I know this is a shitpost but I'll never pass an opportunity to shit on subway.
It's the shit quality ingredients and how they keep changing everything.
I use to eat subway all the time. Then they changed the only fuckin sauce I ever got, then removed it completely. I was fine with other sauces but then they started fucking with them too. This along with the ever increasing drop in overall quality of ingredients I can't even eat half a 6" without feeling sick.
Signed - Someone who used to fucking love subway ranting about how it's been completely ruined.
79It's so expensive now too and the veggies taste like water. 6.99 for a 6inch cold cut in Canada
14It's crazy to me how wildly varying Subways can be, all the Subways in my area are fairly decent and I like them.
I particularly like Subway because of the choice of veggies, I literally say "all veggies" at the veggies part and I know damn well I'm not even going to keep a fraction of the veggies at home. I can't even keep lettuce good for very long before it goes nasty.
7Its the franchising. Mcdonalds for all its faults keep a tight reign on things so it remains consistant. BK and subway you can see they do not or have very lax rules. There was one near my house awhile back where if the owners were working it you did not want to go in. Old wilted lettuce and such. Once in awhile they were gone and their kids were alone in the shop. I think the kids threw out anything they found gross. Working off the idea of what they would want for themselves. Then it was one of the best in the area. Unfortunately the kids being unsupervised was a rarity and so it could not actually get more traction from those good experiences as they were to few and far between. I actually have this problem now with a non chain gyro shop near me. The one we went to closed down but the new one I found gets to low of traffic and again. wilted lettuce and whatnot. Without more traffic you won't get fresh stuff. If they were smart they would wait to cut the tomatoe and lettuce until someone ordered which would make a better experience and maybe more traffic and eventually they could do the ahead of time prep. As it stands now it will go out of business or be on kitchen nightmares.
8My town has 3 subways and they're all terrible anymore.
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I remember when the first one opened around me in high school and it was great and my friends and I hit it up pretty regularly. That was back when burger king was good to. Both went down over the years.
3Where are you from? I was in Subway after a long break (a few years) and the only thing that changed was that they added vegan options, everything was as fresh and tasty as I remembered it. And expensive. Eastern EU here.
2Eastern EU
Yeah that would be why. I live in the states.
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I don't recall ordering a piece of plastic in my sandwich on my last trip there years ago. Got it anyway. The blank stare I got when I told the worker said "I have no idea why you care that your sandwich contains plastic" lol
24You fool, that was the Plastic Ticket. Due to inflation, some franchises may not have the Golden ones. You could've redeemed that for a free tour of Jared Fogle's house
10Personally I'm the kind of guy that would probably just remove it and keep eating, however it should be noted that piece of plastic was likely wrapping one of the ingredients, that means one side would be clean and food safe but the other would be the side that laid on random stuff/surfaces, got pissed on by rats in the warehouse, etc etc. Again I wouldn't be too fussed myself because I think a bit of exposure to nasty stuff is part of life but I can definitely see how it could be a problem.
I find Subway absolutely gross anyway and would never eat there, my partner likes it though..
5Subway worker: That's... That's the bread.
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They don't have an option for bread that doesn't ruin everything
23You don’t like bread that immediately squishes into warm paper towel cover in oregano?
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Subway is the only gluten free option fast food in UK. It's the only place I can reliably eat at and I've yet to have a bad experience, staff goes above and beyond to not cross contaminate their food.
12I've got some coeliac family and they seem to have reasonable luck with some chippies! That will certainly vary by location and maybe you don't have a good one near you (or just don't like it as much), but chippies that do a good job of catering for gluten-free diets certainly exist
2We have few around. But if you're out and about exploring... Find me gluten free app doesn't always list reasonable places. Subway is more common than any other fast food so it is bound to have one within walking distance.
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I wish I didn't have to tell the expert artisanal sandwich craftsman how to make the sandwich step by step. "I'd like a number 5"
-What bread? "Whatever's in the picture for number 5"
-Toasted? "Whatever's in the picture for number 5"
-What meat? "Whatever's in the picture for number 5"
-What veggies? "Whatever's in the picture for number 5"
-What cheese? "Whatever's in the picture for number 5"
-What sauce? "Whatever's in the picture for number 5"
Why bother selling meals if each component requires a conversation. The fucking meal option should skip that bulshit unless initially ordered as such. 'I'd like a number 5 with everything different than advertised'
7A footlong sub (not a meal) is around 13€ here.
I can get a full ass restaurant meal for that
6A footlong sub can be a meal, if you put enough stuff on it. And the veggies don’t make it cost more. Just load it up with everything and get your money’s worth.
1When it costs that much, the choice makes sense.
But where I live, for whatever reason, Subway is less than half the price of full meals from nearby restaurants. That is in part because restaurants have gone up in price.
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When I visited the us that was a major culture shock. How much of an almost irrelevant choice there is on food and many other things. In Germany if I go to a bar and order a beer there is no question. You just get the standard beer of the region and or bar. There are like 4-5 beers on tab at most.
5On another note, an American friend that lives in Germany now told me that the German subs taste wayyyy better as in incomparably better
2Could be but there aren't that many subways left. At some point you could find them everywhere then there was a problem? with the franchise and many rebranded to MrSub or something and soon after closed. At least in my area.
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That's why I don't go to subway.
My brother in christ I'm paying you to make the sandwich.
If I wanna make one myself I go to the grocery store. Wait they have premade ones too for cheaper. Oh and there's a bakery at the grocery store that sells sandwiches too, and they even taste better than subway! That's like a 3-0 for the grocery store
Also who the fuck came up with a '0.3048m long' as sandwich name??
5I mean... you don't have any choice about the quality of the meat. Didn't Subway get in trouble because they couldn't prove their tuna salad actually contained any, uh... tuna?
4Not really. There was a lawsuit that claimed they contain no tuna. A lab found no tuna DNA, a different lab did. The lawsuit shifted to "does not contain only this type if tuna".
Also highly processed food (especially after it was cooked) does not contain any DNA that is identifiable.
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That smell tho
4You haven't thought about the smell, you bitch!
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Worse ingredients, worse sandwiches. Subway.
4Idk, it's usually much faster than busses.
2I was a sandwich artist; the best sandwiches you truly have to make yourself.
My favorite nowadays is a tuna on flat bread, double extra bacon, American cheese, lettuce, spinach, cucumber, tomato, red onion, light on the sweet onion sauce, and a little mayo.
2I worked at a Pizza Hut in highscool and the first months of college. I'd never eat there as a civilian but some of the shit were (the workers) made was downright delectable.
There's a kind of "unofficial" pizza hut menu that employees share around with all kinds of crazy stuff that you could never get just by customizing it online. The "twice-baked Hut Favorite meatball supreme" was my favorite and it took like 20 minutes to make all-in-all. I miss having that metabolism
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All of the possible combinations taste kinda same tbh
2If your chicken tastes like tuna, I don't know what to tell you
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3 for 3 today for seeing memes previously voiced by Gianni and finding the Gianni link in the comments lol
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And at the end of the day it's just a sandwich, made with fresh ingredients, how can that be even bad?
2I remember when they were putting so much sugar in the bread they legally couldn't call it bread anymore.
16That was in a specific country and that country was correct.
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Remember the subway fake chicken controversy?
7There was also that thing a few years ago where Ireland said subway's bread couldn't legally be called bread.
8I am pretty sure that the test was badly done and the whole 50% thing was the result of shitty sampling. Yes, they have soy protein additives but fake chicken is more expensive than real chicken and the tests were never confirmed by a second lab.
A lot of fast food does end up having meat that is significantly lower than 100% meat just by doing seasoning and preservatives. Taco Bell for example has a crazy amount spices and filler ratio which is partially due to the fact that meat volume is reduced as the moisture is cooked out. They are still excessive though.
Subway gets picked on the most both due to how it has the most locations (or did at one point) and it brags about the food quality. Nobody picks on KFC for how fatty their fried chicken is because we know it is fatty. Subway played themselves.
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As someone who likes a good subway every once in a while, there are definitely a few things you should refrain from ordering. Chicken comes to mind.
Also, the recipe for bread they use in the US is different from many other countries because in those other countries the American version can't legally be called bread. (I think it had to do with the sugar content)
Subway also has a history of being pretty hostile towards anyone who speaks against their "healthy fast food" narrative. I mentioned chicken above, well they sued CBC for reporting on a study that found Subway chicken was only about 50% chicken DNA, with the rest being soy protein.
They were also sued a couple years back by someone claiming their tuna wasn't really tuna, but that case was dismissed by the plaintiff, citing pregnancy complications making it difficult to continue.
4I think me not eating meat anymore has a lot to do with the way I perceive Subway, I remember trying their meatball sandwich a couple of times and not liking it, it tasted weird to me but I know people who liked it so I didn't pay much attention to it. Nowadays I just order a sandwich stuffed with as many vegetables as possible, or their soy protein one.
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The ingredients are ok. It’s the bread. It smells weird, tastes awful and nowadays I can’t even walk past their stores without holding my nose.
4The meat is so bad. Have a look at a slice of the salami next time you're there. Sometimes it seems more fat than anything else.
Subway is the most available fast food in a lot of rural Colorado towns, so I've eaten my share traveling around the state
3Subway is just about the lowest quality garbage you can get. I think McDonald’s is maybe the only thing lower quality.
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The meme is correct.
Subway, not unlike Lil Caesars, is soooo good when you ain't got some bitch in your ear telling you it's trash.
1I also actually do like Subway.
It's it the best thing ever? No. But when I have the choice between McDonald's, some bread bun with maybe a single slice of salad and subway, the choice is very clear. All their options come with good amounts of veggies, they had decent vegetarian options quite early, their cookies rock and they were one of the few offering free refills.
I dunno what the snobbism is always about. I love it when I need to wait for a train and Subway is an option.
4I have negative feelings about subway because when Quiznos first started, their sandwiches were amazing but subway responded with the $5 footlong deal, after which Quiznos quality went down when they cut costs to compete.
And today Quiznos sucks if they even have a place open in the area and subway is still the same but certainly not offering footlongs for $5 anymore (and I question whether they were selling them at a loss even back in the 00s when they did it).
Plus subway had Jared, who was annoying even before his extra curricular activities came out.
At least Firehouse Subs are filling the niche Quiznos briefly filled now, which isn't even subway's niche, even if they both make submarine sandwiches.
1you're lucky; the ones near me aren't great. the ingredients are often meh or gross. the staff rarely wears hair control, they're not helpful, and obviously undercompensated for the bullshit they have to endure. pass.
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I haven't been to a Subway since the first time I went to a Subway.
It's like if every other sandwich shop was 200% worse, and the same price and everyone hated their lives.
Wrong sandwich shop died, Quiznos. Should've been these fuckers.
1Quiznos still exists, there just aren’t as many anymore.
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OK, then how much do I earn?
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