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They called an "emergency meeting" this week to solve the mystery (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 81 points 2 years ago (24 children)

Not only that, they lowered the quality at the same time. I remember when a subway sandwich was still kinda gross, but at least it was filling and you could have a decently healthy calorie dollar if you ordered right. Now, half the weight of your sandwich is in that super sweetened bread and the meat portions are tiny

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    super sweetened bread

    Fun fact: it's so sweetened that the Supreme Court of Ireland (SCOI is a fun acronym) reclassified it as cake.

    Also, Subway chicken is only 50% chicken.

    To find out what the other 50% is, listen to the latest episode of my podcast Subway Exposure!

    Just kidding, I don't have a podcast. It's soybeans.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    It’s soybeans.

    If that's true I really wish they'd just start offering a tofu option at Subway so I don't just have to get vegetables in bread lol

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Was it Taco Bell people were complaining that the meat filling isn’t ground all ground beef? I was like sweet I’d rather it be seasoned veggie delight anyway. Meat quality is not the draw of Taco Bell.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yea. Taco Bell Seasoned meat has been a seasoned freeze-dried tofu and beef blend for decades now.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Taco Bell claims 88% beef with water and seasoning composing the rest.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    All I know is they probably add a lot of textured vegetable protein to the mix to save money, since it comes in bags and isn't made in-store.

    I don't trust their labels all too much because it's all too even to be natural.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They ruled that, for tax purposes, it counts as a confectionary because of the high sugar content. They did not rule that it is literally cake.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Last time ive seen a subway sandwich that wasn't gross looking was in the 90s

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I don’t get it anymore because I can make it way cheaper and better at home, but a flatbread turkey and pepperjack sammich with olives, cucumbers, spinach, onions, peppers, and their chipotle sauce is actually pretty dope looking. And it tastes wonderful. But not for 15USD.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I've been to Subway twice in the last twenty years. Both times the shop was understaffed and it took more than half an hour to get our meals, and they weren't even good compared to other sub chains that cost less, let alone the local non-franchise sub shops.

    The last attempt was a few years before COVID. I can't imagine how bad it is now.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    My wife and I walked into a Subway recently to use the restrooms. Not an employee in sight. Did our business and walked out without seeing a single person. I would have thought they were closed had the lights not been on and the door unlocked. Don’t know how they stay in business.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I ordered a flatbread sandwich recently and the bread was extremely crusty and smelled old and bad. Subway is 100% in the gutter right now

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I used to get a roasted chicken breast sub from Subway every day. The chicken slab was pre-cooked and literally sitting in a bucket of warm water, from which they would pull it and microwave it for a few seconds. How in the living fuck did I ever think it was OK for chicken to be sitting in a bucket of warm water all day?

    This was around the time they stopped baking their own rolls in-store every day, and somehow I was also OK with the stale rolls that replaced it. I guess I was distracted by their pedophile spokesman.

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