Subway Restaurant: Buy One Footlong Sub, Get One Footlong Sub

vand3537

Jul 14, 2021 3:57 AM

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Quote from BrightMitten362

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No one sells for cost + small margins. Everyone tries to maximize profits. If it's cost + nominal markup, an iPhone should be selling for about $100 and pizza for

But still pay the employees $15+/hr.

RyanMPLS

Jul 14, 2021 3:59 AM

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Quote from Gameross

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Thiere subs cost at most $2 to make a food long.

Except for rent, franchise fees, labor, two laborers browsing slickdeals.net whilst waiting for next customer. Opening and closing duties. I agree that the actual contents of the sandwich are not all that expensive, but I also have 100# of misc flour, add to that pork butts, hams, whole turkeys, misc chicken bits, and bacon in the fridge. 99c pork butt is a great deal - sometimes. But sometimes I want a friggin' sandwich placed into my hand. ($10 is too expensive for a Subway footlong though)

RyanMPLS

Jul 14, 2021 4:01 AM

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Quote from vand3537

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But still pay the employees $15+/hr.

Follow the Walmart rule. Pay them just enough to survive buying you wares!

RyanMPLS

Jul 14, 2021 4:10 AM

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Quote from johndoe35

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Go to the cheapest supermarket you can find on this planet. Then I challenge you to make that footlong for $2.

Not at all difficult, the problem is making singular. I can easily make a sandwich with 4oz of meat and all the fixings for $2.00. Just not a single one. If I were to make 100 that's ~25lbs of meat. Chicken, turkey and ham are less than $2.00/lb not even counting bulk, more like $1.00. $25 chicken breast, flour for bread. Fixin's are even cheaper (olives are kinda spendy).

BetterBuys

Jul 14, 2021 4:40 AM

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Quote from pranav2k1

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It costs them less than $2 to make the sub believe it or not, so charging $8-$9 for a regular sub is a robbery, and with BOGO they're still making money. And not everyone goes in for footlong so they still have those customers who'll play $4 for a 6 inch sub.

You have no idea what you are talking about because you will never ever able to hire any employees on your own for more than a year.

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denden713

Jul 14, 2021 5:11 AM

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Quote from namlook

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How do the stores make any money when it's B1G1 free for six weeks?

.... it doesn't cost much to make a sandwich

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Jul 14, 2021 5:14 AM

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Quote from pranav2k1

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My friend owns multiple Subways, I know what I'm talking about. Also they're making more than enough money on chips, cookies, pizza, and drinks, believe me they know what they're doing, and you're getting robbed without you knowing it.

Drinks have a huge profit margin. They just mix flavoring with water. That's where you get robbed, You're not getting robbed on the subs. B1G1 is a money loser for any Subway if people only buy the two subs and nothing else.

namlook

Jul 14, 2021 5:18 AM

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Quote from vand3537

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But still pay the employees $15+/hr.

And they should. No one can live a decent life on less than $15 an hour.

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ns8013

Jul 14, 2021 5:19 AM

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Quote from pranav2k1

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My friend owns multiple Subways, I know what I'm talking about. Also they're making more than enough money on chips, cookies, pizza, and drinks, believe me they know what they're doing, and you're getting robbed without you knowing it.

You don't seem to have a clue what you're talking about, especially with your statement about how a sub costs $2 to make and using that as a justification to say $8 is too much to charge.

If you had a clue, you'd know you have to add basic things like rent/mortgage, wages, insurance, legal, accounting, utilities, supplies (napkins, wrappers, cups, etc...), spoilage and mistakes by employees, and a bunch of other stuff. Then you add on things like the franchise fees they have to pay to Subway, which I think were something like 8% of sales, 4.5% for marketing fees, etc.... And of course nobody works for free, or wants to put the effort in to own a franchise without profit to show for it, so you need room for a healthy gross margin on top of all that.

But hey, your friend owns a bunch of Subways, which is practically like you owning them yourself, right?

Now, what the hell happened to the Subway Melt? That and the Subway Club were my go-to subs, and they are both gone now. Very disappointing!

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RyanMPLS

Jul 14, 2021 5:21 AM

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Quote from namlook

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Drinks have a huge profit margin. They just mix flavoring with water. That's where you get robbed, You're not getting robbed on the subs. B1G1 is a money loser for any Subway if people only buy the two subs and nothing else.

With cup and straw it comes to roughly 1c per oz. Varies a little but that's the easy math. Refills barely matter.

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Jul 14, 2021 5:21 AM

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Quote from M95014

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In the last BOGO promotion, 8 of 8 Subways near my house here in the Bay Area, non of them participated in this promotion!

Another reason not to live in the Bay Area

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RyanMPLS

Jul 14, 2021 5:26 AM

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Quote from namlook

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And they should. No one can live a decent life on less than $15 an hour.

Dual income. $15 @ 40hrs is 62,400. More than enough in many of the flyover states coasters reference. Surely would be difficult in NYC or LA, but middle of anywhere, any state - happy life. As they sit and watch others complain about their expenses.

namlook

Jul 14, 2021 5:30 AM

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Quote from RyanMPLS

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Dual income. $15 @ 40hrs is 62,400. More than enough in many of the flyover states coasters reference. Surely would be difficult in NYC or LA, but middle of anywhere, any state - happy life. As they sit and watch others complain about their expenses.

I'm sure those people appreciate you think they should pool their incomes to be able to live.

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garycoleman

Jul 14, 2021 5:57 AM

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I bought the Italian BMT. It had very little meat compared to local delis.

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Jul 14, 2021 6:46 AM

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Tazmania99

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I am very disappointed in the purchase I made today. I ordered two Footlong All-American Clubs for $10 and each had extremely little meat. Probably just two slice of meat on the subs. I wouldn't even pay $5 for a sub like that. Goodbye Subway!

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