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      CommentAuthorTadGhostal
    • CommentTimeJan 27th 2007 edited
     

    I thought it'd be a good idea to see which submarine sandwiches offer more for your money.

    In the food industry, bread and flour products in general are very inexpensive, and therefore carry a high profit margin. Meat, cheese, and other sandwich goodies are more expensive to purchase wholesale, and therefore carry a much lower profit margin.

    Oddly enough, the rule "the heavier the food, the lower the profit margin" applies extremely well to the food industry (if you don't believe this, go grocery shopping and weight your foods). This rule doesn't apply to beverages or foodstuffs that are primarily liquid.

    Because this rule works so well, it can be applied very easily to submarine sandwiches or any other food that combines breads with other foodstuffs....

    Purchasing a number of different brand submarine sandwhiches*, I did the following:

    1. Weight the entire sandwich
    2. Disassemble the sandwhich, weighing only the bread*
    3. Divide the Total Weight by the Bread Weight, as such:

    Ratio = Total sandwich weight/Bread-only weight

    The HIGHER the ratio, the more value you're getting.

    Here's my results so far....

    All sandwhiches were 3 meat, 1 cheese, lettuce+tomato+onions on generic white bread....nothing else!

    Subway
    Bread = 5 oz
    Total= 8 oz
    ratio: 1.6

    Quiznos
    Bread = 6 oz
    Total = 12 oz
    ratio: 2.0

    Redi Deli
    Bread = 7 oz
    Total = 17 oz
    ratio: 2.43

    McAllister's Deli
    Bread = 6 oz
    Total = 11 oz
    ratio: 1.8

    So far, Redi Deli (a little family-owned sub shop near my home) has the best value, while Subway (A national chain with a weird guy as its mascot), has the worst. Feel free to add your own measurements, but please stick to the protocol, as I'd like to keep this as scientific as possible.

    Also, please eat the sub(s) you purchase after measuring them - even if they are a bit dry (with no condiments and all) - no point in wasting more food than we already do!)

    * For this to work, you must purchase sandwhiches with NO CONDIMENTS (mayonaise, mustard, oil, etc.), as they are applied directly to the bread, are heavy, but are inseperable from the bread - thereby skewing the ratios.

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeJan 27th 2007
     

    When you say "other" do you mean the entire sandwhich or just the fillings?

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      CommentAuthorTadGhostal
    • CommentTimeJan 27th 2007
     

    Sorry - we first were going to measure the bread, then everything else, but realized that we could save a step by measuring the entire sandwhich, then just the bread. It was just a wording error on my part (the numbers were for the TOTAL weight, dispite the mis-labeling). I've fixed it now.

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeJan 27th 2007
     

    Allright, it's a shame: I only recognise Subway from that list, and the nearest one is 8 miles away.

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeJan 27th 2007
     

    What kind of fast food places do you have in the UK?

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      CommentAuthorcritdragon
    • CommentTimeJan 27th 2007 edited
     

    mcdonalds.. burger king.. kfc.. wimpy.. and other places are just random kebab shops lol what do you have in usa?? apart from obesity and a mentally challenged president..

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeJan 27th 2007 edited
     

    You've just scratched the surface...

    Places to get a burger:
    ~McDonalds
    ~Burger King
    ~Wendys (a higher quality McDonalds)
    ~Arbys (a slightly lower quality Subway)

    Places to get foreign Americanized food:
    ~Taco Bell (mmmm....)
    ~Usually there is a small mom and pop mexican or chinese resuraunt in most towns

    Misc.:
    ~Applebees (good food, alright price. Its a family oriented sports bar)
    ~IHOP (good place to go for pankacakes if you don't mind gaining a few pounds. Stands for International House of Pancakes)
    ~There's a chain of southern resturaunts like applebees, but the name eludes me.
    ~KFC

    ...And much much more. Usually I would take the time to look them up, but I'm tired. It's 12:18 a.m. here.

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      CommentAuthorbufar
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2007 edited
     
    Posted By: critdragon

    mcdonalds.. burger king.. kfc.. wimpy.. and other places are just random kebab shops lol what do you have in usa?? apart from obesity and a mentally challenged president..

    I got a couple words for your British misinformed brain. First off, the president is not mentally challenged. He just makes unpopular decisions that force people to assume that he his mental. Also, we are not all obese here in America. I have only known one true obese kid, and he moved to another state. I still know a couple fat kids, but none of them fit the definition of obese. In fact, I know this one kid that is dargerously thin. He takes pills to get fatter. And with recent bans on trans fat and sugar in schools and major cities, things are not looking good for him.
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    I'm not suprised that Subway lost out. I mean, they put 3 pieces of meat on a sandwhich. However, their Italian BMT, when toasted, is quite good.
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    Question: Were the subs toasted? Also, what size were they? I know that Subway has 6"/1' and Quiznos has Small/Med/Large. Mabey you should take those into consideration.

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2007
     
    Posted By: critdragon

    mcdonalds.. burger king.. kfc.. wimpy.. and other places are just random kebab shops lol what do you have in usa?? apart from obesity and a mentally challenged president..

    Oooh low blow! Even I think so.

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    Posted By: D League

    Places to get a burger:

    ~Wendys (a higher quality McDonalds)

    :shocked: Wendy's is like McDonald's over there? Here they just do icecream and shakes and things like that.

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2007
     
    Posted By: silverdragonfire
    Posted By: D League

    Places to get a burger:

    ~Wendys (a higher quality McDonalds)

    :shocked:" start="fileopen" height="15" alt=":shocked:" isMap="false" hspace="0" loop="1" src="http://factcheck.gullible.info/extensions/Vanillacons/smilies/standard/shocked.gif" width="15" vspace="0">Wendy's is like McDonald's over there? Here they just do icecream and shakes and things like
    that.

    Where are you from?

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      CommentAuthorTadGhostal
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2007
     

    I used 6" subs, but some were a bit larger. It's the ratio I'm looking at, which shouldn't change based on the size of the sub, so I didn't mention it earlier. If I'd used larger or smaller subs, the individual weights would, of course, change but the ratios would not (in theory, anyway).

    Also, the quiznos bread was (as always) toasted. The others were not. Since toasted bread weights the same as untoasted bread (at least to the low degree of accuracy I'm using - notice I'm rounding to the whole oz.), I left that part off as well.

    Also, I used ounces as measurement for the US kiddies. Of course, since we're looking at ratios, it would be exactly the same no matter what unit I measured in.

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    Posted By: Trance

    Where are you from?

    Sydney, Australia

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2007 edited
     

    I think you forgot to put "/blockquote"

    With " and " substituded for < and >

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2007
     
    Posted By: silverdragonfire
    Posted By: D League

    Places to get a burger:

    ~Wendys (a higher quality McDonalds)

    Wendy's is like McDonald's over there? Here they just do icecream and shakes and things like that.

    That's Dairy Queen over here.

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      CommentAuthorBGoosh
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2007
     

    How does that saying go? Buy a man a fish and he eats for a night. Teach a man to shop at a grocery store instead of fattening the wallets of formerly overweight communications majors and he'll eat forever.

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      CommentAuthorD League
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2007
     

    I don't eat at these places often. I only eat there on my birthday. Usaully I hunt down and kill deer with my bear hands.

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      CommentAuthornyarfdude
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2007
     

    lol

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      CommentAuthorcritdragon
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2007
     

    lol.. as do we all.. oh yeh do you have fish and chip shops in america?? because i don't know how you can live without them lol

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      CommentAuthorBGoosh
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2007
     

    What's a fish? Must be some Euro thing like Monarchy and Smelling bad :wink: j/k I love you crazy brits

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2007
     
    Posted By: critdragon

    lol.. as do we all.. oh yeh do you have fish and chip shops in america?? because i don't know how you can live without them lol

    We have Long John Silvers. ~shudder~

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2007
     
    Posted By: Udoboy
    Posted By: critdragon

    lol.. as do we all.. oh yeh do you have fish and chip shops in america?? because i don't know how you can live without them lol

    We have Long John Silvers. ~shudder~

    Or as I like to call it, "Heart attack on a platter"... It's so greasy I can't even eat it - yuck!!

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2007
     

    At least it's not Skippers... the home of food poisoning. (allegedly, in my opinion)

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      CommentAuthornyarfdude
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2007
     

    I don't like seafood at all. A lot of people think that's weird.

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    Not me. The only seafood I like is calamari, so I die when my seafood-loving family goes to the seafood buffet.

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2007
     

    Austin has two local sub chains: Delaware Subs & Thundercloud Subs. With them and Quiznos, I 'bout never eat at Subway.

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      CommentAuthornyarfdude
    • CommentTimeJan 30th 2007
     

    Quizno's is good, too, but I still think SUBWAY is the best.

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeJan 30th 2007
     

    Can't beat a good Chinese!

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeJan 30th 2007
     
    Posted By: Trance

    Can't beat a good Chinese!

    Not legally, anymore.

    Hey, it's a joke people! Joke!

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      CommentAuthorTrance
    • CommentTimeJan 30th 2007
     
    Posted By: Udoboy
    Posted By: Trance

    Can't beat a good Chinese!

    Not legally, anymore.

    Hey, it's a joke people! Joke!

    Ah hah!! I like that one!

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeJan 30th 2007
     
    Posted By: Udoboy

    At least it's not Skippers... the home of food poisoning. (allegedly, in my opinion)

    We don't have those here in Michigan - what is that?

    My favorite subs are from Charley's - they're all hot subs, which would disqualify them from the measurements, as they're cooked with various sauces. However, in my opinion, nothing beats a chicken teriyaki sub with a side of cheese fries. Yum!

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      CommentAuthorcritdragon
    • CommentTimeJan 30th 2007
     
    Posted By: Udoboy
    Posted By: Trance

    Can't beat a good Chinese!

    Not legally, anymore.

    Hey, it's a joke people! Joke!

    ahh that made me crack up after such a shit dayy.. thank you lol

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      CommentAuthornyarfdude
    • CommentTimeJan 30th 2007
     

    That was quite good!

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeJan 31st 2007
     
    Posted By: Athene
    Posted By: Udoboy

    At least it's not Skippers... the home of food poisoning. (allegedly, in my opinion)

    We don't have those here in Michigan - what is that?

    A "fast food seafood restaurant" competing in the Pacific NW.

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