Subway Kids meal waste

Subman_2

geordie_joe wrote: »

Your maths are right, but at the point of cutting one into three they can't guarantee two more kids will come in and buy the other two pieces.

By cutting one in half they are making sure they can sell the other half to an adult as is, or trimming a couple of inches off it and selling it to a child. Two potential customers instead of one.

The bits they cut off don't bother them, as the customers are paying for them anyway.

Spot on.

Actually, the official way to prepare the Kids Subs is to cut a bread into three. For the reasons stated by Geordie Joe however, it usually works out better for the store to cut the end off a 6" bread rather than committing a full bread to be used for kids Subs only. This also means customers can choose any bread they like for the Sub, as officially kids Subs should only be on Italian or Wheat to help reduce waste.

bylromarha

Never bother with kids meals - just buy my kids a 6" and ask the staff to cut it in half.

Snakeeyes21

jaytin wrote: »

Our local Subway used to do a bun in the kids meals, which was fine, but I noticed they don't do them any more. Our son got too big and moved on to a 12" Sub a year or two ago! The bun was a much better option for smaller kids as nothing was wasted.

That tends to happen when they eat processed c^ap :rotfl:

JayCee

They do it purely to stop adults taking advantage of the kids meal deal.

If I go into my local Subway on my own and buy a kids meal, they will cut the end off. If I go in and my 7 y/o daughter is with me, they will leave the ends on. Purely because they know that it is genuinly for a kid, rather than an adult trying to 'cheat' them.

Fortunately, my local Subway have now got to know me, as I often get my daughter a Sub for her packed school lunch and they now leave the end on(they still taste great, after a night in the fridge, at home). She may only be 7, but she hates getting the small version.

mutley74

JayCee wrote: »

They do it purely to stop adults taking advantage of the kids meal deal.

If I go into my local Subway on my own and buy a kids meal, they will cut the end off. If I go in and my 7 y/o daughter is with me, they will leave the ends on. Purely because they know that it is genuinly for a kid, rather than an adult trying to 'cheat' them.

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you must be lucky! They always cut the ends of a 6" when i order a kids meal for my kid. Once he the chap made a 6" sub, but then when a different chap was wrapping the sandwhich off he cut the end off with filling for the bin and told off the other chap! To me its food waste that can be avoided, but seems like this practise varies from store to store.

killielila

just text a mate of mine as i read this he manages a subway " offical policy" is to divide a 12 inch in 3 in his store there is a high turn over so its "worth while " for them to do it his store was 1st in UK to follow this new policy .... could nobody do maths before i know im not the best at division but surely that an easy 1 ??

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Subman_2

JayCee wrote: »

They do it purely to stop adults taking advantage of the kids meal deal.

If I go into my local Subway on my own and buy a kids meal, they will cut the end off. If I go in and my 7 y/o daughter is with me, they will leave the ends on. Purely because they know that it is genuinly for a kid, rather than an adult trying to 'cheat' them.

Fortunately, my local Subway have now got to know me, as I often get my daughter a Sub for her packed school lunch and they now leave the end on(they still taste great, after a night in the fridge, at home). She may only be 7, but she hates getting the small version.

To be honest, this is true. There needs to be a distinction between the "adult" and kids Subs to stop the adults taking advantage of the Kids Pak deal (which to be honest, isn't really profitable).