Subway fast food outlets

[ymu]

the best sandwich shop in london is a bit like the one you describe, all prepared in front of you - only 2-3 quid as well

Good to know. There were a few around back when I was a young 'un. I meant chains like Pret and Eat though. Not one up-market version of Subway, even now that it has established a big market for that kind of sandwich.

 

[kained&able]

it was £6 something for a footlong, pop and crisps

pop? who the hell calls it pop?

dave

 

[ymu]

OU, obv.

 

[Orang Utan]

you know, fizzy pop

 

[cypher79]

Cheese steak subs with salad & south west sauce =

 

[Orang Utan]

Cheese steak subs with salad & south west sauce =

you clearly are a wrong un

 

[Looby]

£2.29 for the 6" sub of the day?

Can you remember what the footlong cost?

It's 2 quid extra for a footlong I think so for sub of day £4.29.

I like cheese steak too. Sorry OU.
It's dirty food but not as dirty bad as mcdonalds or kfc.

 

[moose]

Subway's the only shop on the trading park where I work, so occasionally I have to go there if we're on an unexpected late one.

Since 99% of its clientele are IT contractors from Southern India, it sells virtually no meat, and is an unexpected little veggie haven! The advantage over more traditional butty shops is that I can have just lettuce, olives, gherkins and chillis with chilli sauce on unbuttered bread without anyone batting an eyelid, but the bread's shite.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's 2 quid extra for a footlong I think so for sub of day £4.29.

I like cheese steak too. Sorry OU.
It's dirty food but not as dirty bad as mcdonalds or kfc.

But it doesn't taste of anything!

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

pop? who the hell calls it pop?

dave

Americans from the Midwest.

 

[moose]

pop? who the hell calls it pop?

dave

The North, that's who.

 

[pogofish]

It's dirty food but not as dirty bad as mcdonalds or kfc.

Remember that till quite recently at least, McD's had a significant holding in Subway - Around a third IIRC? They may have disposed of it by now though.

When it comes to ripping-off franchisees, Subway topped the list not that long ago - The highest level of charges plust the most complaints against them by franchise holders of any of the big chains.

 

[The39thStep]

I think they are ok actually. The meatballs are good , I like the different breads they have and the fact that the one round here is open in the evenings .I don't buy this blanket anti chain 'ting.

 

[kained&able]

honey oat is the king of the subway breads anything other then that and hearty italian is fairly rank.

dave

 

[Looby]

Remember that till quite recently at least, McD's had a significant holding in Subway - Around a third IIRC? They may have disposed of it by now though.

When it comes to ripping-off franchisees, Subway topped the list not that long ago - The highest level of charges plust the most complaints against them by franchise holders of any of the big chains.

I'm not talking about the companies, I'm talking about the food.

 

[pogofish]

OK, true enough - If you choose carefully, Subway food ain't nearly as bad, although there are a few pretty manky items on the menu but they can be avoided. One thing, the bread, even in UK stores is not CBP product, which is a plus. This is one instance where the US process ain't nearly as bad as ours.

 

[Callie]

Is not so great IMO. Had it a couple of times - out of curiosity and or desperation. Not enough flavour in the ingredients really.

 

[Callie]

OK, true enough - If you choose carefully, Subway food ain't nearly as bad, although there are a few pretty manky items on the menu but they can be avoided. One thing, the bread, even in UK stores is not CBP product, which is a plus. This is one instance where the US process ain't nearly as bad as ours.

CBP?

 

[emanymton]

I don't rate subway at all, I occasionally eat there when I'm in a rush and there is no where else around but the only way to get any taste is with the sauce's.
And they always feel really uncomfortable, and cold I always feel cold in a Subway. I assume that is deliberate as they don't want people hanging around any longer than necessary.

 

[pogofish]

CBP?

The Chorleywood Bread Process. Its the method the UK favours for industrialised bread production - Involves hard fats, processed pig lipase and a needlessly high salt and sugar content. The vast majority of our bread is made this way.

 

[Callie]

ah ha! yes have heard of it - probably from you before. Doesn't suprise me in the slightest that the breat is shite.

The vegans are probably OK eating the 'meatballs' tbh

 

[pogofish]

ah ha! yes have heard of it - probably from you before. Doesn't suprise me in the slightest that the breat is shite.

The vegans are probably OK eating the 'meatballs' tbh

TBH, as far as Subway are concerned, the US-process used for their bread is far more preferable, as all it involves is speeding-up the proving by the gas given off by a fairly innocuous and established kitchen chemical.

Dunno - never had the slightest desire for a Subway meatball!

 

[ymu]

Remember that till quite recently at least, McD's had a significant holding in Subway - Around a third IIRC? They may have disposed of it by now though.

When it comes to ripping-off franchisees, Subway topped the list not that long ago - The highest level of charges plust the most complaints against them by franchise holders of any of the big chains.

McD's own part of Pret a Manger too. It's not a good quality metric.

 

[pogofish]

I suppose they might have regarded it as a way of keeping tabs on the opposition?

Both chains were pretty small when they took a share IIRC?

 

[ska invita]

Subway bread is not bread, Irish court rules

Judge finds that sugar content of US chain’s sandwiches exceeds stipulated limit and they should thus be classified as confectionery

www.theguardian.com

The bread’s sugar content – five times the qualifying limit under the act – means that it falls outside of the legal definition of a staple food. The ruling included white and wholegrain bread. The definition serves to differentiate bread from other baked goods.

“The argument depends on the acceptance of the prior contention that the Subway heated sandwich contains ‘bread’ as defined, and therefore can be said to be food for the purposes of the Second Schedule rather than confectionary. Since that argument has been rejected, this subsidiary argument must fail,” the court ruled. The appeal was dismissed.

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The ruling is not the first slice of controversy for the brand. In 2014, Subway decided to start removing the flour whitening agent azodicarbonamide from its baked goods after a petition circulated online. The ingredient is commonly used in the manufacture of yoga mats and carpet underlay and has been banned by the European Union and Australia from use in food products. yum

<got to be carcinogenic hasnt it?

 

[ska invita]

The ruling is not the first slice of controversy for the brand. In 2014, Subway decided to start removing the flour whitening agent azodicarbonamide from its baked goods after a petition circulated online. The ingredient is commonly used in the manufacture of yoga mats and carpet underlay and has been banned by the European Union and Australia from use in food products. yum

<got to be carcinogenic hasnt it?

That Chemical Subway Ditched? McDonald's, Wendy's Use it Too

<p>That chemical Subway was using in its sandwich bread? It's everywhere - McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks and other chains.</p>

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Azodicarbonamide has been banned in UK since 1990.

 

[editor]

I've had one Subway roll. Despite eating in the premises, it came with heaps of packaging the bread was like tasteless marshmallow and the contents tasted like plasticine. Any of their touted health benefits were offset by a half ton of sugary condiments. Awful.

 

[NoXion]

That Chemical Subway Ditched? McDonald's, Wendy's Use it Too

<p>That chemical Subway was using in its sandwich bread? It's everywhere - McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks and other chains.</p>

www.nbcnews.com

Azodicarbonamide. Oooooh, a scaaaaaaaary-sounding chemiKILL!

No really, is there any actual reason to believe that it's harmful in the amounts used in food? Has the dihydrogen monoxide hoax taught us NOTHING?

 

[MrSki]

I have never stepped foot in one because of the horrible smell. I presume this is the bread that isn't. Always smells shite & makes me feel sick. Will cross the road to avoid it.