The keyword is “descent”, which I understand is relative to one’s experience, but for what seems like everyone on this board who travelled in Europe at some point, including myself, Subway’s is not even half descent.

If our bar for "decent" is the sandwiches at Pret (mentioned earlier as a contrast to the lack of sandwiches in the US), I feel like Subway is fairly comparable in terms of quality.

To me subway has always been trash. More especially when you get out of the cities and go to the ones on the road. Lots of bad experiences.

The meat is suspect. Others here have already mentioned a lawsuit.

If you think the bread is ok then you must have never had bread not made in a giant factory.

people will bitch and moan that subway isn't "real" food. my experience is that it's generally middle of the road. I think in 20 years I've had only a couple of 'bad' experiences there (over dozens - probably hundreds). Very much dependent on the franchisor.

That said, it's still not 'convenient' in many areas - you still need to drive there, get out of a car, etc. No more convenient than other places.