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No surprise Subway franchisees are complaining about Rapinoe

posted 3 years ago by strntz (12225)
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https://nypost.com/2021/08/06/subway-franchisees-are-fed-up-with-megan-rapinoes-tv-ads/

"Megan Rapinoe kicked up another round of controversy at the Tokyo Olympics — and now a group of Subway franchisees are pressuring the fast-food giant to give her the boot.

The response has been mixed, according to franchisees. Late last month on a discussion forum hosted by the North American Association of Subway Franchisees, a Wisconsin store operator posted a picture of a hand-scrawled note from an irate customer taped to the front door of his shop.

The ad should be pulled and done with,” the franchisee wrote of the Rapinoe spot. It gets tiring apologizing."

[–] TimMC (9143) 3 years ago

These big corps have the Gigantic International Communist Party on one side and their customers on the other. They're screwed.

Clown world.

[–] chilidoggg (14270) 3 years ago

And all the HOMO sapiens.

[–] RipRoss (557) 3 years ago

Between her and Jared they need to do a better job of vetting their spokespeople.

[–] strntz (12225) 3 years ago

I'll give Subway a pass on Fogel because his perversion wasn't known at the time of hiring. He was just a schlub who lost weight purportedly by eating their food.

[–] RipRoss (557) 3 years ago

I am aware that Jared's sexual crimes were unknown at the time he was made Subway's spokesman. I was making a joke.

[–] Gd5150 (11747) 3 years ago

Subway got Steph Curry and Tom Brady. Why’d they waste money on that clown.

[–] Ripkens25 (2014) 3 years ago

You have to ask?

[–] BeaSouth (3284) 3 years ago

There’s so much competition in the sub sandwich restaurant industry. Why court controversy like this? Certainly there weren’t customers clamoring for a spokesperson on the frontlines of the culture wars. People just want a decent lunch at a reasonable cost. What was the company thinking?

[–] chilone (17864) 3 years ago

People just want a decent lunch at a reasonable cost.

The best solution to that is to make your own food. Fast food is garbage.

[–] strntz (12225) 3 years ago

I agree, but a lot of people, maybe Americans more than most, eat a lot of prepared foods. I understand convenience, and maybe people are just too lazy, but there are many mom and pop sandwich shops that produce a *far* better product at much less money than Subway or any other chain shop for that matter.

But if forced to have a fast food meal (like at a highway toll plaza during a road trip), I won't be eating anything from Subway.

[–] chilone (17864) 3 years ago

people are just too lazy

Bingo! 😀

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 3 years ago

The sad thing is the mom-and-pop restaurants with the far superior food get run into the ground my the giant corporate garbage chains.

It's been at least ten years now since I've done business with Subway. My final Subway sandwich consisted of a dried-up bun crammed full of lettuce. There was little room remaining for the four paper-thin slices of lunch meat, the kind that can be found at any supermarket. I can only imagine how much further their quality and service have declined since then.

[–] strntz (12225) 3 years ago

I always thought that Subway applied their tuna with a spray gun..

There are many mom and pop delis in our area that do a bang up business. Between the superior quality and lower cost, they're no-brainers. But I concede that a lot of people just don't pay attention to a business unless they have a national advertising campaign backing them up.

I'm from the Northeast, and here at least, a lot of ethnic delis and pizzerias are making a killing, but it may be a culture thing.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 3 years ago

I can remember when Subway first moved into my area and they had some of the best sandwiches in town. They allowed the quality of their food and service to gradually erode as they continued to open more and more locations. Once they achieved name recognition they stopped caring. They knew people looking for a place to eat lunch would say, "oh, look... there's a Subway" and mindlessly stop there.

The mom-and-pop delis are still out there, but people in general are too lazy search for them. The small places can't afford the slick, deceptive advertising campaigns that the public continues to fall for.

[–] jimmyjuliano12 (342) 3 years ago

Companies aren't making good choices anymore, 20 or 30, 50 years ago profit was all that mattered, i like that, the people who are coming up in these businesses are people who went to school in the 70s and 80s even 90s who learnt more about social causes than running a business.

The result is this, sometimes it's not about pushing a crazy progressive agenda, these companies are now run by people who don't understand how middle america and the average person thinks, they believe that having woke people as their spokespeople will give them more customers, when it's giving them less, and they don't have enough common sense to stop.

[–] tom8 (3119) 3 years ago

😅