Subway, the US based, franchised 'sandwich' fast-food chain is now officially the world's top seller, overtaking McDonalds. In the
UK and Ireland the company hopes to expand to 2,010 restaurants by some time in 2011.(Wikipedia)
I will admit that I have never tried one, so I am basing this post purely on bias and bile, but for gods sake they sell stodgy baguettes with unhealthy fillings such as 'meatball marinara', a 6incher with 511 calories, 20.9 grams of fat and 3.3 grams of salt, they also offer 12" and 18" monstrosities!
They do offer veggie and light options, and a 'Kids Pak', which strangely enough doesn't include a veggie option!! (I am trying to be balanced, honestly!) They have been criticised for the high levels of
corn syrup in their bread products and for using plant fertilizer to make their bread brown!
All in all it sounds bloody awful and I will definitely not be adding to their sales figures!
2 comments:
As a slacker vegan I often indulge in a Subway. Yes, it is a pustule of unprincipled pseudo-food featuring artificial filth, fertiliser and possibly Valu Soylent Green...but their veggie patty is a slayer ;)
I'm thinking of opening a franchise called 'ProleScran' which targets the very lowest end of the market. It'll feature such delicacies as Fish Finger and Revel patties and Mushy Peas and Toffo wraps (you might have caught on to a theme here, sweet and savoury for the unfussy palette). First 1000 customers get a bottle of Sunny D and ten Regal
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