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Subway restaurant chain to end free-sandwich deal
By The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_2776828
Milford, Conn. - The Subway restaurant chain is ending its decades-old free-sandwich promotion, company officials said Thursday, amid concerns that counterfeiters were creating and selling copies of the restaurant's proof-of-purchase stamps and cards.
Under the Sub Club promotion, which had run in some form since the 1980s, customers received a stamp for every 6-inch sandwich they bought. A full card of eight stamps could be redeemed for a free sandwich.
But thousands of stamps are for sale at online auction sites, and company officials said franchise owners increasingly were discovering counterfeit stamps.
"It's possible some of the stamps got by, and we didn't even know," company spokesman Kevin Kane said. "It's possible we don't even know the extent of it."
Each restaurant can set its own time frame, but the promotion will be phased out companywide by Oct. 1, Kane said. He said the company had been considering whether the promotion was outdated for some time.
By The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_2776828
Milford, Conn. - The Subway restaurant chain is ending its decades-old free-sandwich promotion, company officials said Thursday, amid concerns that counterfeiters were creating and selling copies of the restaurant's proof-of-purchase stamps and cards.
Under the Sub Club promotion, which had run in some form since the 1980s, customers received a stamp for every 6-inch sandwich they bought. A full card of eight stamps could be redeemed for a free sandwich.
But thousands of stamps are for sale at online auction sites, and company officials said franchise owners increasingly were discovering counterfeit stamps.
"It's possible some of the stamps got by, and we didn't even know," company spokesman Kevin Kane said. "It's possible we don't even know the extent of it."
Each restaurant can set its own time frame, but the promotion will be phased out companywide by Oct. 1, Kane said. He said the company had been considering whether the promotion was outdated for some time.
I've cut back on the footlongs and have switched to ordering 6" subs with double-meat. Just as filling, costs $1.00 less, and with far less bread (e.g. sugar & white flour -- two things that have no nutritional value and screw up your metabolism to boot).
