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== Community Involvement == |
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Hi Wikipedia, I have another suggestion I would like to make. This is to add an entirely new section called "community involvement" that incorporates the currently existing "animal welfare" section. |
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'''Community involvement''' |
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The Subway Cares Foundation is a non-profit organization that allocates grants to groups that provide youth access to nutritious food and tuition assistance.<ref name="Cookie">{{cite news |last1=Weaver |first1=Stephanie |title=Subway unveils ‘world’s first’ footlong cookie to celebrate National Cookie Day |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/subway-unveils-worlds-first-footlong-cookie-to-celebrate-national-cookie-day |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=FOX 10 Phoenix |date=30 November 2022}}</ref> In 2022, a promotional campaign launched through this foundation for a footlong cookie for "National Cookie Day".<ref name="Cookie">{{cite news |last1=Weaver |first1=Stephanie |title=Subway unveils ‘world’s first’ footlong cookie to celebrate National Cookie Day |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/subway-unveils-worlds-first-footlong-cookie-to-celebrate-national-cookie-day |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=FOX 10 Phoenix |date=30 November 2022}}</ref> |
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Subway and its franchisees support food security through various initiatives.<ref name="Give">{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Rachel |title=Subway restaurants across the nation give back |url=https://www.kotatv.com/content/news/Subway-restaurants-across-the-nation-give-back--399803791.html |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=kotatv |date=3 November 2016 |language=en}}</ref> These donations include local food banks and charity organizations.<ref name="Operation">{{cite news |last1=Regnier |first1=Chris |title=Subway restaurants of St. Louis region donate $50K to Operation Food Search |url=https://fox2now.com/news/subway-restaurants-of-st-louis-region-donate-50k-to-operation-food-search/ |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=FOX 2 |date=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Regional">{{cite news |last1=English |first1=Mitch |title=Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma: Subway to Provide 40,000 meals |url=https://okcfox.com/news/local/regional-food-bank-of-oklahoma-subway-to-provide-40000-meals |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=KOKH |date=1 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Local relief continued during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as communities faced food insecurity.<ref name="Nurses">{{cite news |last1=Willis |first1=Kiersten |title=National Nurses Week: Subway and Postmates teaming to provide meals |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/national-nurses-week-subway-and-postmates-teaming-provide-meals/LDam0xSvfJ14cEF66w4uCL/ |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |language=English}}</ref><ref name="Struggling">{{cite news |last1=Boyer |first1=Gary |title=Subway restaurants team with Feeding SWVA to provide 15 million meals to those struggling during pandemic |url=https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/health/coronavirus/subway-restaurants-team-with-feeding-swva-to-provide-15-million-meals/ |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=WFXRtv |date=21 April 2020}}</ref> In 2023, Subway had its fifth annual "Never Miss Lunch" donation day. This is a Canadian program that partners with [[Food Banks Canada]] to send children food. In 2022, the program delivered 175,000 packs.<ref name="Canada">{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Bill |title=Subway Canada Celebrates 5th Annual Donation Day On June 21, 2023 |url=https://canadify.com/2023/06/21/subway-canada-celebrates-5th-annual-donation-day-on-june-21-2023/ |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=Canadify |date=21 June 2023}}</ref> |
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Subway has supported [[Feeding America | Feeding America's]] in a National Sandwich Day food drive and in 2016, Sandwich Day was determined to be the single largest meal donation day in Feeding America's history because of a pledge of 11 million meals that year.<ref name="Give">{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Rachel |title=Subway restaurants across the nation give back |url=https://www.kotatv.com/content/news/Subway-restaurants-across-the-nation-give-back--399803791.html |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=kotatv |date=3 November 2016 |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, as a part of COVID-19 pandemic relief, Subway said it would donate up to $1.5 million for those facing food insecurity, equivalent to 15 million meals, through the partnership to at least 200 Feeding America food banks across the United States.<ref name="Teams">{{cite news |last1=Pacheco |first1=Vanessa |title=Subway teams up with Feeding America to provide 15M meals |url=https://www.wdam.com/2020/04/27/subway-teams-up-with-feeding-america-provide-m-meals/ |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=wdam |date=27 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Local">{{cite news |last1=Meibers |first1=Bonnie |title=Subway partners with Feeding America to feed local people during pandemic |url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/subway-partnering-with-feeding-america-foodbank-feed-local-people/0O77HNaz8tg8Mk4dY5nAcO/ |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=dayton-daily-news |date=20 April 2020 |language=English}}</ref> |
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The Subway ''Fresh Start Scholarship'' awards funds to student employees from the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and Australia.<ref name="Graduates">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Eric |title=Two local graduates earn $2,500 college scholarships from Subway |url=https://www.journal-news.net/life/in-our-neighborhood/two-local-graduates-earn-2-500-college-scholarships-from-subway/article_032cea2f-6a78-5716-90e5-302a9aaf8e49.html |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=The Journal |date=18 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Program">{{cite news |author1=Web Staff |title=Subway Cares Program presents check to Salvation Army |url=https://www.khon2.com/living-808/subway-cares-program-presents-check-to-salvation-army/ |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=KHON2 |date=30 October 2018}}</ref> |
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'''Animal welfare''' |
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In December 2015, Subway released a commitment to move to a 100% cage-free egg supply chain in North America by 2025.<ref name="Steele 2015">{{cite web | last=Steele | first=Anne | title=Subway Begins Move Toward Cage-Free Eggs | website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | date=December 28, 2015 | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/subway-begins-move-toward-cage-free-eggs-1451320612 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | archive-date=January 21, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121181655/https://www.wsj.com/articles/subway-begins-move-toward-cage-free-eggs-1451320612 | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In April 2017, Subway released a chicken welfare policy<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.subway.com/en-us/aboutus/socialresponsibility/sustainablesourcing#animalWelfare |title=Sustainable Sourcing | subway.com - United States (English) |publisher=SUBWAY.com |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=July 4, 2017 |archive-date=June 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629170111/http://www.subway.com/en-us/aboutus/socialresponsibility/sustainablesourcing#animalWelfare |url-status=live }}</ref> that states that by 2024 or sooner, 100% of its U.S. chicken products will be produced in alignment with Global Animal Partnership (GAP) standards for higher welfare breeds, enhanced living environments (including lighting, litter, and enrichment), increased activity levels and optimized stocking density, and improved slaughter methods. To ensure compliance, Subway's chicken suppliers will be third-party audited with updates communicated annually.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/news_home/Business/2017/05/Subway_to_implement_new_animal.aspx?ID=%7BBA461999-0CE6-417C-BCB9-49E563924F17%7D |title=Subway to implement new animal welfare standards | Meat+Poultry |publisher=Meatpoultry.com |access-date=July 4, 2017 |archive-date=May 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516010149/http://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/news_home/Business/2017/05/Subway_to_implement_new_animal.aspx?ID=%7BBA461999-0CE6-417C-BCB9-49E563924F17%7D |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The policy announcement followed a nationwide campaign led by high school animal activist Lia Hyman in coordination with the animal protection NGO The Humane League.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bailey |first=Micah |url=http://www.wtnh.com/news/subway-commits-to-chicken-welfare-policy/1068387886 |title=Subway commits to Chicken Welfare Policy |publisher=Wtnh.com |date=April 28, 2017 |access-date=July 4, 2017 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612151820/http://www.wtnh.com/news/subway-commits-to-chicken-welfare-policy/1068387886 |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 20, 2017, Hyman and a group of activists traveled to Subway's global headquarters in Connecticut to deliver more than 53,000 signatures from campaign supporters and held a demonstration outside the building after they were denied entry.<ref>{{cite web |author=Daniel Craig |url=http://www.phillyvoice.com/cheltenham-student-prods-subway-to-new-chicken-welfare-policy/ |title=Cheltenham student prods Subway to new chicken welfare policy |publisher=PhillyVoice |date=April 28, 2017 |access-date=July 4, 2017 |archive-date=June 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620050131/http://www.phillyvoice.com/cheltenham-student-prods-subway-to-new-chicken-welfare-policy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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I am happy to review any feedback. Thanks [[User:PHSubway|PHSubway]] ([[User talk:PHSubway|talk]]) 17:52, 1 November 2023 (UTC) |
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No Subways in Greece.
As far as I know all Subway restaurants have closed in Greece. Still the map shows Greece as a current location. Lidistat67 (talk) 20:48, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Locations section updates
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Hi Wikipedia editors! My name is Paige, I currently work at the Subway corporate office and as an editor with a conflict of interest, I will be posting some suggestions here for volunteer editors to review.
My first proposal takes a look at the current Locations section. It updates some of the information in this section and for data that could not be updated, adds "as of" statements for clarity. Here is some text I took the liberty to draft based on reliable sources for editors to consider:
- As of February 2023, Subway had approximately 37,000 locations in more than 100 countries, all independently owned and operated by a network of franchisees.[1] Subway has the highest concentration of locations in North America with more than 20,000 in the United States, 2,881 in Canada, and 758 in Mexico, as of 2019.[2][1] This was almost as many U.S. locations as McDonald's and Starbucks combined, as of 2018.[3] Outside North America, the countries with the most locations are Australia (1,215), Brazil (1,643), and the United Kingdom (2,195), as of 2019.[2]
References
- ^ a b Roeder, Jonathan (14 February 2023). "Subway Sandwich Chain Is Exploring a Sale After Record-Setting Year". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Explore Our World". Subway. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Bhattarai, Abha (April 27, 2018). "'It's just not what people want anymore': Subway to close hundreds of U.S. stores". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 30, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
I am looking forward to working with editors on this! I am happy to answer any questions. Thanks, PHSubway (talk) 15:53, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- Done SpencerT•C 22:02, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you! I'll be back soon to request more updates to the Corporate structure section. PHSubway (talk) 01:55, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
Protection Request
Since this is a large restaurant chain in the United States and since it has been hit with vandalism as per the page history, I would like to recommend semi-protection for this page. Thanks. Conservative Steve (talk) 00:02, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Sold to Roark
Don’t know where to put this. But it was just sold to Roark Capital. They own Dunkin’ Donuts and lots of other brands. Elemperor1 (talk) 11:43, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 October 2023
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want to change the number of locations that Subway has in the UK as the data on the page is from 2019. There are more stores in the UK now. LuckyLuka26 (talk) 22:34, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
- Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. UtherSRG (talk) 11:33, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
Operations request
Hi Wikipedia, this is Paige from Subway. Spencer: Are you available to review this request? I am currently working on drafting an Operations section that would incorporate information on Subway's business model, corporate structure, and restaurant locations. I envision an Operations section that includes Business model, Corporate structure, and Restaurants and digital subsections.
While I'm still working on polishing up all of my updates due to recent changes at the company and the upcoming move of Subway's headquarters, I thought it would be a good idea to get started by proposing these edits:
- Create a new section titled Operations
- Create a new subsection under Operations titled Business model with the following text:
- Subway restaurants are independently owned and operated by a network of franchisees. This began when founder Fred DeLuca began franchising the brand in 1974. By 1975, Subway had become a regional fast-food chain and by 1984, it had international operations.[1] Subway is considered to have had some of the lowest franchise costs in the industry, as of 2022. All of the company's U.S. locations are franchise-owned.[1] The estimated total cost for a franchisee includes a $15,000 fee to open the Subway business and an additional $222,050 to $506,900 in startup costs, as of 2023. Subway additionally charges a royalty fee of 8% and advertising fees of 4.5%.[2]
- Note: Information on franchisees and start-up costs is currently spread out among the Corporate structure and Locations sections. This aims to bring it all together in one spot.
- Change Corporate structure heading to a subheading of the new Operations section
- Change Locations to a subheading of the new Operations section
To help illustrate what I'm asking for, it would look like this (this request only deals with the content highlighted light green; requests to fix and update the other content are forthcoming):
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Operations
Business model
Subway restaurants are independently owned and operated by a network of franchisees. This began when founder Fred DeLuca began franchising the brand in 1974. By 1975, Subway had become a regional fast-food chain and by 1984, it had international operations.[1] Subway is considered to have had some of the lowest franchise costs in the industry, as of 2022. All of the company's U.S. locations are franchise-owned.[1] The estimated total cost for a franchisee includes a $15,000 fee to open the Subway business and an additional $222,050 to $506,900 in startup costs, as of 2023. Subway additionally charges a royalty fee of 8% and advertising fees of 4.5%.[2] Corporate structure
As of 2017[update], the Subway Group of companies was organized as follows:
Subway's global dual headquarters are located in Shelton, Connecticut and Miami, Florida in the US, with five regional centers supporting the company's international operations.Cite error: A In 2023, Subway was sold to Roark Capital, the owners of Dunkin Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, in a deal that Reuters estimated Subway's value as $9bn. The new owners plan 23,000 store global expansion. The deal's reported value would make it the third-biggest US acquisition in restaurant history, behind Burger King's 2014 acquisition of Tim Hortons for $11.4 billion and Roark's purchase of Dunkin’ Brands in 2020 for $3.7 billion.[failed verification][8] The startup cost of owning a Subway franchise is significantly lower than competitors, beginning at around $200,000 to $500,000. However, Subway franchisees also pay some of the highest percentages of profits (around 12.5%) back to Subway compared to competitors.[9] Locations
As of February 2023, Subway had approximately 37,000 locations in more than 100 countries, all independently owned and operated by a network of franchisees.[10] Subway has the highest concentration of locations in North America with more than 20,000 in the United States, 2,881 in Canada, and 758 in Mexico, as of 2019.[11][10] This was almost as many U.S. locations as McDonald's and Starbucks combined, as of 2018.[12] Outside North America, the countries with the most locations are Australia (1,215), Brazil (1,643), and the United Kingdom (2,195), as of 2019.[11] References
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I am happy to review any feedback. Thanks PHSubway (talk) 17:40, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
Community Involvement
Hi Wikipedia, I have another suggestion I would like to make. This is to add an entirely new section called "community involvement" that incorporates the currently existing "animal welfare" section.
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Community involvement The Subway Cares Foundation is a non-profit organization that allocates grants to groups that provide youth access to nutritious food and tuition assistance.[1] In 2022, a promotional campaign launched through this foundation for a footlong cookie for "National Cookie Day".[1] Subway and its franchisees support food security through various initiatives.[2] These donations include local food banks and charity organizations.[3][4] Local relief continued during the COVID-19 pandemic as communities faced food insecurity.[5][6] In 2023, Subway had its fifth annual "Never Miss Lunch" donation day. This is a Canadian program that partners with Food Banks Canada to send children food. In 2022, the program delivered 175,000 packs.[7] Subway has supported Feeding America's in a National Sandwich Day food drive and in 2016, Sandwich Day was determined to be the single largest meal donation day in Feeding America's history because of a pledge of 11 million meals that year.[2] In 2020, as a part of COVID-19 pandemic relief, Subway said it would donate up to $1.5 million for those facing food insecurity, equivalent to 15 million meals, through the partnership to at least 200 Feeding America food banks across the United States.[8][9] The Subway Fresh Start Scholarship awards funds to student employees from the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and Australia.[10][11] Animal welfare In December 2015, Subway released a commitment to move to a 100% cage-free egg supply chain in North America by 2025.[12] In April 2017, Subway released a chicken welfare policy[13] that states that by 2024 or sooner, 100% of its U.S. chicken products will be produced in alignment with Global Animal Partnership (GAP) standards for higher welfare breeds, enhanced living environments (including lighting, litter, and enrichment), increased activity levels and optimized stocking density, and improved slaughter methods. To ensure compliance, Subway's chicken suppliers will be third-party audited with updates communicated annually.[14] The policy announcement followed a nationwide campaign led by high school animal activist Lia Hyman in coordination with the animal protection NGO The Humane League.[15] On April 20, 2017, Hyman and a group of activists traveled to Subway's global headquarters in Connecticut to deliver more than 53,000 signatures from campaign supporters and held a demonstration outside the building after they were denied entry.[16] References
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