Friday, January 23, 2009

Domino's and Subway's fight turns nasty

Posted by Owen Morris on Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM

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In the food hierarchy, Domino's and Subway's feud is like watching two Jerry Springer guests beat the living shit out of each other: You have no vested interest in who wins, you just want it to be entertaining.

This feud just got more entertaining.

It had to do with Domino's taste test comparison commercials. I've

already written how commercials are illogical but Subway went further

and said the ads were unfair. So Domino's CEO, David Brandon, said screw

them. Last night, in a new commercial, he lit a

cease-and- desist letter from Subway on fire.

As for why Subway thinks the ads are unfair, it has

to do with the methodology of taste tests. According to Subway's CEO,

Domino's only "did the comparison against three sandwiches and have

written the ads to suggest that the results are relevant across the

whole product line" and didn't compare competing sandwiches to each other.

Subway

has yet to respond. But if the company is smart it will keep the lawyers

out of this and have Jarrod challenge Brandon to a fight. Jarrod has

been seen in YMCAs of late so it's possible he's getting in shape for

something.

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also funny thing to me is that dude said subway started ripping us for the past 3-4 years thats complete bullshit cause if you ever went to subway before that you would know that a footlong on average costed 7-9$ without the meal deal. now for 9.68 you can get two footlongs not mention most of them by themselves (except one philly cheese steak) costs 5.38 so if your saying subway is ripping us off then people are suckers for being ripped off cause I have seen the amount of people that come into my work for the past 3-4 years has increased by 200% at the least not mention I have people that come in 3-5 times a week regularly.

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Posted by Shea on July 25, 2010 at 9:59 AM

I work at subway currently and have ate it for the past 2 years almost 6 days and I'm completely healthy....also I work by myself at subway most of the time and never have I been told that I can't go to the bathroom thats ridiculous cause the time you can't go to the bathroom is when customers are there which is understandable. People just say whatever they like without having any previous knowledge or experience in the matter. If subway is unhealthy then 99% of the world is unhealthy cause I have seen many documentaries on people eating fast food and being unhealthy, fat, and lazy but I have yet to see a subway documentary which shows how unhealthy it is. Fact of the matter is that you can get salmonella everywhere not just subway and quite frankly they have alot more veggies than most places do and they are fresh sure the meat may be processed but in this day and age its almost impossible to go out to eat and expect it all to be unprocessed and super healthy.

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Posted by Shea on July 25, 2010 at 9:52 AM

after that last video "dominoes nasty" dominoes is the nastyest thing ever

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Posted by Anonymous on April 16, 2009 at 7:19 PM

Hi, I'm Jared from Subway and I have a confession: I LOST ALL THAT WEIGHT BY SMOKING CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE AND VOMITING AFTER EACH MEAL FOLLOWED BY LAXATIVES!. I'm sorry for lying to all of you fat fucking useless slob sandwich eaters! GO TO HELL!

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Posted by Jared Fogel on April 12, 2009 at 10:06 AM

Subway caused to me to have terrible explosive diarrhea and excessive gas. I love Subway's delicious food but the effect it has on my bowels and poopyhole make it so where I cannot eat it. This happens EVERY single time I eat food from Subway. I love watching the Subway workers drop all the meat and food on the floor and put it on customers sandwiches. A manager at a local Subway was blowing his nose into a cut honey oat bread and then served it to his next customer. It did appear to be a delicious sandwich! Remember, always be cautious of eating Subway because you will probably get explosive diarrhea, excessive flatulence and gas and loose stools. Your poopyhole will hurt after you eat the Subway. Subway kind of feels like amoebic dysentery.
Love Always,
Wendy Sandwich Lover

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Posted by Wendy Wackenthorpe on April 12, 2009 at 10:01 AM

Hi, I work for Subway and the truth is, Jared lost all that weight by smoking crystal meth. Subway constantly has problems with their walk-in cooler and keeps meat refrigerated at 80-90 degrees for 2 to 5 days at a time and the prepackaged meat balloons up and looks all crazy and has a smell.. Subway also does not pay their employees on time, nor do they pay them for all hours worked. Subway doesn't like to give their employees breaks to use the restroom. Sometimes Subway runs out of dish soap and/or sanitizer and the just reuse dirty dishes. All of this comes from the managers and owners of subway. Subways franchise inspectors are a scary crew also, this one inspector brings in a bag of dildos and talks into them like a microphone then slaps everyone in their with huge 12" plastic dildos.. Also, subway doesnt provide toilet paper and soap in the restrooms so people have to wipe with their fingers then go without washing their hands. Subway is yucky.. If a bug gets in your sandwich at subway, they actually charge you for extra meat. Stay away from subway. All subways...

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Posted by Lola Bigcups on March 24, 2009 at 6:13 PM

ok i work for dominos and i have tried their sandwiches. they taste ok but subway does taste WAY BETTER.

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Posted by juggalo1908 on February 15, 2009 at 3:34 PM

dominoes sucks. subway sucks. its like dog poo fighting throw up.

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Posted by kg on February 9, 2009 at 11:56 PM

I like Subway sandwiches for a veggie sandwich but honestly, Quiznos beats em in taste. Who the hell cares about Dominos sandwiches! Their pizza tastes like crap. I'd much rather have a cheapo Little Ceasar's pizza. I'm betting their sanwiches are just as lack-luster in taste.

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Posted by PJ Jr on January 30, 2009 at 11:08 PM

They probably did taste better if they made them out of pizza

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Posted by PJ on January 26, 2009 at 1:45 PM

The ads are meant to cause a flame war, sorta making it viral and getting people to talk about it (which I guess is working). I think subway may have a case but they'll have to base it on the fact that Dominos is using their brand inappropriately - make it a case of trademark infringmenet.

If I recall properly, the taste test from Pepsi or Coke never stipulated the competing brand - they just called it the other leading brand. This was very likely to avoid such legal problems, the fact that the Dominos CEO is acting so immaturely makes me think less of Dominos - they're too big a company for me to find it funny.

It's not a case of the little guy vs the goliath, but goliath vs goliath - in which case I couldn't care less for either side, the respect and credibility goes out the window.

Well at least there's still Quiznos.

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Posted by TeleVision SPY on January 23, 2009 at 9:27 PM

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't even know that Domino's had started testing subs again. They used to have them around many years ago, but the higher food cost % kind of made them unprofitable.

I did blog a response, check it out if you have a second.

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Posted by Pizzamancer on January 23, 2009 at 9:13 PM

I hate Subway since they started to rip us off 3 or 4 years ago. I also hate Dominoes since their pizza sucks compared to Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, etc. In this case, I have to say Subway can suck it up like a man and have a look at their ads VS Quiznos and just deal with it. In this case, GO DOMINOES! *gag*

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Posted by Jesse O. on January 23, 2009 at 8:24 PM

"But if the company is smart it will keep the lawyers out of this and have Jarrod challenge Brandon to a fight"

That would be hilarious!

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Posted by Morgan Mghee on January 23, 2009 at 7:50 PM

They both suck.. ! :)-

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Posted by steph on January 23, 2009 at 7:49 PM

I work at Dominos so I have a had a chance on many the occasion to eat the sandwiches in question. They taste pretty decent but in no way shape or form do they taste better than Subway. But if you believe what the commercial suggests, I may just have a pyramid scheme to get wealthy you might be interested in investing in.

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Posted by Ray on January 23, 2009 at 7:25 PM
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