corner from my house and I would stop there and get a sandwich there instead. I'll never darken the doorstep of another Subway as long as I live. Both of my sons have also quit going because of the issues with the shops they visited. I've heard that Subway may not make it to the end of the decade. I'm hoping they don't make it to the end of the year.
Subway franchise rules require veggies to be sliced a certain thickness. The meats started coming presliced in early 90s. Nothing an owner can do to change the thickness. Sandwiches were required to have a certain number of slices or a certain amount of weight for the meats. An owner could cheat and short the meat if they were not expecting a store inspection soon. Other than that, each franchisee is supposed to make the sandwiches following the Subway formula to keep a standard between all stores. You can ask for extras and most would not have a problem. Low volume stores might not like it as they could be barely making any profit. I use to go to Subway almost every day as there was one open 24 hours near me. If you bought a footlong before 6am, you got a second footlong for 1.00. That was my breakfast and lunch until I bought a franchise in 1989. They started going downhill when they used vacuum sealed lettuce and presliced meats in early 90s.
My family got subway one time. My sister was the only exception because of her food allergies. We all got sick either that night or the next day EXCEPT my sister, so we knew it was the food. I had never threw up so violently in my whole life. I threw out my back and was begging for my mom to help me. We called the store to tell them what happened and they essentially told us to F off. Ever since then, I promised myself I would never give that business another penny of my money. It's a grudge that won't go away anytime soon.
Huh that’s not the first time I’ve heard of that and personally know people that won’t go there anymore for that reason, wonder how tough they enforce their food handling practices 🙄
Last year I had an Indian takeaway & the lamb & chicken was covered in sauce so I couldn't even see if it was ok. I ate the meal then immediately was sick. Another time I ordered an Indian meal online, 2 fish suppers & 2 cokes. They delivered 1 fish supper & 2 cans of Pepsi. I told them their mistake. they came back to my door & never even knocked & just left it at my door. This time they delivered 2 fish suppers & 1 can of coke. I contacted them again & the guy finally delivered the other can of coke, when he came to my door he gave me such a dirty look because he'd been at my door 3 times. A few years ago My Mum & Sister used to get a Chinese meal from the same takeaway a few times a week, one night all their curries were more oil than curry & was inedible. They rang the takeaway & told them & the cocky young girl there didn't care one bit. I got a Chinese meal the other night & I had a sore stomach for 4 days. All these places lost our business for good. I've worked in a few restaurants & when it's busy they're more interested in getting the food out whether it's ready or not. Some places don't like wasting anything, all these things you see on Kitchen Nightmares are true. Too much too mention on here, some unbelievable. Some places half cook burgers etc so when they're ordered they can cook them quickly. I just won't eat out anymore, you don't know what you're getting.
Here in Denver I asked the gal to wash her hands before starting my sandwich and she called the cops on me! Just MAKE SURE THEY WASH THEIR HANDS if they leave their station to do anything else! They know that too- I've worked for Subway, and been a customer. Not a fan.
While I think the food standards are much stricter in Norway. One thing I get annoyed with is when they try to charge for two half rather than one full when you want it cut in two and both wrapped with the 1cent paper they use. It is so anti consumer. They basically want the customer that buys the most to pay an extra fee on top of everything because they buy more. Which just kills me interest in using the place. That and the fact that when they removed roast beef they really cut their choices to the most cheapest ingredient they could get, with the exception of avocado, but that is a premium extra so I dont really think that counts.
The biggest issue with subway is when the person making the sandwich looks unhygienic and it just completely puts you off eating it. Also half the time the people making it don’t know what they are doing. Luckily in Europe we have fantastic independent Italian sub shops.
You're right, I stopped eating at subway when I went to a subway and ordered a sandwich, the employee proceeded to wipe the counter with their gloved hands and then use the same gloved hands to prepare your sandwich, that is so gross, I've see subway employees put on the gloved and then began touching everything and wiping the counter, scratching body part with the same gloved hand, then prepari g the sandwich. That is gross and unhygienic especially during covid.
I used to go to Subway three times a week when I was losing weight and they really did help me out. However, I have seen a shrinkage in the serving portion that they put on the sandwiches while also raising prices. Now a lot of locations don’t even accept coupons of any kind even if on the coupon it is specific to the location or area that I live in. There has also been a noticeable decline in the quality of their breakfast sandwiches, which used to be my favorite.
That’s because subway is run so poorly some restaurants will go bankrupt if they dealt with the monthly coupon rush and the week or two of everyone using it
Another issue you didn’t bring up is a frequent change in how they prepare the food to changing menu items. When they stopped chopping salads my visits to subway dropped by 85%, im a trucker and relied on subway for fresh chopped salads to keep my weight down (on top of that most of the truck stop restaurants closed their salad bars and buffets) then the nail in the coffin. Overnight they replaced plain basic ranch dressing with peppercorn ranch, absolutely worst bitter tasting crap I’ve ever had. Also about ten years ago they changed the ingredients for their bread and it went from fresh tasting and flakey to hard and chewy. So many things wrong with subway and I’m no longer a loyal customer
Yeah, often I feel like the COVID pandemic was just an excuse for why we stopped chopping salads. My earnest apologies for all the changes corporate have made. I don't ever approve of them either, but as a sandwich artist, you're sort of just forced to go along with the flow.
I briefly worked at Subway a little over 10 years ago. While working there, a coworker discovered that the "chicken" melted like cheese when run through the toaster more than once. Needless to say, the chicken/soy allegations didn't surprise me.
Had it the other day. Felt sick. The ingredients they use are so far from "fresh" that I don't even hear them advertise anymore "Subway, eat fresh". It's literally just Subway. Now if I want a sub? I'll buy ingredients from a market and loaf from a bakery and make one myself. Cheaper and way more tastier.
My most recent Subway experience was over seven years ago. The store was run by two franchisee owners. They refused to honor any corporate coupon claiming that their computer system doesn't "acknowledge" them. It was clear these store owners hated corporate and as I looked at their vegetables I cancelled my order altogether. I have never returned to a Subway since. Ironically, I found the freshest and best priced pre-made subs at my local grocery store. There they make the bread fresh, slice the meats themselves in the deli dept. and use the freshest vegetables with awesome dressing options. Whenever, I get a hankering for a good sub I'm off to my local grocer...and sometimes I can get two day old subs for 50% off!
I like how you made a literal computer issue still about the owners. This may come as a shock but did you realize Subway hasn't trademarked or copyrighted sandwiches? You can make all that stuff at home for your shitty Karen self :D
@FragrantRain You missed the point. It's not the computers, it's the owners. How do I know this? I worked at 4 different Subways between 2012-2017. Also, don't just take my word on this, look it up. This is a well known fact.
@FragrantRain are you insane? You completely missed the point. Like you missed the point so fully I can't even explain what the original comment was trying to say to you because you just missed the mark so much
Our local subway used to keep their full leaking trash bags in a pile against the wall in the dining room. People had to walk over the seeping fluids to use the restroom. This plus the insane amount of flies that hovered around their food eventually led the store closing down. It also didn't help that the workers acted like you were punishing them when you asked for a sandwich.
My wife and I used to go to Subway often for lunch. But if you ordered online or from the app it was next to impossible to customize your sandwich. You couldn't get the online deal if you went into the store and ordered. When it started costing northward of 20 bucks for two sandwiches we figured that it was cheaper to eat at the Chinese restaurant.
I buy subs at my grocery deli..... they ARE fresh and are longer than a foot for $9 I can slice it into 3 parts for multiple eatings. quite yummy (Hanaford's in NH)
Even in the 80's there were better local sub sandwich shops. The only thing Subway had going for it was they had enough locations that they were always nearby.
I discovered Subway by coincidence (it was not present in my country at the time) somewhere around 2007/2008. When my friends got me there I was kind of pleasantly surprised to discover a "chain" that was "healthy". My first problem was surprisingly, not the healty aspects but the money. At the time I was a student - that one guy in the group who never has money - so I could not really afford it, but usualy 2 friends would take a larger order, and then share with me. 2 years later I started working around whole UE and discovered Subway was quite available on the international scale. Interested by the "healthy" aspect I went in couple of times, only to finally realize that the only healthy options were small portions with no sauce and only chicken or veg (basically) and as a big eater, this is very far from what I was used to order. I finally decided to stop going there once I had heard about how the corporate treat the franchise owner who then goes, usually against their staff.
I worked at Subways in multiple states under different owners and one thing they all had in common was a desire to test the absolute limits of minimal labor cost. Whatever their slowest time of day usually was, there would only be one person on the clock no matter what. There were times I would be there alone and have to make food for literal bus loads of traveling college athletes and the like. I don’t know how I ever put up with it. When I finally left for good, they had just started integrating the mobile orders and I don’t understand how anyone could possibly put up with both live and mobile orders, it was like having two customers at once ALL THE TIME.
I still go to Subway on occasion. It's not as frequent as it used to be, but that's just due to rising prices. I always thought that the reason the stores were closing was just an oversaturation of stores. I live in Chicago and they are a cheap franchise to open. Subway also doesn't seem to care if you open one across the street from another as long as they get their money. I've seen Walmarts with a Subway inside just to see one literally across the parking lot.
I'm on a subway kick, It's nostalgic to me I'm a 30 year old female, I really don't need to lose weight I weigh 135lbs, but my brother got me into back when we were kids/teens, he was a swimmer, and his main thing was Subway and Propel. It got me to copy him. At that time nothing beat the 5 dollar foot long, granted I only ate half for lunch and half for dinner. I never ate a full one in one sitting. So a week ago, I got a bunch of Subway coupons and pretty much have ate subway for a week. I don't really crave anything else, I get full and satisfied and I don't think my weight has changed, but it brings back those memories of great times as a teen and it's my favorite fast food place.
"granted I only ate half for lunch and half for dinner" That's the same way I do it today whenever I get anything from Subway-- to be honest, sometimes, it's that, but other times, it's two lunches (half that day, the other half the next day).
The last time I was at a Subway restaurant I had a coupon that was buy one get one free any footlong with an emphasis on the word "any" as it was the only word on the coupon colored red. When I presented the coupon to the cashier, they told me that the sandwiches I ordered didn't count toward the coupon. I told them that the coupon clearly says any sandwich but they didn't care. After getting a manager involved, they finally honored the coupon, but that was when I decided not to order anything from them again. The coupons also had codes that you can redeem placing a order online so when I try to use them, it tells me that the store doesn't accept the coupon. So why would my city get coupons if the stores nearby me don't honor them?
I knew someone who used to own a few Subway franchises and he told me they were forced to honor coupons, and many times they would end up losing money on it. That was probably 10+ years ago at this point, so maybe they changed that policy, and also why so few stores seemingly don't accept them nowadays.
Stores in a region do not necessarily participate with subways national coupons. They’re individual franchisees can choose to participate or not. Subway does not force them to participate.
One of the biggest disappointments for me with Subway is that no matter what you put on the sandwich, they all taste the same. I think all the flavors get meshed together when all these old ingredients set in the cooler box for days and days. Also the smell of the store (which used to be nice at first) now has the Abercrombie/Hollister effect where it gets intoxicating and masks the taste of your sandwich.
I have a lot of nostalgia for Subway. I'm kind of in that weird area where I'm younger than most millennials but too old to be Gen-Z, so I was just a kid during its glory days in the early 2000s. I remember going there so many times as a kid, developed my usual sandwich at age 8 and aside from graduating from the kids meal to a 6 inch it hardly changed. But I haven't eaten there in the last several years. I miss the Subway of my childhood.
To me, it seems the product about the same over the years, maybe another reason is they had so many stores they oversaturated the market? everything has a maxxed out point, maybe it took SW 40 years to get there. Likewise that fat guy, never heard of him in the uk.
@@brendanoneil3489 I remember when Subway had…. better tasting food? I don’t know, since I’m probably looking at this with rose tinted goggles. Although I swear Subway had better subs back in the 2000’s. I went there in 2021 a year after the COVID-19 pandemic and the food was just gross. Ended up tossing it out and never went back.
I don't hate Subway, i just hate that when I'm traveling between states, my only options for food are usually "subway or Arby's". It's the Dollar General of restaurants, occupies any area where other restaurants won't build.
I used to work for a Subway. We never had a problem with freshness when I worked there but I know exactly what you mean! It seems to be something that happens to Subways. My last visit to the subway I used to work in was absolutely DISGUSTING! So much so that I never went back to it and it's been like 3 years now. Apparently that Subway has improved, but the fact that they let it get as dirty and gross as it was is reason enough not to come back.
I gave up on them after stopping by my local subway and ordered a meatball sub through the drive-thru. Drove home, opened it up, and it was icy cold. Not a super big deal, just lost my appetite for them after that.
@@MrDeflador And the quaility will occasionally just tank for a while. I've also noticed almost every subway in my area seems to get a fresh batch of employess on a regular basis. Only management seems to stay for more than 6 months or so.
Bro love the channel, i started watching when you had 8k subs and were doing skateboard brand videos, wish you pumped out more videos, your channel name and narrative voice initially made me believe this was a huge channel back then. I think you have a solid foundation of topics when it comes to big brands and their origins/failures etc.. keep up the good work!
This means a ton, thank you! My goal is to increase my upload rate, just don’t wanna sacrifice quality. By the end of the year I wanna be doing a video a week. Comments like this help keep me excited, you’re awesome!
I used to love subway as a late 90's-2000's kid. My family would go all the time because it was a seemingly healthier option and the $5 promo was amazing. We didn't even mind so much when that ended because inflation. We got that. We were still loyal late into their issues because our stores still seemed okay. But then they took away their chopped salads, which my mom adored. Then they more recently got rid of the sweet onion for that NASTY sweet onion teriyaki sauce. Locally, they got rid of cucumbers from my stores as well. Two of my favorites toppings, gone. The only reason we went back was because we had a coupon and seeing their new menu made my jaw drop. $15 for a single footlong?! Now THAT is going too far! Not to mention how awful many of their employees are treated.
What a beastly thing to say: "Subway footlong is a registered trademark and a descriptive name for the sub, not intended to be a measurement of length". A foot long is twelve inches. If you're giving the customer a full inch less, than you're screwing them over.
The 'executive' who issued that reply was assuming other people were only as intelligent as himself. The sad part is, that prick probably still got a nice bonus at the end of the year.
That's exactly the decade i worked there, 2009 to 2020. The quality was always, consistently going down, mostly under the sister's control. Some entire boxes of lettuce would arrive brown, and we'd be told to still use it. I marked them all for return and said we were out of lettuce that day. Rather have angry customers than dead. The 11" is much better explained as the employee that day just not stretching the frozen bread stick to the edges of the form before baking it. I was never promoted because i would catch this stuff, and people hired for just 2 weeks would be put in supervisor positions above me, barely knowing the store. That was more the managers problem. He'd have food poisoning stories up the wazoo if i wasn't there just to make sure people cleaned the dishes properly. He even ordered us to relabel expired product and put it back out, something i refused to do.
Ex-subway employee here I got some nightmare information that I've experienced working at 2 different stores. Collectively I've worked for subway throughout my highschool years, first thing to mention is the freshness of veggies, my owners for both locations wanted to cut costs but keeping veggies that we didn't sell. For example jalapeños are good for 5 days then must be disposed of, my general manager made us remove the old label and replace it with a new one. Sometimes we have veggies for 3 weeks before being thrown away. Sadly something happened with the fake crab meat, egg omelets, and sometimes tuna fish. Got more stories then this but it's a start.
The size of the bread can vary based on baking. 11 inches is pretty dang close given that fact. With that said I worked at Subway for 2 years when I was younger. One day my manager was on vacation and I was about to be promoted to assistant so she had me running the place while she was gone. The night shift left all the food up but turned the coolers off and everything went bad (it was summer in Arizona too) so I called the manager and she didn't answer. I ended up throwing it all out and prepping new stuff. When she got back, the District Manager (The managers husband 🙄) told me I wouldn't be promoted cause I caused them to lose on food cost and I should have put everything in the walk in to cool down and still used it. So I was denied a promotion due to refusing to give people food poisoning!!!!
Ya know what that's ok because their paying for it dearly now with the trash their trying to serve up and their $hit commercials is not gonna save them ether!
Regarding foreigners and "immigrants" owning Subway franchises. I had bought a $50 Subway gift card for a friend, but for some reason they didn't want it!. I used it only once at the Florence Mall location in Northern Kentucky. My sandwich was approximately $10, but the next time I tried to use it, they said it had a zero balance!!! I haven't been back since. I vote with my wallet! I much prefer Penn Station or Jersey Mike's. Lately, I find it's simpler to make it myself at home. The real key to a great sandwich of any kind is the bread and the quality of the meat. That way, it's exactly the way I want it and I don't have to beg for more olives or be told "that's extra ". Subway did it to themselves. There's no one else to blame. PS: i don't need 6 different breads to choose from! Cincinnati, Ohio USA
I’m 31 at the moment and i am actually pretty sad to see this video about something i have to accept. Me and my mom used to love subway we’d have one every week especially in the summer when we would go to the water park and stop to get one on the way back home. I loved their sandwiches and at the time Jared was a role model for me because i was obese at the time. Now i last had one only 2 times since last year and taste how much they’ve changed hell took my god child to one and the lettuce wasn’t expired or moldy it was just starting to change their color to get that brownish-blackish color lettuce starts off with before it becomes shriveled and inedible they made her sandwich with. My aunt told me yea their local subway never had fresh veggies, always had limited choices because they didn’t have all the ingredients and were stingy with the condiments it was lucky my god child liked simple ham, cheese and mayo it wasn’t a surprise their subway closed. When i last ate it i didn’t feel nostalgic or good about it and it went up a lot more and yes i understand inflation but keep in mind the same sandwich was $3 more for the same thing i loved back then but the $1 McDouble i also enjoyed at that time too only went up 60¢
Whole family used to love it back in the 90s. I am in my 30s too, remember how fresh it was an particularly the quality of meats were comparable to local delis. Unfortunately it just got ruined, a victim of its own early success. Now it's on life support, they're begging people to become franchisees but nobody in their right mind would do that. Might as well open a Dunkin or Starbucks, at least there aren't huge supply chain issues and its guaranteed customers who still respect the brands. My 2c
@@Mike1614b not like any other external factors, that, as a matter of fact, extend beyond joe biden's power could effect prices of foods. Or that mega-corporations would raise inflation more under a democrat to encourage people to vote red, the party that has the same interests as the corporations. I'm a socialist and I too fucking hate Joe but if you hate the inflation there are other people you can point the finger at.
I worked for subway for 15 years and had a corporate job for almost 12 of those years. I can confirm these and even more horrors from having been on the inside. It’s daunting to say the least.
Last time I bought a Subway sandwich, it had a single slice of meat. Less than 1oz, Absolutely ridiculous. And they gave me an attitude when I complained. They wanted to charge me extra if I wanted more meat, which was another slice of meat. Less than 2oz. I walked out having bought nothing and never returned again. They lost me as a customer forever.
I watched my sandwich maker weigh my meat, lift it off the scale, take a bunch off, and then put the remainder onto my sandwich without weighing it again. That cemented my feeling of having been cheated, like the dude who commented "this sandwich is only 11 inches long" probably did. Have never gone back.
@@FragrantRain problem is, you give them an inch, and they will save money on food costs. then maybe they got away with it and a few years later its 10 inches. Its false advertising and their response was horseshit.
The breads come frozen in sticks and all weight the same. Size comes from proofing the bread and if it is made correctly. Poorly made bread can look really sad. @@FragrantRain
I hate Subway and I almost NEVER agree to go when my boyfriend wants it. Last time he complained enough, I agreed. We went and as the dude was making my sandwich, I noticed what looked like a hair on it. I looked at the guy, he looked at the "hair" and then looked back at me. I didn't want to be a Karen and I have bad eyesight so I figured it could have just been something else so I gave him the benefit of the doubt and didn't say anything. We got home and when I checked, it was absolutely a hair. Never will I ever eat that shit again. The worker KNEW it was a hair, looked dead at it and then dead at me and still continued to sell it to me. Disgusting.
jenna, i found a hair in my subway sandwich, tried to ignore it but couldn't, tried to eat the second one i bought but couldn't even though it didn't have any hair in it, both went into the trash, that location closed years ago, and you are not a karen for refusing gross food, good to hear you won't be going back
Years ago Subway was the place to get a relatively inexpensive meal. Lunch lines were typically long and everybody in my family were fans. Then, one of my daughters took a summer job at our local Subway and refused to eat there again. It had to do with both cleanliness of the restaurant and the condition of Subway's sourced food. We quit going and apparently so did a bunch of others. Prices went up and lines got shorter. The Jared Fogle fiasco had no bearing - was simply that we no longer trusted the food and decided we could take a few minutes at home and fix a better product. I still miss the Chicken Teriyaki sub but I won't be back.
The last time I bought a subway sandwich about 6 months ago, I got horrible food poisoning that nearly killed me. That sandwich contained chicken. Never again.
I used to work at subway and I quit very recently because of the pay, hours, and how dirty the stores were. I closed a lot and I’d have to stay like an hour and a half or more after closing because everything would be gross, some coworkers didn’t help at all, and I wanted to do my job right. Almost every time we got food from the truck, something was wrong and the tomatoes, lettuce, or spinach would be bad. I remember picking some of the near inedible spinach out of the bag and trying to find good pieces because I felt bad that people were eating pretty much sludge with their day old, reheated meatballs. Then, cut in half with a knife that’s been sitting in a bath of water, sauces, and various sandwich ingredients. I got paid $9.75 and hour for all I did and putting up with everything. Literally McDonald’s pay is better. Or almost any fast food job. Another problem is, there were no managers so we’d rely on the oldest or most experienced person there. Or I’d just have to guess and hope for the best. Mostly my experience was pretty bad, especially on the days were I’d break down because I’d been at the store for 9 hours and have to close still. Or the time that a car sat outside after closing, waiting for me to come out. Lastly, the time someone pooped on the walls in the bathroom. The only fond memories I have is making pretty good subs for myself, eating cookies and dough, and having conversations with coworkers. My advice is never work at Subway and just make your sandwiches at home, the flies were terrible too.
A few months ago I went to Subway and they had just released their footlong pastry items. When I was about to order my footlong cookie out of curiosity, one of the employees told me that they've had those in the back waiting in boxes for 3 weeks. Disgusting.
Growing up, Subway was an experience that we kids got maybe a couple of times a year. What can I say? It wasn't McDonald's or one of the other (much less frequented) fast food places. It wasn't Pizza Hut, where we'd go to their uniquely shaped restaurants a few times a year and maybe get a few quarters for an arcade cabinet. Going to Subway meant fairly fast sandwiches that we were taking home, and while the parents were ordering I was looking at the wallpaper depicting subway trains, stations, and maps. As I got older, Subway became much less special. From the fact that every Army installation has at least one to the fact that, for a while, there'd be Subway locations within a mile of each other, it got to the point where they were just a reliable and cheap enough option for something not quite as greasy as the burger joints or Charley's Steakery. When the option presented itself, and I wanted a sub, though, it was Quiznos, Jersey Mike's, or Blimpie over Subway. Subway simply got too big and much less special as I got older.
Having worked at a Subway for some years, it's pretty sad as an experience. Maybe it's more based on the owner of the location when it comes to some issues, but a lot of things really just suck. I've also seen a recent campaign, again unsure if it's all Subways or just the one closest to me, but they tried to advertise this "New" refresh campaign where they have even fresher ingredients and better this and that but it's literally all the same stuff as before, from the same truck, the same package, but at a higher cost on the menu. Literally one of the most deceptive companies I've ever worked for. And I've worked at 3 different locations not all owned by the same person.
I used to work at subway in highschool and I was paid far less than my other friends that were working at McDonald’s and other fast food places at that time. Our boss used to tell us to only put a certain number of pickles and olives per sub but I used to put heaps as I knew that the subs were pricy for what they were. Most of the meats came frozen as well as the avocado which we had to defrost so no wonder they had to change their slogan. Working at subway did give me great customer service and communication skills but that was about it.
I'd venture to guess the reasons your friends who worked at other fast food restaurants made more than you is A) Because those restaurants were probably bigger and more profitable than Subway and B) because you admittedly wasted product, meaning that any raise you may have gotten went to product replenishment instead.
Man, I loved the hell out of Subway when I was a kid and into my late teens. Walking in and smelling the warm fluffy bread and choosing from all the crunchy veggies and yummy sauces for a great price was the best. And then the decline happened. My local Subways always smelled like wet mops, always was out of half the stock AT OPENING TIME, and above all the quality of the food went to crap. The bread was constantly hard, veggies limp, and everything felt lifeless and cold. I always got bad tummy after eating simple veggie sandwiches (cause I was too worried to eat the meat/fish). You were nice, Subway. Not anymore.
I had a "bad" experience for dinner one night at a Subway followed up by a negative experience at McDonald's the next day for breakfast. Both experiences back to back left me a little miffed, so I got both receipts, went to the respective websites and complained. McDonald's sent a reply back saying they shared the info with the franchisee, but Subway NEVER responded. That should tell you everything about Subway corporate.
Competition has really increased. Around me there is Jersey Mikes, quiznos, Jimmy Johns and subway. Biggest gripe at my local subway is they bought one of those spots on a coupon card for local high school fundraiser. (free six inch with a meal). People went in to use it and were told sorry we won't honor that its a new owner. So all those people who bought the coupon / deal card got pretty much screwed.
Every single place you mentioned is superior to Subway. Ironically Quiznos began failing due to being too stiff with their franchisees but the few that remain have retained their quality UNLIKE SUBWAY.
@@Ziegfried82 yeah Quiznos was always great, just a little pricey. Jimmy John's is as well, just a little less fancy and faster, but their produce is always great. I hate tomatoes yet always tempted to eat them from JJ's, always super red and they look good lol
They send me coupons in the mail and none of the three locations near me would accept them. I called and asked before hand and just for giggles I drove to one and there was a sign saying we don’t accept coupons at this location. Subway sucks and they know it
Used to love subways…then I found firehouse subs I’m surprised you didn’t mention that whole thing where subway bread couldn’t legally be called bread due to sugar content thing in Ireland
Subway tried to not pay any taxes on their bread cuz they said it was basically a real food item. Ireland court declared it was actually defined as Cake which gets taxed Fun fact, they also tested the run of the mill white and whole wheat bread in Ireland and found it to not be considered bread either
I feel like I have to eat Firehouse subs with a fork. Their bread is literally half the size of their overflowing, spilling ingredients. Why can’t they just let me eat a normal sized sandwich damnit.
I worked at a subway a few years back. It was a franchise so maybe not completely representative of the chain as a whole, but the way they stored vegetables shocked me. At the end of the day they had us take the black boxes of unused vegetables, put them on a rolling cart, put plastic lids on top that didnt seal at all (hardly even fit the containers) and roll the cart into the walk in refrigerator. The next day they would roll that same cart back out and reuse everything from the day before. If something got low, they didnt empty out the container and put fresh stuff in, they simply slapped some new veggies on top. So if you ever got to the bottom of one of those containers of the less popular veggies it had probably been in that black container for well over a month. Not to mention that the walk in refrigerator reeked of mold and stale weed.
i was actually there somewhat recently and tried one of their "new" sandwiches. which was just ok i wasnt expecting the world or anything, but the price for a 6" with chips/drink was absolutely absurd.
One time, I'd ordered a Door Dash for a mcchicken and small fry (or drink. cant remember) and it came out to easily 20 freaking bucks.. LIKE WHAT? The reason was the "delivery fee". Door Dash also consistently forgets items and takes an absurd amount of time to even arrive.
In my town we get giant sheets of Subway coupons mailed around every month that are pretty great deals - any footlong for $5.99 and such - and I only ever consider Subway if I have one of those to use.
Depends on the store you go to. Here in Canada there is this place where all the veggies are fresh from a local farm, and it tastes 5x better than the ones most are used to.
Had jersey Mike's for the first time nearly 2 years ago, I fell in love and I'm amazed at the actual quality and taste, Subway now isn't on my mind in regards to a sandwich shop.
The couple sandwiches I had at Jersey Mike's were too salty. I don't deny they are better than subway, just may have issues of their own like covering up poor quality food with extra sodium.
The last time I was there, I requested a change to one of their breakfast sandwiches, but the “artist” said they couldn’t do it. I just walked out and never went back. Luckily a Bronx sandwich shop opened up shortly after; they do a much better job all away around. They have a friendly staff, it’s clean, and their sandwiches are amazing.
The last time I went to subway, the bread didn’t taste like bread and it was soggy when I didn’t have any tomatoes on it (no sauces). Everything in between was floppy even the onions. Now whenever I look into a subway building, it’s completely empty
As an ex employee, most subways are shit. They use expired food, the company makes money when the franchise orders food. We had “large wraps”, they came frozen in a pack of 16 if I remember correctly, and we would be luck to sell a single one throughout the day. 48 hours later they go mouldy and all have to be thrown away. Different store I worked at NEVER threw away expired food, the freezer broke once and a box of bread dough had ballooned. We didn’t want to cook it as it was a massive hastle to seperate them all once they thawed. Owner proceeds to cook all 85 wheat bread in the box in one go, keep them all in the freezer and order us to use the freezer baked bread (stored in a cardboard box). None of us wanted to put that shit in the cabinet so owner was only one that put it out. By the time the owner had sold it all it was 4 month old bread.. Subway strangles the franchisee for every spare cent, some franchisees resort to never throwing anything out, and others are forced to overwork their staff to the maximum to do everything ethically and “by the book”.
FYI for the store with the owner who never threw stuff away, we went probably a whole year without washing the mayonnaise bottle because she doesn’t want to “waste any” by us washing it. All the food in the freezer she went through and replaced all the expired labels with “in-date” labels so if we got inspected it would look as if we weren’t using expired food. Because of this there is no way to tell how old the food actually was. Subway head office was in on it, my owner told me the inspector (a subway area food and restraunt inspector that came in monthly) used to be “negotiable” and would turn a blind eye.
15:25 When I was a lifeguard, I worked with a girl who had previously been a Subway employee. She said they had no idea where most of their food came from
Jimmy Johns long ago took Subway's place as my go-to sandwich franchise. The consistent lack of freshness was the killing blow for me. It seemed like most stores had old veg that they were fine with serving. Wilted sour lettuce, disintegrating tomatoes, rancid onions, etc. To be honest, I don't think they can ever win me back.
Not sure if you guys have it but this gas station called “QT” serves sandwiches & other stuff in the cafe & honestly their sandwiches are pretty cheap ranging from $6-$8. not a foot but half a foot maybe but still great despite being a gas station
Thoughts on Subway? Hope you’ve all been well. -Nate
I tried them recently and their quality came back it's not the best sub out there but if it's been awhile since you been, go back and try for yourself.
Honestly, I love subway. Maybe I have a mental illness Idrk.
@@meatballdictator740 same 💀
I still very much enjoy subway. I've never had a bad sandwich in about a decade of patronization. I also get almost every vegetable. The only times I've had a bad sandwich is when I've ordered incorrectly. There's not so much excuse for a bad sandwich because you can see the whole process.
Stopped eating Subway when they took egg sandwiches off the menu. It's the one thing I don't think fastfood can screw up, but they couldn't even manage to supply that. They're still one of the cheapest non-vegan source of protein at the store, so I don't understand the problem.
Anyway, I don't trust "meat" that I haven't done research on, which means I don't trust 95% of the "meat" floating around right now. I trust the fake meat even less (beyond, etc.).
I can't help but to feel like I bankrupted Subway. Every time I've gone in I ask for more than the standard 4 olives they put on my sub. Given that the sandwich artist acts like I'm stealing from their own personal reserve of olives I have to imagine this is ultimately what did Subway in. I apologize.
you should have seen my order hahah. I'm going to guess that I make you look like an olive noob
I always felt like a dick when I had to put 3 olive halves on a 6in sub for a customer or risk getting yelled at by the franchisee/ big boss who only came in to reprimand a bunch of high school kids who had to choose to get bitched at by hundreds of customers throughout the week or for an hour by the boss every couple of weeks
@@imnotracistbut-9559 yeah, it ain't the employee's fault but man is it annoying to say, "a few more please, uuhhh, a few more, maybe just a few more, bit more" and still only have 8 olives on my sandwich.
It’s not you, it’s the franchisee who’s going to belittle them for it. Trust me.
I never understood why subways in the US are so stingy with their olives, here in Quebec they always happily put a huge handful of olives automatically when asking for olives on their sub 😅
subway taught me that with reasonable effort, and for a lot less money, I can just make a better sandwich at home.
Very true but honestly, its fairly hard to duplicate their sweet onion teriyaki sauce. But beyond that, you are right.
@@BeyondDaX theyve changed the recipe for the sweet onion sauce.. like 6 months ago.. its not the same now and they admitted this.. it sucks now and is brown no light tan
Its called adding msg brother 😂
Not necessarily. I get a veggie sub with ALL veggies + peppers and pickles with just vinegar and mustard. It isn’t cheaper for me to get all the ingredients and have them go bad before I crave another veggie sub. But I don’t ever get meat from there, it kinda grosses me out, so maybe from that perspective it could be.
Yeah but subway has this unique taste that is pretty much impossible to replicate. Idk what it is, but their bread is a part of it.
I'm a Subway employee currently, honestly, subway isn't what it used to be, the food we get on our trucks always looks disgusting, some stores would even have 3+day old cookies (we're supposed to make them daily), prices are skyrocketing, remember the $5 footlong? not without a coupon that's likely expired, And worst of all, management is never attentive enough when it comes to food health and safety standards
$5? Wasn't even that when I used to eat Subway a lot.
A footlong is like £8 so nearly double considering the pound is pretty close to the value of the dollar nowadays.
@@A5H_01 yikes, scary how that price shot up, the lowest I've seen a footlong go without coupons or discounts is $9.77, and it's a breakfast sandwich and I've seen some go for $13 and more
a foot long in maine is 11.99$ insane .. it went up 4$ in 2 years.
Tbh the whole food industry is unhygienic for the most part
I have several years of experience working for both supermarkets and take outs
"Not only did it susprise him, it shocked him."
Thrilling commentary.
Just riveting.
I was on the edge of my seat
angry franchisees? how about angry customers that felt baited and ripped off? subway offered coupons in weekly flyers, online coupons, and when you went to the store, they declined to accept them and made you feel shame for not overpaying for their ripoff sandwiches. and how long do they leave the meat and cheese out when nobody is buying?
Customers were angry, frustrated, and outraged
So ex-subway worker here. The bread is technically supposed to be about 12 inches or so, but it just depends on how the worker made it. They come as frozen bread sticks, which then defrost in the walk in fridge, then they get rolled and stretched and placed in a proofer. They end up smaller because they weren’t left in the proofer long enough, or weren’t defrosted completely
Yup fresh bread and our own bread lol
I used to tell a lady it's 12 inches, She was satisfied you see!! It's just a white lie I
mean about 9 inches was great haha!!!
@@metalmike570 If you keep telling ladies it's 12 inches then you are going to become very popular very fast.
@@helpstopanimalabuse8153Pardon? 😕
You know how many people aren't aware of the fact that the quarter pounder at McDonalds isn't actually a quarter pound? It's a quarter pound BEFORE being cooked, then shrinks and loses weight as it sizzles on the grill. Funny how many people were outraged about the "footlong" but have no complaints about the quarter pounder...so like you said, it's a foot long (or so) before being cooked. That's probably what Subway should have said as a response, along with the fact that making any kind of bread uniform in size is nearly impossible.
When I was little, my dad was the manager of a Subway in LA and as a kid who's family didn't have much money, that was the best thing ever. Have so many memories of my dad calling home, asking what we wanted, then coming home with sandwiches, cookies, and drinks
That's cool
The free sandwiches and cookies I got to take, being the closer was literally the one and only good thing about working there lol. I made myself the most amazing sandwiches.
@bradleyblake7588 It was so cool! I remember asking for tuna melts and the double chocolate cookies alot, so my dad would get those for me
Same here but my mom worked for a local sandwich shop.
@@princesskristan wouldve asked for a meatball marinara 👀
My biggest issue is with their marketing…. Not only prices went up exponentially, and quality of food sucks, now their marketing gimmicks are just annoying. They send you tons of coupons to get you in to their stores, except that when you try to use them, the restaurants don’t accept coupons except for a few basic subs. Never again…. There will be no subways in the next 10 years.
When I worked there 20 years ago, the manager wanted us to take competitor coupons. How times have changed.
@pjp80s: Spot on! Same thing happened to me. Those coupons that I also tried to use were declined because "our computer system has no way of acknowledging them." I got the vibe that they were coupons from corporate and that they didn't get fully compensated for accepting them. I've never been back to a Subway seven years later.
Only three (3) subs aren't good with coupons :) reading is hard, I know, but it /does/ say on the coupons
@@FragrantRainyou’re dead wrong… local stores only take like 5 kinds… and maybe you can’t read
I am nearly certain one of the stores I used to frequent regularly had a sign that said "due to rising food costs this location does not accept coupons" It's located in Belton South Carolina in case someone doubts the truth of my claim@@pjp80s
Please remember that "fresh" is merely a slogan and in no way should be interpreted to mean that your sandwich is actually fresh.
I work at subway, and at one of the places where I had to cover someone's shift, it got shut down because of me. They weren't throwing out expired food, the tea was a week old, basically nothing ever got replaced when it went bad. The workers would get in trouble for throwing away old food. The manager's excuse was that "homeless people were getting into the dumpster and throwing food around and making a mess we had to clean up." The actual reason was probably to save on food costs, since this subway was so slow they often had to close early. I also found 2 dead roaches in the hotwell water. The hotwell is basically this metal tub that holds a bunch of water and heats it up to create steam, and that steam keeps the meatballs warm by heating up the metal cambros that hold the meatballs. That isn't most subways, but it's gross that they were able to get away with selling expired food until I came in to work there and actually told someone about it
That sounds like so many of the subways ive ate at
I didnt know you worked at the Subway in my town!
Thank you for your service and for reporting them to the health department.
So it's this hotwell's fault that every single Subway smells like meatballs that someone partially digested, and then vomited up? That explains everything. The absolutely rank stench at every Subway I've ever been to immediately makes me want to hurl.
What was the food health department doing all that time?! Aren’t they supposed to perform regular inspections?! Those types of things would easily be spotted by them.
I worked for subway for about 5-6 months, and at first it was a good job I actually liked it, but shit hit the fan so hard by the end of my time there. We had switched owners and management at the same time and it made things sloppy. The food quality was questionable at best, and the manager always had us doing something suspicious, not to mention over working people like crazy. One time our freezer broke, and they had us bake about 500 cookies that day only to serve that same batch of cookies to people for over a month, all the way until they ran out. I never sold them I just gave them out as freebies, and warned people of course. They treated me and my coworkers like garbage.
The cherry on top is that the owner fired me because he couldn't pay me and I wouldn't work for free. His words to my face were "you fucked everyone over by not showing up to work today"
Anyways fuck subway
So you got yelled at for not showing up to a job that you're not getting paid for for one day and made to feel guilty because now everyone has to pick your slack for not being there all while you're working for free, but then proceeds to fire you and at that point you'll never be back making everyone pick up your slack everyday thereafter for not being there. Oh the logic of a stupid boss.
Lol at least they fired you! They didn't even fire me! As far as I know I'm technically still an employee for Subway. They just stopped putting me on the schedule claiming "business is slow" so I stopped checking it. I might even still have access to those stupid training videos if I could remember my password (or cared enough to try logging in). Now that I'm actually typing this, I realize how absolutely sketchy AF that is!
@@Merrifieldsam if you ain't getting a salary sue them
I don’t blame you sounds fair to me what you said.
@@MerrifieldsamCall wage in labor.
I remember how excited I was when I first got to high school in the mid-nineties and found out that my school had a Subway on campus. That was about the high point of my relationship with the franchise. Once I became an adult who could eat anywhere, I found that just about every other sandwich place (either chain or independent) was better and, when I occasionally give it another try for nostalgia's sake, it's almost always a bit of a letdown. It's one of those places like Pizza Hut that I could only excuse as having an off-day or as me picking the wrong location so many times before I had to admit that the quality had declined.
Well put!! 👍
Well said😊
WTF kind of HS did you go to? Beverly Hills? That's not normal for national food corporations to be on HS campuses.
@@icetraydemartini3963 We used to get Subway served at our high school. They were located across the street and I think the school must have made a deal for them to prepare sandwiches for us. We would get different options each day. Sometimes it was teriyako bowls, taco bell, pizza hut, or subway. Sometimes we would even get served those McDonalds salad shakers. This was in the late 90's. All local businesses that were across the street. I miss those days.
U didn't answer the question
In the province of Ontario in Canada we have a sub franchise called “Mr. Submarine “. Opened in 1967. As Subway started opening locations, Mr. Sub had to close theirs. I know of one that was open for 30 years until a Subway opened across the street. Mr. Submarines sandwiches are superior to those of Subway. It’s just a shame.
I remember Mr. Submarine. It was really good food !!
Still around in my town in central Ontario and there is a Subway across the street.
I think it is the same franchise as Mr Sub. I can only think of one location in Vancouver, but it has been there for decades. Admittedly, I went to Quiznos more often (because it was closer to where I live)...but even the Quiznos disappeared over time.
@@Indium111 never liked Quizinos. There is a place called firehouse Subs. Also over rated and over priced. Mr. Sub is the best but not able to make that leap.
Mr.Sub is pretty good, one down the street from me. Subway is gross now and too expensive; no more subway stamps either.
My sister worked at subway, and had a lot to say about it.
The ingredients aren't fresh, that's not really a shocker, but they aren't. The cookies and bread, surprisingly enough, are fresh, she actually loved baking those and the pretzels and was her only good experience there.
Aside from dirty equipment that her boss didn't care about, expiring ingredients she was told to use and if she didn't she'd get "replaced", Co workers who ditched her during shifts alone or stole from the register and blamed her for it, and a boss who just straight up hated her for no reason, it hurt her a lot.
The biggest thing was, her boss got this wonderful idea that the employees should use their own personal money to fill out that "discrepancy" in the register, usually whenever it was stolen. He didn't want to, he just wanted his workers to. On top of that, the district manager agreed with that! She was in on this stealing and filling crap that's apparently been a thing for years (we're pretty sure he was the thief and the employees, even though innocent, just pinned blame to save arse anyway)
After hearing that she quit next day and reported them.... That store had to get brand new equipment, manager was fired, and who knows what other changes came because of my sister alone
Is she hot?
The bread come in frozen. It usually has been stored in a warehouse for weeks before it gets to the store. The same applies to the cookies.
That’s a huge W for your sister. Hope she’s doing a lot better now.
@@juneray8749 she's doing great now, thank you
I absolutely sympathize with your sister. I know it depends mostly on the franchise owner, but I agree on the unsanitary practices and the bullying from managers and co workers. Add to that ripping you off on your hard earned tips now. The poor hygiene I blame mostly on the lack of training. They just hire friends and family, and people desperate for any job/income, and throw them there, without any instructions, so they end up picking up all the bad habits from the ones already doing everything the wrong way🤢
I used to eat Subway a lot when I was in high school. Now I avoid them as much as I can. I have a hard time justifying $17 for a sandwich with 8 half slices of meat on it. We have a local sandwich shop that puts 4x the meat on an 8" sandwich for less than $9. I believe they started going downhill when they got rid of "Subway stamps".
Publix will give you a foot long with premium roast beef for under 9 bucks. Great deal.
Tbh the Subway in my town is pretty good. Bacon egg and cheese sub is like 6 bucks. Or a 6in breakfast meal for $4.29
Idk where u live but a foot long is $7.50 in Michigan. Maybe leave NY or Cali where u get ripped off
Bro what $17 💀?? Where are you buying yours bc mines here cost like $8-10 maybe $12 dependable what I’m getting on my foot long
I always go to my local deli when I’m home but when traveling I go for subway in a pinch.
Worked at a Subway back in high school and I can confirm the ingredients not being "fresh." Most of our vegetables would arrive in bags filled with what I can only describe as a juice of preservatives and oil. The only things we actually prepared in store were the tomatoes and cucumbers, but I have no idea how old those things were by the time they showed up at the store. Also if you've ever wondered why the employees are so skimpy with the toppings whenever you're ordering a sandwich, it was literally in the instructions to only use a handful of pickles or whatever else you ordered per sandwich, and the franchise owners would watch you like a hawk to make sure you didn't go over. It's a shame because I used to love Subway as a kid in the mid 2000s, but the little time I worked there opened my eyes to how shitty they are real quick.
I have a McDonalds background and recognized those bags from California Foods distribution. I looked past that as McDs did that constantly. That was my least of worries. Getting one shard of lettuce per sandwich is what chased me from one location. Dude acted as if it were HIS $$ and shook his head when I had to repeat “More Please”… FOUR TIMES!! I turned to the owner and said. “Your cheapass finally drove me away, before I wouldn’t even go in here if I saw him,”
ive noticed subway is a lot more restrictive with their toppings than they used to be :( even when i get a veggie de lite they hardly put anything on anymore
@@taebeebee This is why I stopped going to SubWay. When they were being skimpy l would ask for a little more "please" and they would just stare at me and NOT ADD ANYTHING extra on my sandwich. I knew they were probably being watched, and I was right. I would imagine they needed to make a profit, but hell, don't short the customers. Of course, they had to. And, how can you have any type of profit margin when you sell footlongs for $5 bucks each. And, what kind of quality of ingredients can you have selling them for $5 bucks !?! I'll just leave it at that...
Since Subways are so independently owned, I guess it depends heavily on the owners and managers. When I worked at a Subway in Germany, the only time I got told to not add so many vegetables was when I put too much lettuce and the only reason was that it would be impossible to close it afterwards. They were pretty generous with their toppings and if someone ordered extra bacon but you forgot to punch it in at the end, nobody said anything. We also couldn't be supervised through CCTV because it's against German law to basically breathe against the neck of your employees. I had a horrible experience due to other reasons but when it came to portion control, they were extremely lenient. Like, you want more olives on your sandwich? Here, have the whole tub!
It was different when I worked for Subway in Romania. They were extremely skimpy on the toppings, I remember just how flabbergasted I was when the owners insisted on using the standard portion for olives which was, like, what? 6 or 12 olives per footlong?! It was a single olive per bite, it's ridiculous. They also constantly monitored us through CCTV because there's no law against it in Romania, the only places that didn't have a camera were the fridge and the freezer. They'd also insist on making yourself look busy even if nothing was happening, I remember my coworkers telling me during my first days about how they'd go into the fridge if they wanted to be left alone and still appear like they did something, they'd just argue that they were reorganizing the fridge. I also remember an instance where a coworker took her visor off (frankly, we all hated them) and within *SECONDS** the owner called her phone and told her to put her visor on. Her reaction was to come to us and warn us to behave because "he's watching again". I absolutely hated it there, you could always feel the tension in the air in comparison to the other Subway where things were more lax and we didn't have to act like we had a stick up our asses.
When I worked there in around 2008 we had to cut out all the black spots and imperfections from tomatoes before slicing them so the customers weren't grossed out. The lettuce straight tastes like cardboard
I can't believe that in a world with Jimmy John's, Jersey Mike's, Firehouse, Which Wich, and Potbelly, Subway continues to be in business.
And Don't forget Quiznos!!!!
It’s sad to see people having bad experiences at subway.
Personnally, I’ve mostly had good experiences. The only complaint I’d have is that it is getting very expensive
It feels like everything is 1 or 2 $ more than last year
Subway is not unique in that category. All fast food is at least 15 -20% ahead of inflation. I mean, seriously, $4 for a stupid breakfast biscuit that used to be $1.
I hear ya. Judging by the lead comments, it's mostly a management problem here the hate comes from, not the brand. I used to work for Subway and I blame my inept manager for making me work in the worst way. Why would I blame Subway when I worked for an idiot manager who "taught" me to use my brain in giving change when the damn cashier is right there for use?
@@luigivincenz3843 I disagree with you. Subway tastes bland , inspid and has no other options like nuggets , fried chicken , chicken rice , cold drinks etc like the Kfc and the MacDonalds. There is no variety. They have stuck to just sandwiches and salads for donkey years. Plus , the food served is not spicy , not hot , mostly cold. There have also been many cases of stomach and intestinal infections because it's hard to maintain cold chain to preserve the vegetables for long, inviting bacteria into the system.
@@reconquistahinduism346 I worked there during the 90's when I was a tween. Back then, it wasn't like it is today.
That's what inflation does,you can thank Uncle Joe and the democrats for it all
As a 16 year in the mid 90’s, I had a friend that worked at a Subway. At the time Subway was using frequent buyer cards with little stamps. Each 6” sub was one stamp. Each foot long was two stamps. At a certain number (I think 15 or so) you received a free 6” sub. Well, my friend gave me a whole stack of cards and big role of stamps. I was eating free Subway sandwiches all summer and most of the fall. Memories. What a time to be young and alive.
are you still a thief?
Yeaaaaaa I remember those frequent buyer cards! They should bring them back.
@@sentryogmixmasterhis friend gave him them. Learn to read!
@@cheeseballs3825Oh, THAT makes it perfectly OK....
sentryogmixmaster, Are you still the life of the party?
I worked for the different Subways in the same franchise, and the owner was basically a living caricature of every stereotype of the small time hustler of the 80's and 90's. He was in his late thirties, with a Corvette, a blonde girlfriend who was one of his store managers, (with her sister as the assistant manger), and his other two store managers being coke fiends. One of them was so blown out that he couldn't even make a schedule, and just expected people to show up when they were needed. I later worked at another Subway in a completely different franchise, and the manager was the same type of scumbag. You don't necessarily expect to meet the best people in food service, but Subway seems to prefer the worst.
they were/are pretty cheap to open, can go in the smallest places, and their kitchen setup has the least complicated/dangerous equipment - no fume hood, no grease traps, etc. that's why the hustlebros tend to open sandwich places in general.
"One of them was so blown out that he couldn't even make a schedule, and just expected people to show up when they were needed"
This made me laugh alone in my dwelling 😂
The ones I have been in were foreign owners, thick hairy arms, gold chains, rings and big black stache and menacing eyes... I half expect that if I want too many olives & banana peppers the freaking sword may come out... 👀👀👀
Haha, your story vividly reminded me of the 20 something losers I worked with in fast food during high school 😂. Some wild individuals. One guy was working under a stolen SSN. He was the brother of the manager. I didn’t go into asking why. They had me, a 10th grader balancing the books at night too.
Crazy, my manager was great. Genuinely think, I wouldve gotten fired sooner, if she hadn’t decided to help a mentally deficient person
I literally just got a gastrointestinal virus from eating at subway a week ago before I got this video
Man, I'm never going back to another Subway ever again
Dang sorry to hear that, I’ve been eating subway for years now. It hasn’t damaged me 🙏🏼
As an ex Subway employee, the expectations they place on their employees are entirely excessive and unreasonable,. They expect you to do essentially every task in the store within an eight hour shift and do not compensate you for the extra work.
That’s a bummer! Did you work there for long?
@@modernbusinesschannel Thanks for replying. I could only tolerate a few months unfortunately. Have a much better job now though. 😃
Oh no! They expect you to do your job for the whole day? That's crazy!
@@jamesjensen7689 my understanding is that it was what was "thier job" plus extra duties that shouldn't have been on them alone.
@@jamesjensen7689 Spoken like somebody who's never had a shitty job
I used to go to Subway religiously with my mom but once I lost my mom, I just lost interest in Subway too. Then after many years, I decided to return and try again, and I noticed it didn’t taste the same. I kept getting kind of soggy bread, really really odd tasting lettuce that tasted like it was in water for like a week. It was weird. The onions didn’t have a crunch they were soft. The meat didn’t have the cold crisp. After a few times, I decide that I’m over it, and I haven’t been to Subway since. I want my vegetables to crunch. I want my meat to feel cold. I want my bread to be crispy.
I find their bread inedible -- it's like bread paste.
I genuinely think they lost their flavor after the pandemic
This sounds like the description everyone is putting out there right now. One of these days people are going to wake up and realize that our FDA (whose prime responsibility has been to protect us from bad products) has been allowing their maximum profit producing corporate scumbag butt buddies to poison us every day for decades. Someone (Trump would be the guy to do it) needs to take a close look at their bank accounts.
You know that's so
odd. The same thing happened to me but instend of my mom it was my dad! We both went to subway once a
month and usually always got Tuna subs. But after he died the Tuna sandwiches went downhill and I switched to Jimmy Jhons instend. Mostly because the Tuna they had tasted like the Tuna Salad my mom used to make me and my dad! Never ate at subway sense. Mostly because there's like 6 or 7 sub places in the city I live that are 10× better then Subway.
The last two times I ate there (both years apart), I got the worst food poisoning of all time…
I’m now two years sober from Subway and feeling better than ever!
Sober from subway 😂😂 never thought I’d hear that sentance
used to work at a round table, subway next door, bunch of our guys ate there cos got bored with pizza, and all got food poisoning. NOPE!
I was walking into a subway for the first time with our toddler in one hand and a flier in the other for a footlong deal, the workers YELLED at me (and I mean YELLED) "NO COUPONS" while I was still touching the door... I turned around and have never visited that subway again. I get it, they're franchises and can choose what they honor and don't honor, but it was such a startling moment it really left a bad taste in my mouth (and I usually love Subway). I've been denied coupons several times before, but the rudeness was completely uncalled for. I still eat at other locations on occasion, but it's not my top pick and I don't even attempt coupons anymore unless they are through the app, approved beforehand..
That was uncalled for, that rudeness-- a simple sign on the door saying "No Coupons Accepted" would have sufficed, and then you'd know where you stood.
@@bmasters1981 They're fighting about this, which is self-destructive. Just use the ap every time until Subway gets straight with its franchisees whether or not they're going to accept the coupons and how much the coupons are for. No other chain is like this, but I don't shop at any of them without a coupon (or at least some other limited-time deal like, say, Burger King posts in its window ads or survey codes or what I get by enmail or in the ap) either. You just don't have the unique Subway problem of their being refused. Don't whine about it or be sensitive about it, just accept it as necessary. Around here I just ignore the existence of most Subways. And never buy chain fast food without a coupon. It's not like there's any shortage of fast food joints or coupons, so know and play the game and don't whine about it They're not your friends, they're your opponents. You either win the game or you get exploited, full stop.
Subway sucks ass
Pre-COVID I used to get a Subway sub for lunch occasionally. Fast forward and due to a job change in a new town, they weren't on my routes any longer. One day while doing errands, I decided to go in to get a salad bowl. I watched incredulously as the fairly short line took forever. The employees were trying their best, but obviously were all new and fumbling around. The bowl I got was so sad, so limp, so disgusting that it could barely be called food, let alone "fresh." I haven't been in a Subway since and don't plan to repeat the experience.
How very funny! I'm surprised that they gave you some extra olives and didn't charge you for the price of another sandwich!!
I tend to notice that if it's not a sandwich or cookie, the extra menu items tend to suck.
When I tried to leave my store (during covid) working for subway to another opportunity, I was offered a DOLLAR more than I was getting, even if I was opening and closing in the same day, working 60 hr work weeks while doing fulltime college at the time, and working alone for hours on end eventually being able to make 46 sandwiches an hour because of working alone and getting used to it (our tills count how many sandwiches we make) lol, I said no because my labor should have been noticed.
After I left, the same store was down for 7 months because the skeleton crew was so thin and spread out (3 part-time teenagers doing highschool) and I passed by that place grinning because of the greed of the subway franchise.
The more jobs I get that are short term profit focused, the more I realize that you are not in their plan, and will never be.
Honestly they treated you like shit no, but man, ¿¡46 sandwiches the hour?!
That’s impressive
There are really some terrible, God awful, jobs out there. No wonder nobody wants to work at places they are treated so bad. Most of the managers strut around acting important and expect the employees to work for close to nothing and show them very little respect or appreciation.
It's crazy how oblivious we were in the 2000's to just how much toxic crap is in fast food. I grew up in that era and everyone ate fast food back then. It was more frequent too, not just a once in a blue moon thing.
Uhhh I grew up in the 2000s having fast food every now and then, I always knew it wasn't healthy to eat all the time...
I think people overlook subway though because you know... "Eat fresh"
Did you forget about the Super Size Me documentary that came out in the 2000s that actually spread awareness on that topic?
People eat out more now then back then especially with things like door dash. If you want good food your only choice is to have your own farm at this point.
It's not about "back then" it's about your age. Fast food is more popular with younger consumers. Older consumers can usually afford better stuff including food so as we age, our consumption habits change.
@@headshotmaster138 The thing I didnt like about the supersize me documentary is that supersize fries were a good value. So people didnt stop eating that amount of fries they just got charged more for them.
0:08 “a sandwich enthusiast”? Why are you making it so dramatic?
Try it some time. Life gets less boring
I had the same reaction. Kinda silly.
The whole footlong thing could've been easily avoided by simply explaining "Footlong has always been an approximation. A slightly smaller loaf doesn't mean less food, since the size difference is due to air. The sandwich recipes remain unchanged.
That's what happens when you make your intern run social media PR. 🤣
I would have gone with “it’s a foot long when we roll out the dough, but it shrinks in the oven while baking.” 😅
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 lol the dough logs are closer to 10 inches, I used to work at a subway restaurant in high school
If they joke that it was shy or any variation of it's the quality not the size. The post could have been a funny meme that boost rating. They decided for another kind of meme rho
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Technical claims like that will suffer from two types of objection: 1) People will nitpick and say they should have cut longer rolls before baking. 2) People will try to prove that claim untrue, and likely will provide "scientific proof" that subway is lying.
In other words, if your PR strategy is to nitpick details, the public's response won't be good. Even if your claim is factually true, even if you can prove it, people have a strong tendency to be skeptical and dismissive of "facts," especially ones they don't like.
That's why successful PR strategies generally involve rationalizations, emotional appeals, distractions, and fake sincerity. You'd think people would respond even more abrasively towards obvious manipulation. That's sadly not the case. It's why people are so easily susceptible to fraud. It's why they're far more likely to doubt scientific theories than superstitious beliefs. The best way to appeal to most people is to cater to their inherent irrationality, not to counter and confront it.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
I came to the U.S. in 79 as a college student I discovered the submarine sandwiches in Boston. To my surprise when Subway Franchises became popular in San Francisco their sandwiches were served cold unlike the Boston experience. It was Quiznos with their amazing conveyor toasters that forced Subway to finally toast their sandwiches!
I just watched a video on here about why quiznos disappeared. I was in college in 2001 and they were everywhere.
Amazingly, the BMT was awesome when microwaved. The whole short bun thing could have been handled with acknowledging the bun was under proofed. That's all I saw in the video.
Quiznos ❤️😍😍😍
I loved Quiznos! Unfortunately, it comes from the top and those execs killed the franchise and franchisees who fell under their powers...
I worked at Quiznos in college, and the things I saw in the ingredients caused me to stop eating there despite being broke and starving.
I have been eating Subway sandwiches since the 1980s. My favorite has always been the "Cold Cut Combo" with mustard and mayo on the bread, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, black olives, and lots of pickles, on regular Italian bread. It was always one of their less expensive sandwiches, and, if I got a foot long, I could make 2 meals out of it. I noticed that the quality began to slide about the time that they abandoned the old decor their stores had, the wallpaper of maps and pictures of the New York City subway system. It has continued to slide since. Where I used to go there about once a week, I have only been to a Subway three times in the past year. The food was actually OK, but the price, for my old standard "Cold Cut Combo" had risen to the point where I can't justify going there very often any more.
remember the trough bread cut being the default, and how it would hold a sloppy sandwich together? then for a while, it was an option you had to ask for. then they just quietly stopped teaching new hires how to it and it disappeared. I used to trust subway enough to actually eat their krab salad on the reg now I only go into one if it's a post midnight 24 hour situation or a captive situation like a small airport terminal or something.
Really kind of a shame, they really were so much better.
Do you remember them having RC Cola before they partnered up with Coke?? Our first Subway came in 85-86 and it was originally served, and RC tasted probably a hundred times better than any other fountain soda I'd ever tasted. I remember circa 89 or 90 when the RC went away - and I was probably more annoyed than I should have been, but it was THAT good.
Gotta credit Subway for getting me into bell peppers, banana peppers, onions, black olives, and all the trimmings on sammiches. I always loved the BMT, Tuna, and Seafood and Crab subs the most. I got even more annoyed when they dropped the Seafood and Crab.... yeah, it was some sort of fish seasoned imitation crab meat, but it tasted like the real deal crab roll you'd get in a Seafood joint.
No sub shop I know of has ever done this again, and if a Seafood joint has a crab or lobster roll I jump on them with a bit of lettuce, lots of tomatoes and onions. Poppy Seed or Sesame fresh rolls / buns, even better.
I literally did senior lunch [off campus privileges] with my amigo 3 days a week at Subway in 87-88 - that was as often as I could afford to go out for lunch then, lol. It was fine dining compared to all other fast food.... they were soooo good the initial boom years. Basically started dropping out of the race when Blockbuster started buying out all other Video rental chains.
@@Crimeyfied I DO remember RC Cola. I already preferred it to Coke even before I started eating at Subway.
@@powellmountainmike8853
Cold cut combo without any cold cuts? Lol. You didn’t list any meat that goes in it, aka COLD CUTS. 😂
If we can even call it meat, that is. I’ve only ever gotten their veggie sub, because I don’t eat meat. I actually have Subway to thank for starting me on my vegetarian lifestyle back in the ‘80s, when a friend’s mom bought me a veggie subway sub because their family was vegetarian. I was floored to see that it tasted delicious without meat, and I really could barely tell a difference - I sure didn’t miss the meat, as all the flavors and textures from the cheese and veggies hit the spot.
That was the first vegetarian main meal I’d ever had (I’d never even heard of vegetarian before meeting that friend’s family), and it was a great introduction to vegetarianism. A few years later, at age 16, I became fully vegetarian, and I still am 33 years later. Nearly everyone I know my age or older is overweight and has diet related health issues. I’ve never experienced any of that in my entire life, and I’m positive it’s due to making that dietary change all those years ago.
So Subway may not be the freshest thing today (I don’t eat there anymore myself, as there are a couple much better/fresher sub shops near me), but it was a big deal back then when there wasn’t any competition in sandwich shops. I appreciate their history. Now, if only they can catch up with the times and do what their competitors are doing!
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 I realize you were being facetious. I get the standard Cold Cut Combo meats (ham, salami, balogna0, so I didn't think I needed to list them, since, without them, it wouldn't be a Cold Cut Combo. I should have also said I usually get American cheese on it, but sometimes splurge and get both American and Provolone cheese.
Used to be a normal place for the family to visit in the 90s. By the mid-00s, our Subway visits steadily declined. They got worse, and competition got better.
Last time I had Subway, my Dad stopped by to get us lunch on the way over. I asked for a Footlong with Turkey and Roast Beef & Veggies. Apparently, this combination of sandwich is off menu. They made a big deal about it to him, and then they charged us for a Roast Beef Footlong plus extra Turkey. This made it nearly a $16 sandwich after Tax! Then when he brought it to me, the sandwich had two tiny slices of roast beef and a single layer of turkey. I was blown away by this, though the veggies and sauce were actually fine. (Spinach & banana peppers). How can you charge so much for such skimp on the ingredients, while making a big deal about which of the ingredients we put on the sandwich's?
So why go there when I could go to Publix, Firehouse, Jimmy Johns, Wawa's, or any of the other million sandwich places I can get a much better sandwich for $7-13? It's obvious why they're failing, and it's sad.
As a former subway employee I was not taught a single thing on what to do when being hired, so anytime someone had ordered a specific sandwich that I had no idea on how to make (ingredient wise) I had to ask the only 2 co workers there on what to actually put on it, quit after a week once I ended up being the only person there, completely clueless on half the sandwiches people wanted, for 3 hours. Worst place to work imo.
In early 2000's, a Subway shop opened up across the street from the college that I taught at. Almost everyday, I stopped in for a sandwich. I became very good friends with the owners and most of the 'sandwich artists'. For many years, rain, snow, shine, and many other weather conditions, I walked across the street and a small parking lot for my lunch.
After many years, the owners decided to sell out to a new owner. Most of the people behind the counter quit as the new owners were not people oriented - only $$$ oriented.,
Ingredients were sliced thinner and less was being put on the sandwich (3 slices of tomato ended up 2 THINLY sliced pieces). I asked for a bit more of the vegetables and they would charge as if I ordered double meat.
Jimmy John's opened up just around the corner from my house and I would stop there and get a sandwich there instead. I'll never darken the doorstep of another Subway as long as I live. Both of my sons have also quit going because of the issues with the shops they visited. I've heard that Subway may not make it to the end of the decade. I'm hoping they don't make it to the end of the year.
Subway franchise rules require veggies to be sliced a certain thickness. The meats started coming presliced in early 90s. Nothing an owner can do to change the thickness. Sandwiches were required to have a certain number of slices or a certain amount of weight for the meats. An owner could cheat and short the meat if they were not expecting a store inspection soon. Other than that, each franchisee is supposed to make the sandwiches following the Subway formula to keep a standard between all stores. You can ask for extras and most would not have a problem. Low volume stores might not like it as they could be barely making any profit. I use to go to Subway almost every day as there was one open 24 hours near me. If you bought a footlong before 6am, you got a second footlong for 1.00. That was my breakfast and lunch until I bought a franchise in 1989. They started going downhill when they used vacuum sealed lettuce and presliced meats in early 90s.
I don't think subway ever sliced their own meats prior to 2023 lol
My family got subway one time. My sister was the only exception because of her food allergies.
We all got sick either that night or the next day EXCEPT my sister, so we knew it was the food.
I had never threw up so violently in my whole life. I threw out my back and was begging for my mom to help me. We called the store to tell them what happened and they essentially told us to F off.
Ever since then, I promised myself I would never give that business another penny of my money. It's a grudge that won't go away anytime soon.
Huh that’s not the first time I’ve heard of that and personally know people that won’t go there anymore for that reason, wonder how tough they enforce their food handling practices 🙄
I don't really throw up, but it has made me feel unwell before too
What do u except from these big corporations they don't care about our health they don't care about if we get sick they care about the green
Last year I had an Indian takeaway & the lamb & chicken was covered in sauce so I couldn't even see if it was ok. I ate the meal then immediately was sick. Another time I ordered an Indian meal online, 2 fish suppers & 2 cokes. They delivered 1 fish supper & 2 cans of Pepsi. I told them their mistake. they came back to my door & never even knocked & just left it at my door. This time they delivered 2 fish suppers & 1 can of coke. I contacted them again & the guy finally delivered the other can of coke, when he came to my door he gave me such a dirty look because he'd been at my door 3 times. A few years ago My Mum & Sister used to get a Chinese meal from the same takeaway a few times a week, one night all their curries were more oil than curry & was inedible. They rang the takeaway & told them & the cocky young girl there didn't care one bit. I got a Chinese meal the other night & I had a sore stomach for 4 days. All these places lost our business for good. I've worked in a few restaurants & when it's busy they're more interested in getting the food out whether it's ready or not. Some places don't like wasting anything, all these things you see on Kitchen Nightmares are true. Too much too mention on here, some unbelievable. Some places half cook burgers etc so when they're ordered they can cook them quickly. I just won't eat out anymore, you don't know what you're getting.
Here in Denver I asked the gal to wash her hands before starting my sandwich and she called the cops on me! Just MAKE SURE THEY WASH THEIR HANDS if they leave their station to do anything else! They know that too- I've worked for Subway, and been a customer. Not a fan.
While I think the food standards are much stricter in Norway. One thing I get annoyed with is when they try to charge for two half rather than one full when you want it cut in two and both wrapped with the 1cent paper they use. It is so anti consumer. They basically want the customer that buys the most to pay an extra fee on top of everything because they buy more. Which just kills me interest in using the place. That and the fact that when they removed roast beef they really cut their choices to the most cheapest ingredient they could get, with the exception of avocado, but that is a premium extra so I dont really think that counts.
The biggest issue with subway is when the person making the sandwich looks unhygienic and it just completely puts you off eating it. Also half the time the people making it don’t know what they are doing. Luckily in Europe we have fantastic independent Italian sub shops.
You're right, I stopped eating at subway when I went to a subway and ordered a sandwich, the employee proceeded to wipe the counter with their gloved hands and then use the same gloved hands to prepare your sandwich, that is so gross, I've see subway employees put on the gloved and then began touching everything and wiping the counter, scratching body part with the same gloved hand, then prepari g the sandwich. That is gross and unhygienic especially during covid.
@@carmellaclarke7050 its dirty. It’s overpriced. Its loaded with preservatives. Just green washed junk.
I used to go to Subway three times a week when I was losing weight and they really did help me out. However, I have seen a shrinkage in the serving portion that they put on the sandwiches while also raising prices. Now a lot of locations don’t even accept coupons of any kind even if on the coupon it is specific to the location or area that I live in. There has also been a noticeable decline in the quality of their breakfast sandwiches, which used to be my favorite.
That’s because subway is run so poorly some restaurants will go bankrupt if they dealt with the monthly coupon rush and the week or two of everyone using it
the shrink-flation is real
Another issue you didn’t bring up is a frequent change in how they prepare the food to changing menu items. When they stopped chopping salads my visits to subway dropped by 85%, im a trucker and relied on subway for fresh chopped salads to keep my weight down (on top of that most of the truck stop restaurants closed their salad bars and buffets) then the nail in the coffin. Overnight they replaced plain basic ranch dressing with peppercorn ranch, absolutely worst bitter tasting crap I’ve ever had. Also about ten years ago they changed the ingredients for their bread and it went from fresh tasting and flakey to hard and chewy. So many things wrong with subway and I’m no longer a loyal customer
Yeah, often I feel like the COVID pandemic was just an excuse for why we stopped chopping salads. My earnest apologies for all the changes corporate have made. I don't ever approve of them either, but as a sandwich artist, you're sort of just forced to go along with the flow.
I hate Subway bread. Jimmy John's bread is 10 times better than Subway.
With the new 2022 menus that dropped, they gave us no warning or training, just changed it and didn’t tell us, they were basically like, learn it
@@carllipsey1497 The globalist takeover (there, fixed it for ya) is the pretext for every bad thing in the world since March 2020. The world is over.
I briefly worked at Subway a little over 10 years ago. While working there, a coworker discovered that the "chicken" melted like cheese when run through the toaster more than once. Needless to say, the chicken/soy allegations didn't surprise me.
Had it the other day. Felt sick. The ingredients they use are so far from "fresh" that I don't even hear them advertise anymore "Subway, eat fresh". It's literally just Subway. Now if I want a sub? I'll buy ingredients from a market and loaf from a bakery and make one myself. Cheaper and way more tastier.
My most recent Subway experience was over seven years ago. The store was run by two franchisee owners. They refused to honor any corporate coupon claiming that their computer system doesn't "acknowledge" them. It was clear these store owners hated corporate and as I looked at their vegetables I cancelled my order altogether. I have never returned to a Subway since. Ironically, I found the freshest and best priced pre-made subs at my local grocery store. There they make the bread fresh, slice the meats themselves in the deli dept. and use the freshest vegetables with awesome dressing options. Whenever, I get a hankering for a good sub I'm off to my local grocer...and sometimes I can get two day old subs for 50% off!
I like how you made a literal computer issue still about the owners. This may come as a shock but did you realize Subway hasn't trademarked or copyrighted sandwiches? You can make all that stuff at home for your shitty Karen self :D
@FragrantRain You missed the point. It's not the computers, it's the owners. How do I know this? I worked at 4 different Subways between 2012-2017. Also, don't just take my word on this, look it up. This is a well known fact.
@@FragrantRain You mad bro?
@FragrantRain are you insane? You completely missed the point. Like you missed the point so fully I can't even explain what the original comment was trying to say to you because you just missed the mark so much
@@FragrantRain stop cursing its a sin
I was one of their loyal customers. Now, I can’t remember when was the last time I visited one. Sad to see a franchise going down like this.
I went to a local Subway about a week ago. The vegetables looked horrible. I will never return
Our local subway used to keep their full leaking trash bags in a pile against the wall in the dining room. People had to walk over the seeping fluids to use the restroom. This plus the insane amount of flies that hovered around their food eventually led the store closing down. It also didn't help that the workers acted like you were punishing them when you asked for a sandwich.
My wife and I used to go to Subway often for lunch. But if you ordered online or from the app it was next to impossible to customize your sandwich. You couldn't get the online deal if you went into the store and ordered. When it started costing northward of 20 bucks for two sandwiches we figured that it was cheaper to eat at the Chinese restaurant.
@torablack189 I dunno, that stuff can be pretty greasy!!!
Too bad it's more expensive now - well everything else is too. High priced subs - it's going to hurt business.
I buy subs at my grocery deli..... they ARE fresh and are longer than a foot for $9
I can slice it into 3 parts for multiple eatings. quite yummy (Hanaford's in NH)
Now u really fd up.
@@danielkokal8819 pub subs are $9.50 in 2023, yet I go to subway and I'm out $15
If you had the opportunity to eat at a Subway in the early 80’s, it was absolutely amazing. It was top quality ingredients and amazing bread.
All fast food was much better back in the day.
Everything was better in the 80's and the food was real and cost almost nothing. These days you need a bank loan to eat.
Yes yes it might of been yet eating subway turns one over time into a pedophile
Even in the 80's there were better local sub sandwich shops. The only thing Subway had going for it was they had enough locations that they were always nearby.
Kinda like Jimmy John's is now?
I discovered Subway by coincidence (it was not present in my country at the time) somewhere around 2007/2008. When my friends got me there I was kind of pleasantly surprised to discover a "chain" that was "healthy". My first problem was surprisingly, not the healty aspects but the money. At the time I was a student - that one guy in the group who never has money - so I could not really afford it, but usualy 2 friends would take a larger order, and then share with me. 2 years later I started working around whole UE and discovered Subway was quite available on the international scale. Interested by the "healthy" aspect I went in couple of times, only to finally realize that the only healthy options were small portions with no sauce and only chicken or veg (basically) and as a big eater, this is very far from what I was used to order. I finally decided to stop going there once I had heard about how the corporate treat the franchise owner who then goes, usually against their staff.
I worked at Subways in multiple states under different owners and one thing they all had in common was a desire to test the absolute limits of minimal labor cost. Whatever their slowest time of day usually was, there would only be one person on the clock no matter what. There were times I would be there alone and have to make food for literal bus loads of traveling college athletes and the like. I don’t know how I ever put up with it.
When I finally left for good, they had just started integrating the mobile orders and I don’t understand how anyone could possibly put up with both live and mobile orders, it was like having two customers at once ALL THE TIME.
I overlooked everything when I could get bread, meat, cheese, and veggies for $5 a pop. After that went away, so did I.
I still go to Subway on occasion. It's not as frequent as it used to be, but that's just due to rising prices. I always thought that the reason the stores were closing was just an oversaturation of stores. I live in Chicago and they are a cheap franchise to open. Subway also doesn't seem to care if you open one across the street from another as long as they get their money. I've seen Walmarts with a Subway inside just to see one literally across the parking lot.
I plan to get rich and open an entire strip mall full of subways now
I've heard that oversaturation is part of the reason. There are just too damn many of them!
Why would Subway not care if it's Subway vs. Subway? Utterly absurd.
I'm on a subway kick, It's nostalgic to me I'm a 30 year old female, I really don't need to lose weight I weigh 135lbs, but my brother got me into back when we were kids/teens, he was a swimmer, and his main thing was Subway and Propel. It got me to copy him. At that time nothing beat the 5 dollar foot long, granted I only ate half for lunch and half for dinner. I never ate a full one in one sitting.
So a week ago, I got a bunch of Subway coupons and pretty much have ate subway for a week. I don't really crave anything else, I get full and satisfied and I don't think my weight has changed, but it brings back those memories of great times as a teen and it's my favorite fast food place.
"granted I only ate half for lunch and half for dinner"
That's the same way I do it today whenever I get anything from Subway-- to be honest, sometimes, it's that, but other times, it's two lunches (half that day, the other half the next day).
The last time I was at a Subway restaurant I had a coupon that was buy one get one free any footlong with an emphasis on the word "any" as it was the only word on the coupon colored red. When I presented the coupon to the cashier, they told me that the sandwiches I ordered didn't count toward the coupon. I told them that the coupon clearly says any sandwich but they didn't care. After getting a manager involved, they finally honored the coupon, but that was when I decided not to order anything from them again. The coupons also had codes that you can redeem placing a order online so when I try to use them, it tells me that the store doesn't accept the coupon. So why would my city get coupons if the stores nearby me don't honor them?
Nothealthyeither
I knew someone who used to own a few Subway franchises and he told me they were forced to honor coupons, and many times they would end up losing money on it. That was probably 10+ years ago at this point, so maybe they changed that policy, and also why so few stores seemingly don't accept them nowadays.
Stores in a region do not necessarily participate with subways national coupons. They’re individual franchisees can choose to participate or not. Subway does not force them to participate.
I had this happen to me, too.
One of the biggest disappointments for me with Subway is that no matter what you put on the sandwich, they all taste the same. I think all the flavors get meshed together when all these old ingredients set in the cooler box for days and days. Also the smell of the store (which used to be nice at first) now has the Abercrombie/Hollister effect where it gets intoxicating and masks the taste of your sandwich.
I disagree
I too disagree
maybe you have covid
Every Subway location I ever went to years ago, had that weird and intoxicating bread smell. I agree with you!
@@BoratWanksta really? That's weird, I always smell a delicious smell to the only subway I have close to my house
I have a lot of nostalgia for Subway. I'm kind of in that weird area where I'm younger than most millennials but too old to be Gen-Z, so I was just a kid during its glory days in the early 2000s. I remember going there so many times as a kid, developed my usual sandwich at age 8 and aside from graduating from the kids meal to a 6 inch it hardly changed. But I haven't eaten there in the last several years. I miss the Subway of my childhood.
Subway had better quality food in the early 2000s.
Facts
To me, it seems the product about the same over the years, maybe another reason is they had so many stores they oversaturated the market? everything has a maxxed out point, maybe it took SW 40 years to get there. Likewise that fat guy, never heard of him in the uk.
@@brendanoneil3489 I remember when Subway had…. better tasting food?
I don’t know, since I’m probably looking at this with rose tinted goggles. Although I swear Subway had better subs back in the 2000’s.
I went there in 2021 a year after the COVID-19 pandemic and the food was just gross. Ended up tossing it out and never went back.
same man I'm 1995. youngest millennials. They used to be so good when I was a kid
I don't hate Subway, i just hate that when I'm traveling between states, my only options for food are usually "subway or Arby's".
It's the Dollar General of restaurants, occupies any area where other restaurants won't build.
You can run a whole subway with only 1 worker. And it requires very little cost to build one!
ARBYS isn't that bad is it?? The one in my town is pretty good.. I eat there at least once a week, they always hook it up
I’d rather eat at Arby’s than Subway IMO
I used to work for a Subway. We never had a problem with freshness when I worked there but I know exactly what you mean! It seems to be something that happens to Subways. My last visit to the subway I used to work in was absolutely DISGUSTING! So much so that I never went back to it and it's been like 3 years now. Apparently that Subway has improved, but the fact that they let it get as dirty and gross as it was is reason enough not to come back.
I gave up on them after stopping by my local subway and ordered a meatball sub through the drive-thru. Drove home, opened it up, and it was icy cold. Not a super big deal, just lost my appetite for them after that.
the thing is the qualitiy of every subway os drasticly diffrent. General rule of thumb, if a subway is busy (but not to busy) it is good to eat there.
@@MrDeflador And the quaility will occasionally just tank for a while. I've also noticed almost every subway in my area seems to get a fresh batch of employess on a regular basis. Only management seems to stay for more than 6 months or so.
Bro love the channel, i started watching when you had 8k subs and were doing skateboard brand videos, wish you pumped out more videos, your channel name and narrative voice initially made me believe this was a huge channel back then.
I think you have a solid foundation of topics when it comes to big brands and their origins/failures etc.. keep up the good work!
This means a ton, thank you! My goal is to increase my upload rate, just don’t wanna sacrifice quality. By the end of the year I wanna be doing a video a week. Comments like this help keep me excited, you’re awesome!
I used to love subway as a late 90's-2000's kid. My family would go all the time because it was a seemingly healthier option and the $5 promo was amazing. We didn't even mind so much when that ended because inflation. We got that. We were still loyal late into their issues because our stores still seemed okay. But then they took away their chopped salads, which my mom adored. Then they more recently got rid of the sweet onion for that NASTY sweet onion teriyaki sauce. Locally, they got rid of cucumbers from my stores as well. Two of my favorites toppings, gone. The only reason we went back was because we had a coupon and seeing their new menu made my jaw drop. $15 for a single footlong?! Now THAT is going too far! Not to mention how awful many of their employees are treated.
bro who would get rid of cucumbers in sandwiches
@@FartFella my local shops T.T
@@Spottedstorm27 damn man, that's rough, you gotta have the cucumber slices at a sub shop. Go to Jimmy John's and get a beach club, that should do
@@boxlid214 stop cursing its a sin
What a beastly thing to say: "Subway footlong is a registered trademark and a descriptive name for the sub, not intended to be a measurement of length". A foot long is twelve inches. If you're giving the customer a full inch less, than you're screwing them over.
The 'executive' who issued that reply was assuming other people were only as intelligent as himself. The sad part is, that prick probably still got a nice bonus at the end of the year.
On the 5 dollar footlong, Subway responded
Because it was cold
🤣😂
Probably the person who wrote that Subway reply says the same thing to his wife every night!!
That's exactly the decade i worked there, 2009 to 2020.
The quality was always, consistently going down, mostly under the sister's control.
Some entire boxes of lettuce would arrive brown, and we'd be told to still use it. I marked them all for return and said we were out of lettuce that day. Rather have angry customers than dead.
The 11" is much better explained as the employee that day just not stretching the frozen bread stick to the edges of the form before baking it.
I was never promoted because i would catch this stuff, and people hired for just 2 weeks would be put in supervisor positions above me, barely knowing the store.
That was more the managers problem. He'd have food poisoning stories up the wazoo if i wasn't there just to make sure people cleaned the dishes properly. He even ordered us to relabel expired product and put it back out, something i refused to do.
Ex-subway employee here I got some nightmare information that I've experienced working at 2 different stores. Collectively I've worked for subway throughout my highschool years, first thing to mention is the freshness of veggies, my owners for both locations wanted to cut costs but keeping veggies that we didn't sell. For example jalapeños are good for 5 days then must be disposed of, my general manager made us remove the old label and replace it with a new one. Sometimes we have veggies for 3 weeks before being thrown away. Sadly something happened with the fake crab meat, egg omelets, and sometimes tuna fish. Got more stories then this but it's a start.
The size of the bread can vary based on baking. 11 inches is pretty dang close given that fact.
With that said I worked at Subway for 2 years when I was younger. One day my manager was on vacation and I was about to be promoted to assistant so she had me running the place while she was gone. The night shift left all the food up but turned the coolers off and everything went bad (it was summer in Arizona too) so I called the manager and she didn't answer. I ended up throwing it all out and prepping new stuff. When she got back, the District Manager (The managers husband 🙄) told me I wouldn't be promoted cause I caused them to lose on food cost and I should have put everything in the walk in to cool down and still used it.
So I was denied a promotion due to refusing to give people food poisoning!!!!
Ya know what that's ok because their paying for it dearly now with the trash their trying to serve up and their $hit commercials is not gonna save them ether!
@@stevev2474 If you want to make a statement, please do so in a way that doesn't make you come off as ignorant. 🙄 the word is THEY'RE 🙄
Regarding foreigners and "immigrants" owning Subway franchises.
I had bought a $50 Subway gift card for a friend, but for some reason they didn't want it!.
I used it only once at the Florence Mall location in Northern Kentucky.
My sandwich was approximately $10, but the next time I tried to use it, they said it had a zero balance!!!
I haven't been back since.
I vote with my wallet!
I much prefer Penn Station or Jersey Mike's.
Lately, I find it's simpler to make it myself at home. The real key to a great sandwich of any kind is the bread and the quality of the meat.
That way, it's exactly the way I want it and I don't have to beg for more olives or be told "that's extra ".
Subway did it to themselves.
There's no one else to blame.
PS: i don't need 6 different breads to choose from!
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
$9.00 Sandwich
“Little more olives please”
Now a $15.00 sandwich
Walks away and SW keeps the sandwich
I’m 31 at the moment and i am actually pretty sad to see this video about something i have to accept. Me and my mom used to love subway we’d have one every week especially in the summer when we would go to the water park and stop to get one on the way back home. I loved their sandwiches and at the time Jared was a role model for me because i was obese at the time. Now i last had one only 2 times since last year and taste how much they’ve changed hell took my god child to one and the lettuce wasn’t expired or moldy it was just starting to change their color to get that brownish-blackish color lettuce starts off with before it becomes shriveled and inedible they made her sandwich with. My aunt told me yea their local subway never had fresh veggies, always had limited choices because they didn’t have all the ingredients and were stingy with the condiments it was lucky my god child liked simple ham, cheese and mayo it wasn’t a surprise their subway closed. When i last ate it i didn’t feel nostalgic or good about it and it went up a lot more and yes i understand inflation but keep in mind the same sandwich was $3 more for the same thing i loved back then but the $1 McDouble i also enjoyed at that time too only went up 60¢
Whole family used to love it back in the 90s. I am in my 30s too, remember how fresh it was an particularly the quality of meats were comparable to local delis. Unfortunately it just got ruined, a victim of its own early success. Now it's on life support, they're begging people to become franchisees but nobody in their right mind would do that. Might as well open a Dunkin or Starbucks, at least there aren't huge supply chain issues and its guaranteed customers who still respect the brands. My 2c
Hey buddy just wanna say based pfp
a single hamburger is now $1.79 at my McDs. thanks for everything joe
@@Mike1614b not like any other external factors, that, as a matter of fact, extend beyond joe biden's power could effect prices of foods. Or that mega-corporations would raise inflation more under a democrat to encourage people to vote red, the party that has the same interests as the corporations. I'm a socialist and I too fucking hate Joe but if you hate the inflation there are other people you can point the finger at.
@@Mike1614b exactly sleepy joe ruined everything. I used to buy Bai water for $1 now they are $1.50-2.25 depending on what market i go to
I worked for subway for 15 years and had a corporate job for almost 12 of those years. I can confirm these and even more horrors from having been on the inside. It’s daunting to say the least.
As a customer who has eaten at several locations over the years, I never had an issue.
@@dkyelak Because your body use to eating garbage most likely grew up on mcdonalds as a kid so body can handle it.
@@basillah7650 No. Some people just like to virtue signal and pretend they're above it all.
@@dkyelak if the employee is telling u theres a problem then u, as the customer, should probably realise he knows something you dont
Last time I bought a Subway sandwich, it had a single slice of meat. Less than 1oz, Absolutely ridiculous. And they gave me an attitude when I complained. They wanted to charge me extra if I wanted more meat, which was another slice of meat. Less than 2oz. I walked out having bought nothing and never returned again. They lost me as a customer forever.
I watched my sandwich maker weigh my meat, lift it off the scale, take a bunch off, and then put the remainder onto my sandwich without weighing it again. That cemented my feeling of having been cheated, like the dude who commented "this sandwich is only 11 inches long" probably did. Have never gone back.
You have a legit complaint. "Wah my bread isn't a foot long despite the insides not changing" was never and will never be a legitimate complaint lol
@@FragrantRain then they should call it a "small" and a "large." It's like saying your parents never lied about santa because you still got a present.
@@FragrantRain problem is, you give them an inch, and they will save money on food costs. then maybe they got away with it and a few years later its 10 inches. Its false advertising and their response was horseshit.
The breads come frozen in sticks and all weight the same. Size comes from proofing the bread and if it is made correctly. Poorly made bread can look really sad. @@FragrantRain
When I first had Jersey Mike's, i never been back to a subway.
Jersey mikes aint cheap but they are good.
I hate Subway and I almost NEVER agree to go when my boyfriend wants it. Last time he complained enough, I agreed. We went and as the dude was making my sandwich, I noticed what looked like a hair on it. I looked at the guy, he looked at the "hair" and then looked back at me. I didn't want to be a Karen and I have bad eyesight so I figured it could have just been something else so I gave him the benefit of the doubt and didn't say anything. We got home and when I checked, it was absolutely a hair. Never will I ever eat that shit again. The worker KNEW it was a hair, looked dead at it and then dead at me and still continued to sell it to me. Disgusting.
Okay Karen.
Its just a hair.
@@RK-cj4oc weak jab. Try harder slave of subway
jenna, i found a hair in my subway sandwich, tried to ignore it but couldn't, tried to eat the second one i bought but couldn't even though it didn't have any hair in it, both went into the trash, that location closed years ago, and you are not a karen for refusing gross food, good to hear you won't be going back
Stop cursing its a sin
Subway died the day they got rid of their hearty Italian bread
Years ago Subway was the place to get a relatively inexpensive meal. Lunch lines were typically long and everybody in my family were fans. Then, one of my daughters took a summer job at our local Subway and refused to eat there again. It had to do with both cleanliness of the restaurant and the condition of Subway's sourced food. We quit going and apparently so did a bunch of others. Prices went up and lines got shorter. The Jared Fogle fiasco had no bearing - was simply that we no longer trusted the food and decided we could take a few minutes at home and fix a better product. I still miss the Chicken Teriyaki sub but I won't be back.
The last time I bought a subway sandwich about 6 months ago, I got horrible food poisoning that nearly killed me. That sandwich contained chicken. Never again.
I used to work at subway and I quit very recently because of the pay, hours, and how dirty the stores were. I closed a lot and I’d have to stay like an hour and a half or more after closing because everything would be gross, some coworkers didn’t help at all, and I wanted to do my job right. Almost every time we got food from the truck, something was wrong and the tomatoes, lettuce, or spinach would be bad. I remember picking some of the near inedible spinach out of the bag and trying to find good pieces because I felt bad that people were eating pretty much sludge with their day old, reheated meatballs. Then, cut in half with a knife that’s been sitting in a bath of water, sauces, and various sandwich ingredients. I got paid $9.75 and hour for all I did and putting up with everything. Literally McDonald’s pay is better. Or almost any fast food job. Another problem is, there were no managers so we’d rely on the oldest or most experienced person there. Or I’d just have to guess and hope for the best. Mostly my experience was pretty bad, especially on the days were I’d break down because I’d been at the store for 9 hours and have to close still. Or the time that a car sat outside after closing, waiting for me to come out. Lastly, the time someone pooped on the walls in the bathroom. The only fond memories I have is making pretty good subs for myself, eating cookies and dough, and having conversations with coworkers. My advice is never work at Subway and just make your sandwiches at home, the flies were terrible too.
A few months ago I went to Subway and they had just released their footlong pastry items. When I was about to order my footlong cookie out of curiosity, one of the employees told me that they've had those in the back waiting in boxes for 3 weeks. Disgusting.
Growing up, Subway was an experience that we kids got maybe a couple of times a year. What can I say? It wasn't McDonald's or one of the other (much less frequented) fast food places. It wasn't Pizza Hut, where we'd go to their uniquely shaped restaurants a few times a year and maybe get a few quarters for an arcade cabinet. Going to Subway meant fairly fast sandwiches that we were taking home, and while the parents were ordering I was looking at the wallpaper depicting subway trains, stations, and maps.
As I got older, Subway became much less special. From the fact that every Army installation has at least one to the fact that, for a while, there'd be Subway locations within a mile of each other, it got to the point where they were just a reliable and cheap enough option for something not quite as greasy as the burger joints or Charley's Steakery. When the option presented itself, and I wanted a sub, though, it was Quiznos, Jersey Mike's, or Blimpie over Subway.
Subway simply got too big and much less special as I got older.
Having worked at a Subway for some years, it's pretty sad as an experience. Maybe it's more based on the owner of the location when it comes to some issues, but a lot of things really just suck. I've also seen a recent campaign, again unsure if it's all Subways or just the one closest to me, but they tried to advertise this "New" refresh campaign where they have even fresher ingredients and better this and that but it's literally all the same stuff as before, from the same truck, the same package, but at a higher cost on the menu. Literally one of the most deceptive companies I've ever worked for. And I've worked at 3 different locations not all owned by the same person.
And that's why their gonna fail and fail big!
I used to work at subway in highschool and I was paid far less than my other friends that were working at McDonald’s and other fast food places at that time. Our boss used to tell us to only put a certain number of pickles and olives per sub but I used to put heaps as I knew that the subs were pricy for what they were. Most of the meats came frozen as well as the avocado which we had to defrost so no wonder they had to change their slogan. Working at subway did give me great customer service and communication skills but that was about it.
I'd venture to guess the reasons your friends who worked at other fast food restaurants made more than you is A) Because those restaurants were probably bigger and more profitable than Subway and B) because you admittedly wasted product, meaning that any raise you may have gotten went to product replenishment instead.
If you walk in to a sub shop and you don't smell fresh bread, walk out.
Last time I went in to buy a sandwich (years ago) I was appalled at the skimpy portions. And that was before all the scandals.
Subway is so scandalous, it makes me want to bring my mistress there for a date
@@whoawoahhyou can have your way with her in the dirty bathroom
Man, I loved the hell out of Subway when I was a kid and into my late teens. Walking in and smelling the warm fluffy bread and choosing from all the crunchy veggies and yummy sauces for a great price was the best. And then the decline happened. My local Subways always smelled like wet mops, always was out of half the stock AT OPENING TIME, and above all the quality of the food went to crap. The bread was constantly hard, veggies limp, and everything felt lifeless and cold. I always got bad tummy after eating simple veggie sandwiches (cause I was too worried to eat the meat/fish). You were nice, Subway. Not anymore.
I had a "bad" experience for dinner one night at a Subway followed up by a negative experience at McDonald's the next day for breakfast. Both experiences back to back left me a little miffed, so I got both receipts, went to the respective websites and complained. McDonald's sent a reply back saying they shared the info with the franchisee, but Subway NEVER responded. That should tell you everything about Subway corporate.
You ate nothing but fast food and got confused on why you got sick?
@@musstakrakish I never said I got sick. The "bad" experiences were customer service, not with the food.
"you probably ate a few yoga mats over the years" is a sentence that make me happy most major fanchises arent available in my country.
Competition has really increased. Around me there is Jersey Mikes, quiznos, Jimmy Johns and subway. Biggest gripe at my local subway is they bought one of those spots on a coupon card for local high school fundraiser. (free six inch with a meal). People went in to use it and were told sorry we won't honor that its a new owner. So all those people who bought the coupon / deal card got pretty much screwed.
Every single place you mentioned is superior to Subway. Ironically Quiznos began failing due to being too stiff with their franchisees but the few that remain have retained their quality UNLIKE SUBWAY.
Jersey mikes is soooo good
@@Ziegfried82 yeay quiznos is my favorite their sandwiches are tasty AF.
@@Ziegfried82 yeah Quiznos was always great, just a little pricey. Jimmy John's is as well, just a little less fancy and faster, but their produce is always great. I hate tomatoes yet always tempted to eat them from JJ's, always super red and they look good lol
They send me coupons in the mail and none of the three locations near me would accept them. I called and asked before hand and just for giggles I drove to one and there was a sign saying we don’t accept coupons at this location. Subway sucks and they know it
Used to love subways…then I found firehouse subs
I’m surprised you didn’t mention that whole thing where subway bread couldn’t legally be called bread due to sugar content thing in Ireland
For tax reasons. Much higher sugar breads are called bread everywhere but the tax office. Cake has a higher tax rate in Ireland.
Subway tried to not pay any taxes on their bread cuz they said it was basically a real food item. Ireland court declared it was actually defined as Cake which gets taxed
Fun fact, they also tested the run of the mill white and whole wheat bread in Ireland and found it to not be considered bread either
Firehouse tastes even worse than subway. Plus the hot sauce gimmick makes no sense.
Yeah. After the pandemic, I discovered a Firehouse near me and have moved on from Subway. I would recommend to try it once in a while lol
I feel like I have to eat Firehouse subs with a fork. Their bread is literally half the size of their overflowing, spilling ingredients. Why can’t they just let me eat a normal sized sandwich damnit.
I worked at a subway a few years back. It was a franchise so maybe not completely representative of the chain as a whole, but the way they stored vegetables shocked me. At the end of the day they had us take the black boxes of unused vegetables, put them on a rolling cart, put plastic lids on top that didnt seal at all (hardly even fit the containers) and roll the cart into the walk in refrigerator. The next day they would roll that same cart back out and reuse everything from the day before. If something got low, they didnt empty out the container and put fresh stuff in, they simply slapped some new veggies on top. So if you ever got to the bottom of one of those containers of the less popular veggies it had probably been in that black container for well over a month. Not to mention that the walk in refrigerator reeked of mold and stale weed.
Here in America, all the Subways have been purchased by South East Asians and they're not into cleanliness!
Yup, and they refuse to take coupons. Yet when they come into my store they fight to make me take them. Sad.
i was actually there somewhat recently and tried one of their "new" sandwiches. which was just ok i wasnt expecting the world or anything, but the price for a 6" with chips/drink was absolutely absurd.
Basically all fast food went up in price a whole lot. A meal easily breaks the $10 point.
You can thank our politicians for that.
One time, I'd ordered a Door Dash for a mcchicken and small fry (or drink. cant remember) and it came out to easily 20 freaking bucks.. LIKE WHAT? The reason was the "delivery fee". Door Dash also consistently forgets items and takes an absurd amount of time to even arrive.
In my town we get giant sheets of Subway coupons mailed around every month that are pretty great deals - any footlong for $5.99 and such - and I only ever consider Subway if I have one of those to use.
@@Sixstringman 0
Depends on the store you go to. Here in Canada there is this place where all the veggies are fresh from a local farm, and it tastes 5x better than the ones most are used to.
Had jersey Mike's for the first time nearly 2 years ago, I fell in love and I'm amazed at the actual quality and taste, Subway now isn't on my mind in regards to a sandwich shop.
I love Jersey Mike's now too.
The couple sandwiches I had at Jersey Mike's were too salty. I don't deny they are better than subway, just may have issues of their own like covering up poor quality food with extra sodium.
Just ate mikes last night. What a chain sandwich should taste like.
The last time I was there, I requested a change to one of their breakfast sandwiches, but the “artist” said they couldn’t do it. I just walked out and never went back. Luckily a Bronx sandwich shop opened up shortly after; they do a much better job all away around. They have a friendly staff, it’s clean, and their sandwiches are amazing.
The same thing happened to me; that was ten years ago. Bronx breakfast sandwiches blow Subway out of the water.
The last time I went to subway, the bread didn’t taste like bread and it was soggy when I didn’t have any tomatoes on it (no sauces). Everything in between was floppy even the onions. Now whenever I look into a subway building, it’s completely empty
As an ex employee, most subways are shit. They use expired food, the company makes money when the franchise orders food. We had “large wraps”, they came frozen in a pack of 16 if I remember correctly, and we would be luck to sell a single one throughout the day. 48 hours later they go mouldy and all have to be thrown away. Different store I worked at NEVER threw away expired food, the freezer broke once and a box of bread dough had ballooned. We didn’t want to cook it as it was a massive hastle to seperate them all once they thawed. Owner proceeds to cook all 85 wheat bread in the box in one go, keep them all in the freezer and order us to use the freezer baked bread (stored in a cardboard box). None of us wanted to put that shit in the cabinet so owner was only one that put it out. By the time the owner had sold it all it was 4 month old bread..
Subway strangles the franchisee for every spare cent, some franchisees resort to never throwing anything out, and others are forced to overwork their staff to the maximum to do everything ethically and “by the book”.
FYI for the store with the owner who never threw stuff away, we went probably a whole year without washing the mayonnaise bottle because she doesn’t want to “waste any” by us washing it.
All the food in the freezer she went through and replaced all the expired labels with “in-date” labels so if we got inspected it would look as if we weren’t using expired food. Because of this there is no way to tell how old the food actually was.
Subway head office was in on it, my owner told me the inspector (a subway area food and restraunt inspector that came in monthly) used to be “negotiable” and would turn a blind eye.
subway guy jay's channel is the best thing about subway
15:25 When I was a lifeguard, I worked with a girl who had previously been a Subway employee. She said they had no idea where most of their food came from
Jimmy Johns long ago took Subway's place as my go-to sandwich franchise. The consistent lack of freshness was the killing blow for me. It seemed like most stores had old veg that they were fine with serving. Wilted sour lettuce, disintegrating tomatoes, rancid onions, etc. To be honest, I don't think they can ever win me back.
Check out Jersey Mikes if you ever have the chance. They replaced Jimmy johns in my go to sub place
Yep, agree. Jersey Mike's is great.
Yeah Jersey Mikes and Jimmy Johns are great, but they're also double the price of Subway...
@@niklass1641 guess you get what you pay for
Not sure if you guys have it but this gas station called “QT” serves sandwiches & other stuff in the cafe & honestly their sandwiches are pretty cheap ranging from $6-$8. not a foot but half a foot maybe but still great despite being a gas station
I’m glad I found this channel when I did, u genuinely care about the vid topics and I love it. I wish u all the success man, keep going
i stopped going to subway when i got charged $18 for a foot long and a large drink.