How Subway’s $5 Footlong Became a Billion-Dollar Nightmare #178

This week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch break down how a single Subway franchisee accidentally invented the most famous deal in fast food history, and how that same $5 sandwich nearly broke the empire that sold it. The boys trace the footlong from a slow weekend at a Miami hospital Subway to a 27,000-store juggernaut, the jingle that's still stuck in your head, the $3.8 billion it raked in, the franchisee revolt over a price that didn't math, the "11-inch footlong" puffery lawsuit, and the $9.6 billion private-equity sale that left Subway stuck at $6.99 forever. Plus: the great how-many-neighbors-is-too-many debate, Cracker Barrel recovery from walking back its logo, the Subway x Moana collab, Xbox's new era, and uncovering the best corporate training video ever made. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion, every Monday! Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter, or [email protected]. Make sure to subscribe and follow the podcast. New episodes every Monday! You can follow and listen to the Double Dusted Discussion on your preferred podcast platform: https://bit.ly/DoubleDusted Tell us what you think at r/epicmealtime, @EpicMealTime on twitter, or [email protected] Make sure to subscribe and follow the Binge Eater podcast. New episodes every Monday!