NC State students can apparently get any foot long sub for $5 at the Subway on Lake Wheeler near the Farmer's Market. Rejoice!

10/1/2009 12:20:52 PM

I thought they were 5 for all of 'em

10/1/2009 12:21:18 PM

$5 Footlong is an everyday Subway value.

10/1/2009 12:21:47 PM

^

10/1/2009 12:22:26 PM

There are only like 6 subs on their every day $5 menu. I'm talking about ANY SUB.

10/1/2009 12:22:56 PM

any

10/1/2009 12:23:07 PM

5 dollar foooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot
loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong

10/1/2009 12:23:08 PM

any

10/1/2009 12:23:54 PM

any

10/1/2009 12:25:15 PM

What else can I get for 5 dollars?

Any ting u wannn. AN-EE-TING.

10/1/2009 12:25:49 PM

ibtI'll give you a foot long for free

10/1/2009 12:27:48 PM

Gas up the jet for you tonight and baby you can go wherever you like...

10/1/2009 2:37:38 PM

the subway by my house is $5 for ANY footlong


I went to the Subway on Tate St. in Greensboro and they had chicken salad!

10/1/2009 2:40:21 PM

I'd much rather have a harris teeter wheat wrap + chips and tea for $4.17 though.

10/1/2009 2:40:28 PM

Subway now has a Buffalo Chicken footlong for $5. It sort of tastes like Buffalo Chicken normally does, but not as bad for you...

10/1/2009 2:42:36 PM

how much could subway possibly be making on a $5 footlong
i'd say $1 at most.
doesnt seem like a good business plan

10/1/2009 3:31:22 PM

At the Subway next to Wolfmart I'm 4 for 5 on getting a free cookie from the sticker on my cup.

10/1/2009 3:32:26 PM

^^ That's why they have those commercials now that don't advertise the sandwich, but "how can you have a meal without chips and a drink?"

10/1/2009 3:35:33 PM

still add drink & chips, maybe your profit is $2-$3

if you average 10 customers per 30 minutes, 20/hr, 160/day
160*$3 = $480

minus worker salaries ~8/hr, 64/day * 2 = $128

grand total profit = $352/day, $1408/month

that doesnt include rent, utilities, i think they lose money

10/1/2009 3:47:37 PM

you are fucking retarded if you think it takes $4 for subway to make a sub.

10/1/2009 3:55:01 PM

LOL

Quote :

"Rejoice!"

[Edited on October 1, 2009 at 3:55 PM. Reason : doh]

10/1/2009 3:55:22 PM

^^bread $.10, meat $0.50, cheese $0.10, toppings $.25 = ~ $2

ok so they make $3, lets even say $4 plush $1 for chips/drink so $5

so profit would be $800/day, ~$2800 per month

still too low, rent is more likely $1500 or more, other expenses are at least $500
franchise fee, etc,
no good

10/1/2009 4:11:24 PM

Yeah definitely not anywhere near the profit margin Redbox has.

You have to be trolling if you believe it costs a franchise owner .10c for every piece of cheese.

[Edited on October 1, 2009 at 4:14 PM. Reason : .]

10/1/2009 4:13:27 PM

I would venture to say that the average Subway sells more that 160 meals per day. You're not taking into account call-in orders or group orders. A lot of times my office will have one person call in an order for 15 and have one person pick up all the orders. Thus, it looks like they only have one customer when, in fact, they have 15.

And for a group of 15 people, 5 may order the $5 footlong, but the other 10 may spend more money on different menu items.

10/1/2009 4:15:22 PM

Except that you just completely made up those customer statistics.

10/1/2009 4:15:22 PM

Obviously. But how many people just stick to the $5 menu?

10/1/2009 4:17:21 PM

Not you. Lafta.

10/1/2009 4:18:50 PM

Quote :

"FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY WARNING"

10/1/2009 4:19:51 PM

I'm fairly certain they make more than 20 subs an hour, especially during lunch rush.

and they make way more than $800 a day in profits, or else you wouldn't see so fucking many of them

[Edited on October 1, 2009 at 4:23 PM. Reason : a]

10/1/2009 4:20:18 PM

I dunno how true this is but someone with some knowledge said Subway was the #1 most successful franchise right now...

WOWIE

10/1/2009 4:37:36 PM

I still love hearing immigrants say things like "You want a subway? We're going to get some subways."

10/1/2009 4:42:02 PM

I could deal with a sub right about now. Funk soul brotha check it out now.

10/1/2009 4:44:37 PM

lol@ subs costing subway 4 bucks but I too, don't understand how similar restaurants (in non university/crowded area strip malls) make money.

Take jumpin johnnys in brier creek for example. Theres never more than 2 or 3 customers in there at any given time. Thats about 25 customers per day. each paying around 9 bucks. Thats about 220 of revenue. You have at least two workers at all time making 7.50 an hour. thats 150 in wages per day. thats 70 dollars profit per day or 2100 a month. rent in brier creek has gotta be more than 2100 and overhead at least 500. I guess this is why restaurants have the lowest sucess rate of any business. They go out of business so much.

10/1/2009 4:53:16 PM

It is the least expensive franchise to get into, that's for sure. But at the same time, there is no exclusivity. Hence, there is a strip mall in Greensboro that has a Subway on each end, with 2 different owners.

10/1/2009 4:53:54 PM

so there are less than 5 days in a month? or your math sucks

10/1/2009 4:56:40 PM

I worked at the Subway in Lilling-bumfuck-ton and we easily pulled in around 2-3 grand on a typical day. You would be amazed how many subs are made during the 2 hour lunch rush and dinner rush.

10/1/2009 5:06:01 PM

oops my bad, i missed a few days of the month
by my calculations at best a subway will make roughly $24,000

minus rent and other stuff ~ 18,000

thats still using a very unrealistic statistics

10/1/2009 7:26:54 PM

there is this place called jersey mikes that actually sells good sandwiches. you guys should check it out!

student combos at the peace street location are where it's at.

10/1/2009 8:12:04 PM

great, it won't be long before the "anything chain is teh suck" crew arrives.

10/1/2009 8:15:24 PM

Jimmy Johns

10/1/2009 8:25:41 PM

jimmy johns is the best

10/1/2009 9:32:24 PM

jimmy john's pre-packaged meat is the most fatty, disgusting stuff i've ever had. no thanks.

jersey mike's - they actually slice their meat fresh.

10/1/2009 9:56:21 PM

i'm just gonna bump this b/c i dont' think it really deserves it's own thread

i am debating trying that buffalo chicken sammich for lunch however........ should i?

who has tried it and is it even worth bothering with

thank you tww for your input and have a nice day

8/25/2010 10:41:38 AM

kate, my coworker ate one yesterday and said it was banging

8/25/2010 10:44:51 AM

THE CHEESE TRIANGLES DON'T GO LIKE THAT!

8/25/2010 10:46:53 AM

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"how much could subway possibly be making on a $5 footlong i'd say $1 at most. doesnt seem like a good business plan"

My wife's mother is part of a Subway franchise in her town. I looked through one of their operational plan books and they pretty much make $2-4 per sub at prices between $5-6. They actually make the most on the veggie sub (not surprising). The margins are 50-80% on almost everything.

8/25/2010 10:47:18 AM

^^^ sweeeeet. I am so hungry I haven't eaten since lunch yesterday and I didn't want to get something if it was gross

thanks gunzz

8/25/2010 10:50:35 AM

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"great, it won't be long before the "anything chain is teh suck" crew arrives."

I get what you're saying and it may be just me, but it seems like their bread took a nose dive in quality (several years ago now) and they've never been the same ever since.

Maybe it was just my taste buds that changed.

8/25/2010 10:55:24 AM

The only thing better than a standard Subway is a Subway attached to a gas station.

Back when I lived on that side of town the bread was always stale as fuck....but it's been a while.

8/25/2010 10:59:28 AM

^^
I've never forgiven Subway for the whole Jared campaign
man I hate Jared

8/25/2010 11:02:35 AM