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Kris L
Lv 7
Kris L asked in Dining OutFast Food · 1 decade ago

'Healthy' Subway now serves single pizzas ... what is up with that?

The TV ads used to say how 'healthy' it was to eat at Subway ... now they are showing ads for 'single pizzas' that are available at their stores, and I don't every see the ads with the guy who 'lost weight living on Subway sandwiches.' With all of the new 'healthy choices' available, this seems to be 'retrogressive' ... so WHY is this happening now?

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  • M-L-E
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    THey are threatened to go out of business. Nobody wants to eat healthy anymore, it's sick. So instead of going out of business, they are slowly starting to fall into the pressure of serving fast food just like all the other places...

  • 1 decade ago

    subway has ALWAYS had "unhealthy" choices as well as "healthy" choices. I used to work at subway. You would be surprised at how many people would come in and would get a turkey sandwhich, thinking it was a helathy choice, then load it down with Mayo & cheese.

    So anyways, pizza is an interesting choice for subway. It's likely that where ever you live is a test market for this product. So it might not pan out for them.

  • Donnao
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Wow the subway by me has has pizza for over 4 years. Maybe they were a test market or something.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    They *still* have healthy sandwiches but they also offer single serve pizzas as well. The pizzas aren't very healthy though-- 750 calories for a pepperoni-- but they do keep you full for hours and they are pretty good.

    Source(s): I've been eating subway pizzas for 2 years.
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  • 1 decade ago

    My guess is for marketing purposes. Alot of people that I know are starting to turn away from subway...because its healthy food..If they sell something for the junk food junkies then their profits will stay up.

    Also do you remember quiznoz before all of the subway hoopla. Their sanwiches had not meat at all...now that subway is promoting good health they are filling their subs up with meat to kill the competition

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think its because they have to offer some alternative items, not everyone wants to eat something healthy all of the time. I am sure that they are doing it to please their customers, for instance one of my kids doesn't like sandwiches so she always gets the pizza otherwise we would be stuck having to go to 2 different restaurants or she goes without eating.

    Anyway, they have always offered cookies and those aren't healthy and neither are sodas. So although you may think of them as "Healthy" they haven't been as healthy as you might of thought.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Whats up with that is that Subway is trying to get a bigger share of the market; just like McDonald's offering some "healthier" things on their menu. It ain't about America's health, so don't fool yourself. Its all about the American dollar!

  • 1 decade ago

    Pizza doesn't have to be unhealthy. It depends on what you put on it and how it is cooked. I prepare extremely healthy pizzas in my home... I'd prefer to eat pizza from Subway then from Pizza Hut to be honest.

  • 1 decade ago

    I haven't heard about the pizza yet---BUT now down in FL-by me I have seen soup advertised free with any sandwich/salad or wrap

  • 1 decade ago

    Marketing shifts are common. Skinny people buy less food. Pizza is delicious.

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