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clairence's avatar

"even with Subway’s generous definition of 'ingredients.'" Most of it is veggies and bread and standard cold cuts. Pretty hard to fake sliced tomatoes and peppers.

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Subway sammiches aren't terrible . . . they're just kinda short on ingredients that aren't lettuce. Better for you than a McInfarct, if you're far from civilization and have no other options.

(I happily pay 3x the price, for 5x the ingredients, at the local Italian butcher's shop.)

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Zap's avatar

https://cochonbutcher.com/ Great place makes all their own meat products.

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Johnny Appleseed's avatar

Yep. Anthony's near me offers 18 slices of ham in the ham and cheese sub. Then add the optionals. Sure, I pay through the nose for it. but I can have my own bread or rolls and stretch that bad-boy out to 2-3 sammies. And it's always fresh.

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π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

Fun fact: my sammich place is also named Anthony's. (Brooklyn NY)

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Johnny Appleseed's avatar

It's just GOTTA be good then!

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

for fucks sake, these people are stupid hacks

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Trux Mint In Box's avatar

Good thing it wasn’t tuna or they would have said it was some nod to China that he was going after Trump because of Hunter Biden

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

Subway’s franchise agreement makes it nearly impossible for franchisees to make a profit even without the $5 foot long offer.

John Oliver did a who segment on it.

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They could hand you an empty bun, and lose money on the $5 deal.

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mondojohnson's avatar

I see trouble on the horizon for Delta Burke and Major Dad.

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Wondering Woman's avatar

Jersey Mike's all the way! But Jack Smith prolly went to the nearest sammich place, which happened to be a Subway. Man's gotta keep up his strength for all the indicting!

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

At least Jersey Mike’s never had a spokesperson go to prison for child porn.

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

I'm a Jimmy John's man myself. (Back when I could eat ordinary restaurant food.)

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Alpaca Suitcase's avatar

"professional journalists are trying to spin this into three-dimensional chess"

For some reason I read that as "three-dimensional cheese", something that Subway has no acquaintance with.

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

Two dimensions work just fine for them, TYVM.

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Mary Ann's avatar

I also questioned the $5 price quote of the sandwich. I once worked a couple months at Subway. It was gross... and they made employees pay for food at a slightly discounted rate. Maybe that was the $5 deal!

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

My stepdaughter got sexually harassed at a Subway, by the guy she worked for. Luckily he took no for an answer from her (a word she could deliver pretty forcefully). He apparently didn't with another underage employee a little later, resulting in an arrest for rape.

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Mary Ann's avatar

Sorry to hear that. I think I was let go due to not making the sandwiches fast enough. I tried to do a good job and make nice looking sandwiches but it took too long.

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RogationDays's avatar

I also want to point out that Smith GETS HIS OWN FOOD.

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James Baskin's avatar

Glad I'm not the only person who has that noticed that Subway sandwiches are mostly lettuce between two pieces of bread that are mostly air.

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RogationDays's avatar

Many years ago I ate at a Subway occasionally. I hated the β€œbread”….I’m a bread snob. Then I realized I disliked the ingredients, too. So now, even on the road, I eat out of grocery stores. I get why Smith goes there…these kind of places help keep you anonymous. The workers keep their heads down trying to get orders out and the other people in line are probably on their phone trying to get work done while they wait in line.

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fuflans's avatar

i once ate at a Subway in the south of France.

there. i said it.

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Zap's avatar

Yep. NOLA is a world class food destination but tourists still go to Subway...

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kodos & kang's avatar

I sometimes choose to eat at Subway. I should probably be shunned.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

(Insert Donald Sutherland gif from The Invasion of the Body Snatchers here)

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Alpaca Suitcase's avatar

I used to eat it back when there was nothing else that wasn't fried.

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Pisto75666's avatar

Wait for me...I'm not ashamed to say I actually like some of their sandwiches. Their Spicy Italian is my go to whenever I do eat there.

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Wondering Woman's avatar

Our local Subway has pastrami - only one in the city that serves it. Not great but pastrami is never unwelcome, especially since the locally-owned burger place that did pastrami burgers and a mean pastrami sandwich went out of business.

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Pisto75666's avatar

Pastrami burgers sound INCREDIBLE.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Ms. O and I took a road trip out to Phoenix. There was a Subway at every exit.

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DLZbub's avatar

If you need a quick road trip or take-out meal, it's the best option.

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Bagels of Doom's avatar

same gossip sold as news as on FOX.

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Lady MS's avatar

Dana Bash & Gloria Borger are today’s equivalent of Hedda Hopper & Rona Barrett.

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