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Post by The Legendary Ring Troll {BLM} on Aug 2, 2015 20:55:21 GMT -5
Subway should follow my advice and just use an animated character or puppet as their spokesman. Like a talking sandwich. I hear these guys are free.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2015 21:13:17 GMT -5
Unfortunately, that's just not how society or corporate business really operates. Subway will survive for sure, but this isn't a slight hit to their image, it's pretty major, and right now most other companies are going to stay away from the one that's in the news because their mascot is a pedo. It doesn't help that Subway's the only corporate restaurant chain that I can think of that even has a mascot anymore. Burger King did away with The King for the most part, Wendy's and Arby's don't even have mascots that I know of, and McDonalds only sometimes uses Ronald McDonald anymore. When you think of "corporate restaurant mascot" these days, "Jared from Subway" is what comes to mind a lot of the time. I would consider Smith Goodwin aka that "Wendy's Girl" being a mascot well a corporate spokesperson
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Post by Joe Neglia on Aug 2, 2015 22:09:07 GMT -5
Unfortunately, that's just not how society or corporate business really operates. Subway will survive for sure, but this isn't a slight hit to their image, it's pretty major, and right now most other companies are going to stay away from the one that's in the news because their mascot is a pedo. It doesn't help that Subway's the only corporate restaurant chain that I can think of that even has a mascot anymore. Burger King did away with The King for the most part, Wendy's and Arby's don't even have mascots that I know of, and McDonalds only sometimes uses Ronald McDonald anymore. When you think of "corporate restaurant mascot" these days, "Jared from Subway" is what comes to mind a lot of the time. KFC always has Sanders, though sometimes they ebb and flow on how prominent he is. I'm under the impression right now he's being used a lot again. Also, Jack from Jack In The Box.
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Post by Clawley Race on Aug 2, 2015 22:35:35 GMT -5
It doesn't help that Subway's the only corporate restaurant chain that I can think of that even has a mascot anymore. Burger King did away with The King for the most part, Wendy's and Arby's don't even have mascots that I know of, and McDonalds only sometimes uses Ronald McDonald anymore. When you think of "corporate restaurant mascot" these days, "Jared from Subway" is what comes to mind a lot of the time. KFC always has Sanders, though sometimes they ebb and flow on how prominent he is. I'm under the impression right now he's being used a lot again. Also, Jack from Jack In The Box. Didn't the Burger King accompany Mayweather to his last fight or am I making that up?
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Post by xCompackx on Aug 2, 2015 22:35:52 GMT -5
It doesn't help that Subway's the only corporate restaurant chain that I can think of that even has a mascot anymore. Burger King did away with The King for the most part, Wendy's and Arby's don't even have mascots that I know of, and McDonalds only sometimes uses Ronald McDonald anymore. When you think of "corporate restaurant mascot" these days, "Jared from Subway" is what comes to mind a lot of the time. KFC always has Sanders, though sometimes they ebb and flow on how prominent he is. I'm under the impression right now he's being used a lot again. Also, Jack from Jack In The Box. Eh, fair enough. I didn't mention Jack In The Box just because I don't have one here lol. But yeah, KFC's weird about Sanders. He's on the buckets and in the logo, but they sometimes "forget" about him when it comes to marketing. Weird to have a "mascot" (even if he was an actual person) and not use him.
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Post by JCBaggee on Aug 2, 2015 22:59:12 GMT -5
If Jared had just joined the SES that night and opted to keep his body pure, we wouldn't have to worry about any of these things right now!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 5:44:56 GMT -5
The Burger King mascot is definitely still around, since he's in that 10 nuggets for $1.49 commercial that you see about every 15 minutes on some channels.
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Post by ToyfareMark on Aug 3, 2015 6:01:24 GMT -5
If anybody knows anything about whitewashing somebody out of your company's history, its the WWE. If it ain't orange, it ain't right brother. Fixed.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Aug 3, 2015 7:33:01 GMT -5
But that also ties into the real question mark for why Jared's so inseparable for Subway- the rise of Subway had less to do with Jared Fogle being the spokesperson for Subway, and more that Jared's story represented conclusive proof "Subway is the healthier alternative to McDonald's/Burger King", and THAT is what made Subway surpass McDonald's more than anything Jared himself did. The name is a slight taint, but the only problem that Jared brings to the table is countered by the fact that Subway's still got their image as the healthy alternative to fast food- and THAT will keep Subway in the game (and thus keep them worthy of WWE's alliance.) Unfortunately, that's just not how society or corporate business really operates. Subway will survive for sure, but this isn't a slight hit to their image, it's pretty major, and right now most other companies are going to stay away from the one that's in the news because their mascot is a pedo. Subway has had a diverse enough marketing strategy the last few years that they should be able to separate themselves from Jared fast enough. Heck for as successful as Jared was, it might not even be their most successful ad campaign. They still have "Five. Five-dollar. Five-dollar foot-looooooooong".
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 7:37:52 GMT -5
Unfortunately, that's just not how society or corporate business really operates. Subway will survive for sure, but this isn't a slight hit to their image, it's pretty major, and right now most other companies are going to stay away from the one that's in the news because their mascot is a pedo. Subway has had a diverse enough marketing strategy the last few years that they should be able to separate themselves from Jared fast enough. Heck for as successful as Jared was, it might not even be their most successful ad campaign. They still have "Five. Five-dollar. Five-dollar foot-looooooooong". I work at Subway. Those are never coming back.
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Post by Rave on Aug 3, 2015 7:41:13 GMT -5
Unfortunately, that's just not how society or corporate business really operates. Subway will survive for sure, but this isn't a slight hit to their image, it's pretty major, and right now most other companies are going to stay away from the one that's in the news because their mascot is a pedo. It doesn't help that Subway's the only corporate restaurant chain that I can think of that even has a mascot anymore. Burger King did away with The King for the most part, Wendy's and Arby's don't even have mascots that I know of, and McDonalds only sometimes uses Ronald McDonald anymore. When you think of "corporate restaurant mascot" these days, "Jared from Subway" is what comes to mind a lot of the time. Didn't Arby's have a glove for a while?
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Post by thecrusherwi on Aug 3, 2015 8:07:08 GMT -5
Subway has had a diverse enough marketing strategy the last few years that they should be able to separate themselves from Jared fast enough. Heck for as successful as Jared was, it might not even be their most successful ad campaign. They still have "Five. Five-dollar. Five-dollar foot-looooooooong". I work at Subway. Those are never coming back. Why? The price point is too low or just because that jingle sent untold thousands to insanity?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 8:13:45 GMT -5
I work at Subway. Those are never coming back. Why? The price point is too low or just because that jingle sent untold thousands to insanity? Apparently they cost too much. You have no idea how crazy Subway is. They once sent us a letter saying we where be given too many hours and to.cut them. They also meticulously make sure we use the correct amounts of vegetables and meat. We skirt around that though. I load those sammiches up lol. Lot's of people come to our store because of it.
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Aug 3, 2015 8:13:53 GMT -5
Once this becomes a national trial no one will be able to think about 6 inch footlong the same way. Subway will be in just as much trouble as many past companies Forgotten examples of this Kazukoda Ginsu Knives were the 3rd largest Knife makers in the the Usa in the 80s and until 1994 but were out of business by 1995 thanks to the arrest of their celebrity spokesperson OJ Simpson Adolph's Auto Repair-In half a dozen states in the 20's and 30's they rivaled Michelin,Ford,Jiffy etc. 2 years after WW2 not a single shop was in existence in North America The popular Cooley's Cola which went out of business in 1963 was actually 3rd behind Pepsi and Coca Cola for decades until en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spade_Cooley the once popular country star was arrested for murdering his wife in 1961.
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Post by Push R Truth on Aug 3, 2015 8:42:30 GMT -5
Why? The price point is too low or just because that jingle sent untold thousands to insanity? Apparently they cost too much. You have no idea how crazy Subway is. They once sent us a letter saying we where be given too many hours and to.cut them. They also meticulously make sure we use the correct amounts of vegetables and meat. We skirt around that though. I load those sammiches up lol. Lot's of people come to our store because of it. Sounds very accurate. My nephew has friends that work in the local Subway. They say the manager is always bitching about how many olives and tomatoes they put on sandwiches. They stuck to his numbers for about a month until the sales dropped enough that he told them to go back to whatever they were doing. You can definitely cheap-ass your way to death on food.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 8:53:14 GMT -5
Brock, we know you have your own endorsement deal, but we've had a working relationship with Subway for quite some time. I'm going to go home and eat a Jimmy Johns, that's right a Jimmy Johns because Subway wont pay me nothing
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 8:54:42 GMT -5
Apparently they cost too much. You have no idea how crazy Subway is. They once sent us a letter saying we where be given too many hours and to.cut them. They also meticulously make sure we use the correct amounts of vegetables and meat. We skirt around that though. I load those sammiches up lol. Lot's of people come to our store because of it. Sounds very accurate. My nephew has friends that work in the local Subway. They say the manager is always bitching about how many olives and tomatoes they put on sandwiches. They stuck to his numbers for about a month until the sales dropped enough that he told them to go back to whatever they were doing. You can definitely cheap-ass your way to death on food. Subway is one of those evil corporations that no one seems to talk about. I guess it's because it's "healthy."
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Post by Sephiroth on Aug 3, 2015 8:59:22 GMT -5
"Dey are loffing at you Subway! Dey are loffing at you!"
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Post by Joe Neglia on Aug 3, 2015 15:46:16 GMT -5
I work at Subway. Those are never coming back. Why? The price point is too low or just because that jingle sent untold thousands to insanity? It's because footlongs make Ned uncomfortable.
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