Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do
by thrav on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:22AM
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The quality of Subway compared to the quality of something you’ll find on display at almost any bakery in Europe, is night and day.
My wife and I just wrapped a few weeks traveling, and the sandwiches we occasionally grabbed on our way to the park were all outstanding and very cheap. Better than any sandwich I’ve purchased in downtown SF.
I can think of at least 4 different specific sandwiches from previous euro-trips that absolutely blew me away, and were just grabbed from a random corner shop. (Paris, Positano, Barcelona, Copenhagen)
Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do
by Scoundreller on Saturday September 07, 2019 @10:09AM
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Ohhhh Subway. They got in a lot of trouble when it was discovered that their "chicken" was half soy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-chicken-fast-fo...
If they just marketed the chicken as "Moving Beyond Meat", and IPO'd with the concept, they could have been richer than their wildest dreams.
Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do
by krapht on Saturday September 07, 2019 @04:16PM
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/food-scientists-weig...
No, Subway chicken is not 50% soy.
Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do
by newen on Saturday September 07, 2019 @09:58AM
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The quality of Subway sandwiches are known to be terrible even compared to other chain sandwich shops in the US. It used to be better but cost cutting and greed has caused the quality of the ingredients to go down significantly over the years. I think Americans in general seem to accept low quality food much more easily than Europeans.
Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do
by seanhandley on Saturday September 07, 2019 @03:22AM
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Didn't Subway finally kill the $5 footlong last year?
I have always thought Subway was ubiquitous. So there's a counterpoint to your affordable, convenient, and decent.