Review - Subway

Lots of New Restaurnants
I thought it a good time to give a review on Subway Restaurants. In the area I live there seems to be more and more restaurnats opening per suburb. Sometimes several in the same suburban street! One of the the worlds most successful and well known franchises, Subway has literally taken the world by storm. Now with over 28,000 Restaurants in 86 countries including 197 in New Zealand.

Eat Fresh
The menu at Subway has always been funny to me. I would go thru stages of buying Subway 3 times a week then go thru periods of not eating it for months because I didn't like the last time I ate it. Subway can leave a funny taste in your mouth (no pun intended). Their mantra is of course "Eat Fresh" and while the food looks fresh, it looks very uniform and possibly processed.

Genetic Engineering
In New Zealand there was an item on the news several years ago that Subways baker Yarrows used GE wheat in their bread. Subway do promote in each store now that their bread is baked fresh daily on site. But baking dosen't necessarliy mean they make the actual dough. So I assume that Yarrows stil make thedough and each store "bakes" as in puts the dough in the overn every day. So I believe that their bread still contains GE wheat. Their vegetables are all so uniform it makes you wonder if they are GE as well to get the consistency.

Business Model
As a business model though I believe a Subway franchise would be quite a good money spinner. A typical Sub costs around $8.00. The ingredients to make that can't be more than $4.00

Auckland, New Zealand