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Title: Just think what this does to small businesses
Post by: Coach is Back! on March 29, 2012, 09:53:55 AM

But I guess Subway would be considered a small business since each one is independently owned...



The catchy Subway sandwich shop jingle involving a variety of foot-long sandwiches available for $5 doesn't apply in San Francisco.

The sandwich-making chain stopped selling the five-dollar footlongs in San Francisco due to the "high cost of doing business," according to SF Weekly.

Signs posted at Subway sandwich shops sadly inform San Francisco patrons -- we hear Willie Brown is a big fan -- that "all SUBWAY Restaurants in SF County DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN Subway National $5.00 Promotions," according to the newspaper.

Customers can still buy the sub of the month for $5, according to an employee at Subway on Market and Castro streets.

Apparently, the city's new minimum wage, raised to $10.24 as of Jan. 1, make $5 footlongs an impossible business model.

Unless you want tuna fish, which is the sub of the month. Yum.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/No-Subway-5-Footlongs-In-SF-Cost-of-Doing-Business-Too-High-144709445.html

Title: Re: Just think what this does to small businesses
Post by: King Shizzo on March 29, 2012, 09:57:56 AM

Thats not too terrible coach.  I rarely ever get subs from subway.  I get my subs from Publix (Boar's head meat) and it usually costs over $8 dollars.  You can easily tell the difference in quality.

Title: Re: Just think what this does to small businesses
Post by: G_Thang on March 29, 2012, 10:00:27 AM

I'm sure the foot-long is very popular in San Fran.  Personally, I think Franciscans should be more worried about rectal prolapse.

Title: Re: Just think what this does to small businesses
Post by: Coach is Back! on March 29, 2012, 10:01:30 AM

Quote from: G_Thang on March 29, 2012, 10:00:27 AM

I'm sure the foot-long is very popular in San Fran.  Personally, I think Franciscans should be more worried about rectal prolapse.

Haha!

Title: Re: Just think what this does to small businesses
Post by: King Shizzo on March 29, 2012, 10:02:05 AM

Quote from: G_Thang on March 29, 2012, 10:00:27 AM

I'm sure the foot-long is very popular in San Fran.  Personally, I think Franciscans should be more worried about rectal prolapse.

Inb4 Bay says something dumb  8)   Nice one G  ;D

Title: Re: Just think what this does to small businesses
Post by: howardroark on March 29, 2012, 10:03:43 AM

Just think what this does to low-skilled workers, especially racial minorities like blacks who don't get access to good education. Nobody is going to hire some guy from the inner city without a high school degree for over $10/hour.