Back when I was running a subway, we were a test market for an "electronic" sub club card... no stamps. Customers got what resembled a credit card, which would get swiped with their order and the balance applied to it. One dollar spent earned 1 point on your card. You could have... 73 points... and trade like, 50 of them for a footlong or 15 for a drink or 10 for 3 cookies or whatever.
And I'll tell you what... before long, every employee at every Subway in town had their own Subway cards, and they would nonchalantly give themselves free points all day long. Since the system only tracked transactions over $25, they would add 24 points at a time, undetected. Fraud? hell... yeah. I think this was far worse than the stamps. This electronic program only lasted a couple years and I don't know if anywhere outside of Alaska ever had these.
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yeah, the counterfeiting of the stamps was real bad. My buddy and his wife own 12 Subways here, and the stuff they deal with is crazy.
You know. I use to work at quiznos as a moonlighting type job. I llike their food but a. it is overpriced and b. it never filled me up. I get hungry soon after eating.
There food costs are high. The one I worked at was at 30% but started up over 35% initially. He did work 7 days a week and boy was he crabby. He always always complaining about the expenses.
Point I am trying to make is I completely believe that Quiznos corporate is purposely screwing over the franchisees. It sucks.
There food costs are high. The one I worked at was at 30% but started up over 35% initially. He did work 7 days a week and boy was he crabby. He always always complaining about the expenses.
Point I am trying to make is I completely believe that Quiznos corporate is purposely screwing over the franchisees. It sucks.
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Ironically, I just saw a commercial on TV here in Central Illinois where Quizno's corporate is hosting franchisee recruiting seminars "In my area!".
I've heard complaints for years that Quizno's corporate is rough to work with. The franchise buy in fee is pretty lofty for the type of restaurant. And as mentioned repeatedly, their food costs to their franchisee's are very high.
I've heard complaints for years that Quizno's corporate is rough to work with. The franchise buy in fee is pretty lofty for the type of restaurant. And as mentioned repeatedly, their food costs to their franchisee's are very high.
This is the most popular and fastest growing sub shop in our area. It started here in Memphis and is expanding pretty fast. They cut the meat and cheese in front of you and make a damn good philly and chicken philly.
http://www.lennyssubshop.com/index.cfm
http://www.lennyssubshop.com/index.cfm
Quizno's around here is over $8 for a SMALL sub.
And the quality has gone down dramatically while the price has gone up. Total ripoff.
Also, from that link, 2.9% credit card fees? WTF is paying for sandwiches with a credit card?
And the quality has gone down dramatically while the price has gone up. Total ripoff.
Also, from that link, 2.9% credit card fees? WTF is paying for sandwiches with a credit card?
$8 for a small sub?? Where do you live? Guam?? That's insane... I thought they were bad in Alaska at 4.99 for the most expensive small sandwich.
You'd be surprised how many people buy sandwiches with credit cards/etc. When I worked at Subway back in the day, even then we averaged about 20-25% daily income from CC's and another 15% or so from checks. We didn't pop the cash drawer open often at all.
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