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Subway is closing half its restaurants early on July 12 to overhaul the menu and will give away 1 million free sandwiches the next day

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Subway is closing half its restaurants early on July 12 to overhaul the menu and will give away 1 million free sandwiches the next day
Mary Meisenzahl
Jul 6, 2021, 3:04 PM

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  • Subway will give away 1 million free subs on July 13.
  • Subway is overhauling the menu with new ingredients and sandwiches.
  • Restaurants will close early the night before to prepare.
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Subway will give away 1 million free subs on July 13 to celebrate a major menu revamp.
The sandwich chain will close more than 10,000 US restaurants, about half of its locations, at 6 p.m. on Monday to prepare for the menu overhaul the next day.
For two hours on July 13, Subway will give away up to 1 million free 6-inch Turkey Cali Fresh subs. Customers just have to go to a Subway between 10 a.m. and noon local time and request the free sub.
The sandwich chain is calling the menu changes an "Eat Fresh Refresh," a play on Subway's slogan. More than 20 menu changes will come to all US restaurants with "improvements to almost every core menu item," according to a press release.



Read more: Inside the 2 secretive billionaire families that own Subway, as they face backlash from furious franchisees
The more than 20 menu changes include sauces, bread, and proteins. Two new bread options, "artisan Italian" and "hearty multigrain," have been in development for over two years. The chain is also adding deli-style sliced ham and turkey, smashed avocado, fresh mozzarella, and a parmesan vinaigrette. In total, there will be 11 new ingredients, six new sandwiches, and four altered sandwiches, along with a new digital-ordering experience.
Subway was one of many restaurants to feel the effects of the pandemic, and it closed more locations than any other large US chain in 2020, ending the period with 1,557 fewer stores, a 6.6% loss.
Do you have a story to share about a retail or restaurant chain? Email this reporter at mmeisenzahl@businessinsider.com.
 
Rina Renarde
Here’s something fun to do at Subway: order a BLT. That’s bacon, lettuce, tomato. When you get your sandwich look at it. You will have nothing but bacon and bread. Why? According to the Subways here they say “most customers” don’t want the lettuce and tomato so you have to specify that you actually and truly do want it. When I asked them to remake my sandwich which likely would have cost them less than $1 the manager told me to go pound sand. That was 4 years ago. Never been to one since. I’m glad I’m missing out on eating the “tuna” or the “chicken”.
 
Jersey Mike's, Quiznos and other high end chains have better sandwiches than subways.

Like the article said they're introducing deli style cold cuts. I think they needed this in a bad way. The subs should be high end deli style, dont taste rushed and super fresh.
 
mariano42 said:
Jersey Mike's, Quiznos and other high end chains have better sandwiches than subways.

Like the article said they're introducing deli style cold cuts. I think they needed this in a bad way. The subs should be high end deli style, dont taste rushed and super fresh.
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Yeah I quit eating at Subway years ago, Jersey Mikes has the best sandwiches. I use to go to Jimmy John's a lot but they need to put some chicken on the menu.. Lol
 
mariano42 said:
Jersey Mike's, Quiznos and other high end chains have better sandwiches than subways.

Like the article said they're introducing deli style cold cuts. I think they needed this in a bad way. The subs should be high end deli style, dont taste rushed and super fresh.
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Pworld297 said:
Yeah I quit eating at Subway years ago, Jersey Mikes has the best sandwiches. I use to go to Jimmy John's a lot but they need to put some chicken on the menu.. Lol
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Could this have anything to do with the whole tuna fish controversy?
 
I ate Subways 15 years ago for lunch occasionally but a Jersey Mikes opened up near my office and we went 8n there and I ordered the Giant Turkey with extra pickles and banana peppers heavy mustard and I haven’t ate a Subway or any other sub since. It’s a little on the expensive side but it’s the only sub I have ever eaten where I’m done the rest of the day eating I would pay for a Jersey Mikes over getting that free subway on the 13th
 
Pworld297 said:
Yeah I quit eating at Subway years ago, Jersey Mikes has the best sandwiches. I use to go to Jimmy John's a lot but they need to put some chicken on the menu.. Lol
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Jimmy John's sucks too. Somebody tell the motherfukers to put some oregano or seasoning in the bread or something.

I'm going to go tomorrow and get my fresh sub from Subway. I'm going to bring it home, discard the bread and eat the turkey and tomatoes
 
Pworld297 said:
Yeah I quit eating at Subway years ago, Jersey Mikes has the best sandwiches. I use to go to Jimmy John's a lot but they need to put some chicken on the menu.. Lol
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I stopped eating at Subway when I saw them using premeasured portions on those little ass 6" sammiches.... I'm spoiled with watching the meats hand cut by eye....and getting a lil extra cause you frequent the spot

playahaitian said:
PERIOD.

I'm trying to think what Subways THINKS deli style means?
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I'm quite sure that you'll soon be answering your own question and will be bumping every Subway thread ever posted with that question, especially if you made them... :hmm:


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playahaitian said:
Could this have anything to do with the whole tuna fish controversy?
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Me personally no. I stopped eating that tuna years ago. But subway sandwiches build isn't great. Quiznos, Jersey Mike's and even mom and pop sandwich shops sandwiches don't look rushed.

Another peeve is Subways always act stingy with the meat as if they want to force you to pay $1.50 for the extra meat that mom and pop stores and Jersey Mike's already offer.
 
mariano42 said:
Me personally no. I stopped eating that tuna years ago. But subway sandwiches build isn't great. Quiznos, Jersey Mike's and even mom and pop sandwich shops sandwiches don't look rushed.

Another peeve is Subways always act stingy with the meat as if they want to force you to pay $1.50 for the extra meat that mom and pop stores and Jersey Mike's already offer.
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^^^^
 
MASTERBAKER said:
Rina Renarde
Here’s something fun to do at Subway: order a BLT. That’s bacon, lettuce, tomato. When you get your sandwich look at it. You will have nothing but bacon and bread. Why? According to the Subways here they say “most customers” don’t want the lettuce and tomato so you have to specify that you actually and truly do want it. When I asked them to remake my sandwich which likely would have cost them less than $1 the manager told me to go pound sand. That was 4 years ago. Never been to one since. I’m glad I’m missing out on eating the “tuna” or the “chicken”.
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Not like she was at a Jimmy John's and can't see the sandwich being made. It's on you if you wait to the end to complain about the toppings.

As for the tuna, it's kind of hard to amplify any type of meat's DNA to it's exact type after it's been processed. It's kind of telling that the lawsuit was walked back after the headlines to that the tuna isn't sustainably caught as claimed instead of not being tuna.
 
mariano42 said:
Jersey Mike's, Quiznos and other high end chains have better sandwiches than subways.

Like the article said they're introducing deli style cold cuts. I think they needed this in a bad way. The subs should be high end deli style, dont taste rushed and super fresh.
Click to expand...

Quizno’s is still open?

I haven’t seen one of those in about 10 years.
 

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