Subway is bringing back the $5 footlong - and franchisees are revolting against the deal
Associated Press
- Subway is reportedly planning on bringing the $5 footlong deal back in January.
- More than 400 franchisees signed a petition to protest the deal, saying that the chain's previous promotions have "decimated" business.
- Subway's sales are plummeting, with The New York Post reporting that traffic has fallen 25% over the last five years.
Subway is in trouble.
Franchisees say that the $5 footlong deal and other promotions that the company has rolled out as a response to plummeting customer traffic are pushing their businesses to the edge.
"The national promotional focus over the past five years … has decimated [us] and left many franchisees unprofitable and even insolvent," petitioners led by Virginia franchisee Mitesh Raval complained in a letter that was sent to Subway and obtained by The New York Post.
More than 400 franchisees have reportedly signed the petition, which protests the chain's plans to roll out its famous $5 footlong deal in January.
The Post reported that, according to an internal memo, Subway's traffic has fallen 25% over the last five years.
In 2016, sales at the chain fell 1.7% and its store count dropped by 359 locations in the US - marking the first time in the company's history that the chain closed more stores than it opened. The chain's same-store sales have dropped 13% since 2013, according to Restaurant Research.
The chain is currently rolling out a new store design in an attempt to modernize the chain. Subway is trying to catch up with competitors like Starbucks with an upcoming, digitally focused loyalty program.
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The Future of Retail 2018 by the BI Intelligence Research Team.
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