Subject to the way our conversation has went in the topic about another subway open, i just wondered what was more popular, greggs or subway

Greggs = Scabby Sandwiches :gag:

You need a third option "I'd rather eat my own foot then anything from either establishment"

neither, nibblers sandwich shop for me!

Joel

Greggs all the way! Steak Bakes Rule!!!!

I was once stood behind a guy in greggs who was ordering loads of pasties and sausage rolls and cream cakes and stuff.

Then his friend walked in and said "you getting your shopping in mate?"

"aye" replied the guy, "Im promised our lass I'd cook her a meal"

What a lucky lady.

Greggs have the Steak Bake, and they aren't advertised by a man with an upside-down mouth. You look next time it's on.

Greggs or Subway, both sandwich shops aren't nice, neithe ris their product...

The debate really is Greg+SubWay+ Vs Local Sarny shop (in my case Supa Snax or Mr B's).
And let's face it, for the price you pay at your local shop, the quality of the food, choice and size of the sandwiches, the local shops win the battle by a long shot !

SubWay 'food' is made of plastic and you need to sell your watch to buy anything, whilst Greggs is dry and rancid (and I have the same name so I 'should' be in the same team)

Voting Greggs or SubWay is like asking if I'd like my leg or arm removed... Neither is a choice I would like to make. (That is just an example).

I've never been to Subway, so I voted for Greggs.. Their cheese sandwiches are good, and they're the only sandwich shop I know of that will actually give you a PLAIN cheese sandwich with cheese SLICES instead of that chuffing GRATED malarkey that makes a right mess!

Greggs > all.

Yeh.

Supa snax, the one on charlotte road/edmund road?

Its the best! Does paul still own it, he will try and sell you anything with your sarnies, trainers, microwaves, a peoper sound bloke, but don't ask the lass a question about sheffield as she's from rotherham!!!

If I'm in town with only a couple of quid for lunch I prefer a pasty from that shop on Pinstone Street.

I used to work at greggs, and it really was the most disturbing experience ever. The food was totally rancid (unless you like pink sausage rolls), the staff were quite frankly the rudest people i have ever met! If a customer didn't understand one of Greggs pointless little offers then they would be shouted at in front of the whole shop and again when they had left! (believe me, i worked there!).

However Subway is an evil multi-national company!

Mmmm, local shops all the way.

My friend who's vegetarian went into his local Greggs where they make the sandwiches as you ask for them, they're not pre-paceked, and asked for a plain salad sandwich. The conversation then went like this:
"We don't do plain salad sandwiches"
"But you do other salad sandwiches like ham salad don't you?"'
"Yes"
"Well, could you make me a ham salad sandwich but leave the ham off?"
"No, we don't do plain salad sandwiches"
"Well. I'll pay for a ham salad one, just don't put any ham on"
"No, we don't do plain salad sandwiches"
At which point he left, still hungry.

Originally posted by pinkhat
I used to work at greggs, and it really was the most disturbing experience ever. The food was totally rancid (unless you like pink sausage rolls), the staff were quite frankly the rudest people i have ever met! If a customer didn't understand one of Greggs pointless little offers then they would be shouted at in front of the whole shop and again when they had left! (believe me, i worked there!).

However Subway is an evil multi-national company!

Mmmm, local shops all the way.

i work for greggs and to be honest i disagree with the staff being rude but i agree with the food issues.!!

i voted for subaway cos they are well nice:clap:

Originally posted by nick2
You need a third option "I'd rather eat my own foot then anything from either establishment"

My vote is with eating Nick2's foot.

At least greggs doesn't irritate us with halfwit adverts so they got my vote.

Surely that vegetarian sandwich one makes sense though? They don't do sandwiches to order do they? You can't go into Sainsburys and ask for a specific sandwich. Why would you expect to get it at Greggs?

Originally posted by mjlacey21
Surely that vegetarian sandwich one makes sense though? They don't do sandwiches to order do they? You can't go into Sainsburys and ask for a specific sandwich. Why would you expect to get it at Greggs?

greggs offer a bespoke sandwich basically if you want one making they will make it. its got to be on the menu and you can take things off it but not swap them or add items ,so they guy with the salad sandwich they should have charged him for a cheese salad without the chese.

hang on,
how is that different to having a ham sandwich without the ham?

Originally posted by mjlacey21
Surely that vegetarian sandwich one makes sense though? They don't do sandwiches to order do they? You can't go into Sainsburys and ask for a specific sandwich. Why would you expect to get it at Greggs?

Because greggs is a sandwich shop! They're not a bakers anymore, a change in their marketing strategy has assured that.

Why you would go to either of them over somewhere like the lunch stop on west street I don't know. :confused:

Originally posted by pinkhat
hang on,
how is that different to having a ham sandwich without the ham?

because the ham costs more so the cheese would be better option for value thats why:hihi:

Originally posted by savbaby
because the ham costs more so the cheese would be better option for value thats why:hihi:
Ok, but if someone is willing to pay for the whole ham sandwich then it shouldn't matter.
I really don't understand, are we talking at cross-purposes

Originally posted by pinkhat
Ok, but if someone is willing to pay for the whole ham sandwich then it shouldn't matter.
I really don't understand, are we talking at cross-purposes

mjlacey21 asked why they would expect greggs to make a sandwich to order and i answered with what should have happend and what they should have been offered. ham/cheese whatever it doesnt matter basically they done the job wrong and thats the answer i gave

Subway spicy meatball sandwiches with olives and jalapenos. Mmmmm. Evil corporate multinational scum or not, you simply can't argue with the power of the spicy meatball...

Didn't realise that at all. Personally I never buy sandwiches there anyway. I have issues with mayonnaise and they pack the stuff on - ugh!

I just like the pastry. I'm a little fat girl at heart.

Gregg’s make disgusting cheap filth which should be thrown straight down the nearest toilet.

Subway make disgusting expensive filth which should be thrown straight down the nearest toilet.

On the basis the Gregg’s don’t shout about how it’s better to ‘Eat Fresh’ whilst pedalling their particular brand of mass produced, reclaimed, reconstituted, irradiated junk. I have to vote for them.

Local sandwich shops run by people who care about what they’re doing are not included in the poll I notice. Guess who I'd vote for then.

Originally posted by Fearful
Gregg’s make disgusting cheap filth which should be thrown straight down the nearest toilet.

Subway make disgusting expensive filth which should be thrown down the nearest toilet.

On the basis the Gregg’s don’t shout about how it’s better to ‘Eat Fresh’ whilst pedalling their particular brand of mass produced, reclaimed, reconstituted, irradiated junk. I have to vote for them.

Local sandwich shops run by people who care about what they’re doing are not included in the poll or I be voting for them.

Quite.

Mod:

It may be a bit late in the day but there is now a 3rd option for those who prefer Nick2's foot or something else more tasty

Can I have Nick's foot as well as a pasty?

Originally posted by mjlacey21
Can I have Nick's foot as well as a pasty?


Greggs are soon to announce their new range of Forum Body Parts Pasties. They'll be out harvesting in the next few weeks. better keep a low profile...

Can we restart this pole coz my vote is completely wrong now!

Originally posted by savbaby
mjlacey21 asked why they would expect greggs to make a sandwich to order and i answered with what should have happend and what they should have been offered. ham/cheese whatever it doesnt matter basically they done the job wrong and thats the answer i gave
oh right, i understand now, greggs were wrong, when i worked there they could make your sandwich up, but only with a big grunt first!

I said no to either, I'd much rather eat a sandwich from a local shop - Scotts pantry for me! - than see them shut down because there's a Greggs, Subway etc on every street corner.

lunchstop on West St any day! Subway, I agree there are far too many in town, though I suppose it's *slightly* healthier at 2am than a greasy kebeb... though by no means more satisfying!! Greggs I've never quite got into, I far prefer the Proper Pasty Co on Pinstone St.

Had a Greggs 'New Yorker' sarnie today - from Meadowhall - very good ....and a lot cheaper than similar from Subway :)

I'd have to vote Greggs purely on the strength of the Chicken Club sandwich and the mighty STEAK BAKE!!!!:clap: :clap: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clap: :clap:

The staff in Greggs at Moorfoot are nice. There was a bloke in there today going "do yer do potted meat?", woman says "no, sorry". He shuffles for a bit then says "do yer do tuna and sweetcorn?", woman apologises again. He says "Oh f*** it then" and stomps out hungry.

I like a proper butty if possible, but on a cold day you can't beat a Gregg's Dummy though - a cheese 'n' onion pasty, just like all the mums buy to keep the toddlers quiet. :)

Greggs:

I once decided to buy cakes from Greggs for work on a friday afternoon. I ordered several cakes, and she told me "You do realise it's not real cream. It's artificial cream. We have to tell everyone that now". What a great advert for the product :loopy:

They also huff and puff if you have the cheek to pay with a £10 note, and give you your change in 5ps :loopy:


Subway:

Only ever been in when drunk in the early hours of the morning. Seemed OK, but then so do kebabs when drunk. :loopy:

My colleague swears by them. He's from Worksop and keeps finding excuses to visit our office in Sheffield just so that he can go to Subway for lunch. :D

Subway is best - agree with the meatballs being fab, but the Chicken Ranch sandwiches I had in Vegas were out of this world. Nothing better than a 24 hour subway :thumbsup:

Greggs stuff always looks good but I always end up feeling ill after eating it. At least its cheap. Subways is just a rip off and not too good either.

Originally posted by Sahra
I said no to either, I'd much rather eat a sandwich from a local shop - Scotts pantry for me! - than see them shut down because there's a Greggs, Subway etc on every street corner.
there is a new greggs opening in town in about 4 weeks, on fargate where the Adams clothes shop used to be. that will make 7 in town! only 3 subways though

I also used to work at Greggs for 2 1/2 years and would have to agree that the food is totally rancid and I never ate one thing apart from the steak bake so I would personally have tyo vote Subway

i've nevr had a subway sandwich, don't really want to:|

....NoseyRosie recalls purchasing a plain salad sandwich from Greggs....

Originally posted by Captain_Scarlet
Greggs or Subway, both sandwich shops aren't nice, neithe ris their product...

The debate really is Greg+SubWay+ Vs Local Sarny shop (in my case Supa Snax or Mr B's).
And let's face it, for the price you pay at your local shop, the quality of the food, choice and size of the sandwiches, the local shops win the battle by a long shot !

SubWay 'food' is made of plastic and you need to sell your watch to buy anything, whilst Greggs is dry and rancid (and I have the same name so I 'should' be in the same team)

Voting Greggs or SubWay is like asking if I'd like my leg or arm removed... Neither is a choice I would like to make. (That is just an example).

well you dont have to make the choice.....

the choice is either subway or greggs, a topic the poster originally had a debate with his mate i assume.

if the poster wanted an opinion of whether you would like to go to another food shop or have your arm removed he would have put this as an option.

if subways food really was made of "plastic" as you do claim (i would like to see evidence of this though) im sure the establishments would soon be shut down.

and if greggs was so dry and rancid, why are they so succefusll? really does not make any sense at all

just so you know, i think subway is a lot nicer, but greggs a lot more convenient.

Neither!

Only been to Subway once on Devonshire Street and non of the staff spoke a word of English so i've never been again. :rolleyes:

I love Subway, so voted for them.

If there was a Lily's nearby however, my vote may be different. :)

Originally posted by savbaby
there is a new greggs opening in town in about 4 weeks, on fargate where the Adams clothes shop used to be. that will make 7 in town! only 3 subways though

I thought they were trying to "improve" Fargate ?
Though people must get hungry between pound/phone shops so perhaps a Greggs will go down well.

Subway is far, far better than Greggs. That place is awful. They dare call that stuff bread? And Mayo city too, yuck.

Subway is fast food but it's better than MaccyD's et al.

Always take a local sarny shop over either.

My latest trip to Greggs went as follows:

Them: "CAN I PLLLEEAASSEEE HELLLPPP ANNYONE!"
Me:"Um..hi..can i have a cheese salad on brown, a steak beak and a sausage roll please.."
Them: "ok love"
<long pause>
Them: "umm...a cheese salad? White or brown?"
Me: "um...BROWN please.."
Them: "Anything else love?"
Me: "Steak beak and a sausage roll please"
<puts the steak bake in a bag>
Them: "what else did you want love?"
Me: "A sausage roll please"...
<Me Holding a bottle of coke>
Them: "Is the coke yours too love?"

I rest my case....the staff are morons (no offence), but the food is reasonable quality (no where else to eat in Leeds City Centre)

Originally posted by Avalon
I rest my case....the staff are morons (no offence), but the food is reasonable quality (no where else to eat in Leeds City Centre)

Don't Harvey Nichols have a cafe ?

Greggs when I'm hungover

Subway in general when I'm trying to be healthier

Originally posted by jackthedog
I love Subway, so voted for them.

If there was a Lily's nearby however, my vote may be different. :)

Oh god yeh, lilys anyday

Originally posted by nick2
Don't Harvey Nichols have a cafe ?

Do they?

Originally posted by Avalon
Do they?

They do in London.

Greggs have that horrible dry flaky pastry that crumbles and goes over everywhere no matter how carefully you eat. The fillings are always far too hot to actually eat, so you have to leave the bloody thing to cool down for about 10 minutes. Not really fast food is it? I'd only go there now if there was no other option at all.

My favourites are room temperature plain cheese breadcakes that lurk in those transparent plastic box things behind the bar in pubs. You don't see them much these days though. Summat to do with hygiene regs I suppose.

Greggs Chicken Pasty is great one... And it is very near to Wimbledon Station. Take one chicken pasty, one coffee and take your place in the train.
By the way is there anybody here how to make pasty dough? What are the ingredients?

Msalper - have a look here :

http://www.cornish-links.co.uk/pasty.htm

You need the best of both worlds. Get a nice big sandwhich from subway and then on the way back to work nip into greggs for a warm pasty. Sorted!

Originally posted by The_Pilot
Neither!

Only been to Subway once on Devonshire Street and non of the staff spoke a word of English so i've never been again. :rolleyes:

yeah I went for the first time the other day, couldn't understand a word of the staff either, they ignored me for 5 minutes, pointed and grunted something at me, total rip off as well. I prefer greggs. I love their sausage rolls, steak bakes and chocolate eclairs, although I am not keen on everything else they offer

Originally posted by Internetowl
Had a Greggs 'New Yorker' sarnie today - from Meadowhall - very good ....and a lot cheaper than similar from Subway :)

better be heated pastrami on toasted rye with deli (goldens) mustard...
god i would kill for right now :(

and and subway is crap. watery and frozen cold cuts are disgusting.

so i went with number three.

rather than complaing about these places why not make it at home exactly how you like it?

Rich - Staniforths (down Chapel Walk) do cheese slice sandwiches.

Nick2/Avalon - Harvey Nichols in Leeds have an espresso bar downstairs in the arcade. They also have the Fourth Floor Cafe/Bar upstairs, and it's very nice.

http://www.harveynichols.com/output/Page125.asp

Lucky_13 said:You need the best of both worlds. Get a nice big sandwhich from subway and then on the way back to work nip into greggs for a warm pasty. Sorted!

Yes I agree with you. Orginally Greggs have started its business with its sandwiches, their taste is not OK for me, why don't they improve it rather than pasties.

And thank you "rtapper". I think this is what I'm searching for..

Originally posted by Avalon

Me: "Steak beak and a sausage roll please"


Appreciate it was a typo but I did smile at the prospect of you asking for a beak in your sandwich :)

Greggs, as we know thanks to Savbaby, couldn't have complied with the request as they have to stick to the menu and probably don't have much call for feathery body part. Not that beaks are feathered of course....

:clap:

SCOTTS PANTRY offers the best in sheff FRESHLY MADE GREAT PRICES and they can deliver too !!!

greggs sarniies are OFFAL!! absolute pig guts!!

left the country 3 months ago via newcastle airport which has a greggs (only one in the uk i think ) ,bought loads of goodies.

supplemented all that horrible aeroplane food for cornish pasties n sausage rolls god damn it was good ,

greggs rules !!

No qualms !!:wave:

I really like Subway any one else like it.They make subs by the way
http://www.subway.co.uk/

P.S if you do whats your sub of choice

I always go for the meal deal, Meatballs, drink and one of those cookies.

I cant go too often though as I dont like any other sandwiches so it gets a bit boring.

More mass marketed mass produced crap...

Originally posted by TimmyR
More mass marketed mass produced crap...

yes BUT the steak and cheese one's nice.

Originally posted by Andy
yes BUT the steak and cheese one's nice.

No it isn't! You've all been tricked!

Ugh. I HATE Subway. The food tastes like processed, unhealthy plastic.

To me it's just an example of how the Americans can even take something like a sandwich and turn it into unappetising fast food. God know how much fat, addatives, salt and suger they contain too.

Wouldn't eat in Subway if you paid me. Bleugh! :gag:

Originally posted by TimmyR
No it isn't! You've all been tricked!

Nope, It really is nice :)

Originally posted by JBee
Ugh. I HATE Subway. The food tastes like processed, unhealthy plastic.

To me it's just an example of how the Americans can even take something like a sandwich and turn it into unappetising fast food. God know how much fat, addatives, salt and suger they contain too.

Wouldn't eat in Subway if you paid me. Bleugh! :gag:

Well done! How can we convince the rest of the world that this is the case? Why would anyone go into subway on west street instead of the lunch stop just up the road? Baffles me. Well, it doesn't, subway is on the telly.

By the way:

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43953

This has all been done before....

Originally posted by TimmyR
Well done! How can we convince the rest of the world that this is the case? Why would anyone go into subway on west street instead of the lunch stop just up the road? Baffles me. Well, it doens't, subway is on the telly.

Whats wrong with me going to subway if I like it? :confused:

Originally posted by spyro2000
Whats wrong with me going to subway if I like it? :confused:

Nothing, freedom of choice n all that...

There's nothing wrong with you going to Subway if that's where you want to have lunch. After all - you like it. You'll always find people who try to persuade you not to eat at Subway / Pret a Manger / Starbucks citing ethical concerns as if it's their business to dictate what you spend your money on and where. Have these people nothing else to occupy themselves with?

Originally posted by TimmyR
Nothing, freedom of choice n all that...

So why should you convince the world that "The food tastes like processed, unhealthy plastic."

And that "it's just an example of how the Americans can even take something like a sandwich and turn it into unappetising fast food. God know how much fat, addatives, salt and suger they contain too."?


I already know this, but I still go once in a while :)

Originally posted by JonJParr
There's nothing wrong with you going to Subway if that's where you want to have lunch. After all - you like it. You'll always find people to try to persuade you not to eat at Subway / Pret a Manger / Starbucks citing ethical concerns as if it's their business to dictate what you spend your money on and where. Have these people nothing else to occupy themselves with?

And then you find subway/pret a manger/starbucks trying to pursuade you otherwise. That is what marketing is, a subtle subconscious means of pursuading you to do what they want. I do not believe that represents free choice.

Originally posted by TimmyR
And then you find subway/pret a manger/starbucks trying to pursuade you otherwise. That is what marketing is, a subtle subconscious means of pursuading you to do what they want. I do not believe that represents free choice.

Difference is that their marketing staff do that for a living whereas you're just sticking your oar in.

Originally posted by JonJParr
There's nothing wrong with you going to Subway if that's where you want to have lunch. After all - you like it. You'll always find people who try to persuade you not to eat at Subway / Pret a Manger / Starbucks citing ethical concerns as if it's their business to dictate what you spend your money on and where. Have these people nothing else to occupy themselves with?

I don't think it's really all that perverse not to want to see every high street in every city in the world full of Starbucks, Subway and the like. Supporting local, independent business is a positive thing, is it not?

Besides, Lunch Stop and Relish do much better sandwiches than Subway – and they're much cheaper. That isn't even an opinion, it's a fact.:)

Originally posted by JonJParr
Difference is that their marketing staff do that for a living whereas you're just sticking your oar in.

Well this is afterall a discussion forum. I am discussing the fact that I do not like subway, as was the original question.

Originally posted by TimmyR
Well this is afterall a discussion forum. I am discussing the fact that I do not like subway, as was the original question.

Yeah thats fair enough that you dont like subway. Doesnt mean that anyone else shouldnt go though.

Just out of curiosity though, have you eaten at Subway before?

Originally posted by spyro2000
Yeah thats fair enough that you dont like subway. Doesnt mean that anyone else shouldnt go though.

Just out of curiosity though, have you eaten at Subway before?

I haven't, no. Don't really think I need to though. :)

I don't mind people going to subway. But I do mind subway (and similar) taking over everything. Do we really need 3 in the town centre? It just makes every high street the same - no variation in life. And it certainly doesn't provide much return to local economy - even if they are franchised.

Originally posted by TimmyR
Why would anyone go into subway on west street instead of the lunch stop just up the road? Baffles me.

But I go into those shops as well :confused: Sometimes I fancy subway, and go there. Sometimes I go to Relish (I think that's the name - do nice chicken sandwiches). Sometimes I go to Delicus and sometimes to Boots. Hell sometimes I even make my own sandwich :o

Originally posted by JonJParr
Difference is that their marketing staff do that for a living whereas you're just sticking your oar in.

Dosent mean that the opinion is less important. Personally i don't like Subways much - i have eaten there before but i would rather make my own sarnies, they taste better!

To be honest it does slightly grate on me that the good old British staple meal of a sandwich has been taken over by the American ideal. Whats wrong with good old cucumber between two manky thin slices of white bread!

Originally posted by TimmyR
I haven't, no. Don't really think I need to though. :)



Im not gonna pick you up on that answer as you may have thought that I would ;)

Originally posted by TimmyR

I don't mind people going to subway. But I do mind subway (and similar) taking over everything. Do we really need 3 in the town centre? It just makes every high street the same - no variation in life. And it certainly doesn't provide much return to local economy - even if they are franchised.

I dont see nothing wrong with 3 Subways. Give the people what they want,and obviously it looks like they want Subway. Supply and demand, thats all it is. If you dont like or dont want to go to subway then there is definitely a million and one other places to go to. I havent been to a Subway in months.

Originally posted by TimmyR
I haven't, no. Don't really think I need to though. :)

Don't think you can pass judgement before you have had a Subways - in terms of the actual food.

Originally posted by Zinger549
I really like Subway any one else like it.They make subs by the way
http://www.subway.co.uk/

P.S if you do whats your sub of choice

What in heavens' name is a 'sub' when it's at home, anyway? We've got so many good old English words for various shapes, sizes and textures of bread it seem pointless to import a new one.

Maybe soon we'll be eating bombers, grinders, heroes, hero sandwiches, hoagies, Cuban sandwiches, Italian sandwiches, poor boys, torpedos, wedges and zeps?

SOS (Save Our Sandwiches)

Originally posted by Greenback
What in heavens' name is a 'sub' when it's at home, anyway? We've got so many good old English words for various shapes, sizes and textures of bread it seem pointless to import a new one.

Maybe soon we'll be eating bombers, grinders, heroes, hero sandwiches, hoagies, Cuban sandwiches, Italian sandwiches, poor boys, torpedos, wedges and zeps?

SOS (Save Our Sandwiches)

Let's not get all pretentious about the names given to sandwiches. I think "sub" is short for "submarine roll" - as in it's shaped like a submarine. Similar to a Wagon 'Wheel', Bread 'Bun' or 'Wrap'.

Originally posted by TimmyR
I haven't, no. Don't really think I need to though.

Originally posted by spyro2000
Im not gonna pick you up on that answer as you may have thought that I would ;)

I really think you should Spyro - it's speaking out of complete ignorance.

On the point about marketing. I think it is fair for people to 'stick their oar in'. While marketing people may try and influence you and get paid for it, no-one is going to pay me to be a reverse-marketing executive which tells you not to buy in a high street chain because you can get better/healthier/cheaper alternatives from local shops, using local produces sometimes. Ironically, it appears that the USA, the nation that can be said to spread the widest influence of globalistation, already knows this. When I went to America the local businesses were on a level footing with the large chains, showing that the general public has an awareness that perhaps the UK public doesn't have about what and where to buy from. Simply put, IMHO people go to Subway in America when they are out of their local area, because they want to eat something that they know is of a certain standard, not going to put them off and that make them feel ok about how displaced they are. When in their local area, they will go to their next door neighbours donut shop, that guy up the road's delicatessen, Joe from bowling's wife's clothes shop etc.

I'm not saying that we don't do that in this country, it just appears that in the UK we've taken all the crazy insane points about chain stores and have somehow equated them as BETTER than local producers, which is sometimes right, sometimes wrong but on average they tend to be about the same.

Back to the matter at hand, I'll sometimes eat at Subway because I quite like some of the sandwiches, as long as I can have sweet onion sauce, which is undoubtedly really bad for me but hell, i'm going to die anyway and I like the taste :P

I do think the food is expensive compared to other sandwich shops and while I have yet to find an independent sandwich shop I really like more than Subway in Sheffield, I will prefer, if I don't want to sit inside, to go to Cooplands or STaniforths for a ham salad sandwich because the meat isn't processed, the salad doesn't come in a pre shredded airtight plastic bag, and they do my other sauce that is bad for me, salad cream. Plus you can get a bit of egg on if you want. All for about 2/3rds the price.

Wilf

Originally posted by goose
Don't think you can pass judgement before you have had a Subways - in terms of the actual food.

I've looked at the nutrition info and am convinced that they produce food that I do not wish to eat - v high in salt (nearly 3 grams for a salad - half your recommended max) etc. But anyway, your right, I cannot comment on whether it tastes nice. But I didn't take that as what the question meant.

just as an experiment, stand outside Subway in West Street for 8 hours, count the number of customers, we will say at a conservative estimate of £3.00 per customer, search for the rent required on the property after Applebaums moved out, it is the public domain, and I am given to understand that the rent was put up front for an extended period., this I must stress is hearsay.

But if you are prepared to that that then I would say that subs, the freshness and sub content could be improved against the profit that is being made.

I understand another Subway is in the offing in Sheffield centre.

Originally posted by JonJParr
I really think you should Spyro - it's speaking out of complete ignorance.

No it isn't. Ignorance only of the taste of the food. Not ignorance of the company nor of the ingredients of the food. In the same way can someone not comment on the environmentally damaging effect of a powerful vehicle they haven't driven? Utter rubbish.

Originally posted by TimmyR
No it isn't! Ignorance only of the taste of the food. Not ignorance of the company nor of the ingredients of the food.

So the nutritional info tells you where they've sourced their produce from or the quality of it? Or do you have this info?

How 'trendy' it has become to shun anything 'commercial'...

I mean from a sheer taste point of view, Subway put meat, cheese and other things between bread to make a snack. Yet because they are a chain, it suddenly becomes 'mass produced plastic'??

Think about what you're saying. Mass produced would be the sandwiches that are delivered into Boots or Marks and Spencers and full of preservatives so they can be kept for a few days. Subway make them in front of you, just like any other deli!

The way some people on this forum go on, you would think that eating a Subway was equivalent to selling your soul to George Bush and jumping on the All American bandwagon.

Originally posted by JonJParr
Let's not get all pretentious about the names given to sandwiches. I think "sub" is short for "submarine roll" - as in it's shaped like a submarine. Similar to a Wagon 'Wheel', Bread 'Bun' or 'Wrap'.

'Wrap'? What's that when it's at home? Oh actually I know, it's one of those things that tastes like rubber where half the filling spills all over your shirt as you try to eat it. Try eating the old bacon/egg sandwich in one of those things and you're in real trouble...

It's our heritage that's being stolen here. Am I the only one who cares about the RULES?

Originally posted by tingle
How 'trendy' it has become to shun anything 'commercial'...

I think you've raised an excellent point there Tingle. Apparently it's now trendy to be anti-commercial and anti-capitalist. I didn't find the May Day riots all that 'trendy'. Then again, maybe it's my definition of 'trendy'.

Originally posted by Greenback
'Wrap'? What's that when it's at home? Oh actually I know, it's one of those things that tastes like rubber where half the filling spills all over your shirt as you try to eat it. Try eating the old bacon/egg sandwich in one of those things and you're in real trouble...

It's our heritage that's being stolen here. Am I the only one who cares about the RULES?

What RULES? :confused:

Originally posted by Greenback
It's our heritage that's being stolen here. Am I the only one who cares about the RULES?

A bacon/egg sandwich is our 'heritage'? Bologney. ;)

Originally posted by spyro2000
What RULES? :confused:

I'm only messing around Sypro. I just realised how daft it was to be engaging in a heated debate about sandwiches and so thought I'd have some fun with it. ;)

Originally posted by JonJParr
I really think you should Spyro - it's speaking out of complete ignorance.

I try not to post on things I have no experience of but in my case I just won't eat the processed stuff that people pass off as meat. I'd rather just have a couple of pieces of fruit, and frequently do. Subway also use those prepared dressings which repeat on me dreadfully. It's nothing to do with ethics, slave labour or child poverty in my case I just don't like it and avoid it totally.

Originally posted by JonJParr
So the nutritional info tells you where they've sourced their produce from or the quality of it? Or do you have this info?

I have read a certain amount on them but no I do not have this info. I fail to see how eating one of their sandwiches would provide me with this!

At the end of the day, everyone knows what they are getting themselves into when they eat at these places. I certainly do,and its my choice to eat there should I choose to. So what if its un-nutricional (real word:confused:?) or not.

You either like to eat there or you dont, I dont see how it can be debated

Originally posted by tingle
How 'trendy' it has become to shun anything 'commercial'...

I mean from a sheer taste point of view, Subway put meat, cheese and other things between bread to make a snack. Yet because they are a chain, it suddenly becomes 'mass produced plastic'??

Think about what you're saying. Mass produced would be the sandwiches that are delivered into Boots or Marks and Spencers and full of preservatives so they can be kept for a few days. Subway make them in front of you, just like any other deli!

The way some people on this forum go on, you would think that eating a Subway was equivalent to selling your soul to George Bush and jumping on the All American bandwagon.

Yes m&s sandwiches are also mass produced correct. I don't eat those either. But if you believe that because the sandwiches are made in front of you in subway that the sauces and the bread is in any way not mass produced, you need to think a bit.

I do not shun fast food establishments to fulfill a desire to be trendy. I have been shunning them since I developed the ability to formulate an opinion (much to the derision of some of my school mates, many of whom now shun them also).

Fast Food Nation - a book everyone should read.

Originally posted by spyro2000
So why should you convince the world that "The food tastes like processed, unhealthy plastic."

And that "it's just an example of how the Americans can even take something like a sandwich and turn it into unappetising fast food. God know how much fat, addatives, salt and suger they contain too."?


Hang about Spiro. That was MY quote, not TimmyR's, and I'm not trying to convince the world of anything. I was asked for MY opinion on Subway and I gave it.

There's no way you'd catch me eating in there, but what YOU put into your body in your choice.

Originally posted by TimmyR
Yes m&s sandwiches are also mass produced correct. I don't eat those either. But if you believe that because the sandwiches are made in front of you in subway that the sauces and the bread is in any way not mass produced, you need to think a bit.


Do you bake your own bread Tim?

Originally posted by Andy
Do you bake your own bread Tim?

ha ha, funnily enough I do!

Originally posted by spyro2000
What RULES? :confused:

I think this http://www.garnersclassics.com/qbigleb.htm is what he means, spyro. ;)

I can honestly understand how distressed some of you must feel to see these 'chain" American restaurants popping up like mushrooms. I personally do not like McDonald's, or Starbucks, or Subway.

I can make a better, cheaper cup of coffee at home. If I want a good burger, we either BBQ hamburgers at home, or go here.

http://www.aw-drivein.com/About_Us.cfm

(As a teenager, I worked as a carhop at the A&W in San Ramon, Ca. Let me tell you, that was a FUN job!)

Or here. http://www.photofluffer.com/fluffy/050704_oak_snowhite1.php

(By the way, those other pictures aren't mine, but they're nice, huh?)

I really don't like Subway. The sandwiches I make myself taste better. There are other delis around that are much better than Subway, and if I want a deli sandwich, I go there.

Oddly. My husband and children LOVE Subway. Sometimes, they all go, but none for me. Thanks.

It's a mystery to me to see people where I live, going to Taco Bell, whose food is vile and greasy, when there are excellent mexican restaurants, in some cases, literally right next door. With the large hispanic population in California? The mexican food here is good, and it's cheap.

BrainThrust hit the nail on the head. In the US, there is something for everyone. If a small business in the US is good? They will ALWAYS have a faithful following of customers, even if they have to charge a little more. There are a few places where I live that will always have my business, because even though I have to pay more, the quality, chatting with someone I know, and personal service is worth it.

No one is stealing your heritage. It is being $old.

I don't know about Sheffield, but in the states, Subway does bake their bread fresh daily. That said, I still don't like them.

http://subway.com/subwayroot/menunutrition/jared/friends/kennethHeinly.aspx

:) Sierra

Originally posted by tingle
How 'trendy' it has become to shun anything 'commercial'...

I mean from a sheer taste point of view, Subway put meat, cheese and other things between bread to make a snack. Yet because they are a chain, it suddenly becomes 'mass produced plastic'??

Think about what you're saying. Mass produced would be the sandwiches that are delivered into Boots or Marks and Spencers and full of preservatives so they can be kept for a few days. Subway make them in front of you, just like any other deli!

The way some people on this forum go on, you would think that eating a Subway was equivalent to selling your soul to George Bush and jumping on the All American bandwagon.

HELLO TINGLE :wave: :wave: :wave:

I totally disagree. Subway stuff tastes like crap. One of my mates loves it so she took me in and I was actually quite looking forward to it, but I ended up chucking my 'sub' away cause it tasted so vile. The cheese tasted like plastic, the bread had no texture and the salad was soggy.

I'll admit to eating sarnie from M&S and Boots occasionally. They taste much nicer. But I agree that they are processed too. I tend to pop to the sarnie shop near work or make my own. Today I'm looking forward to homemade brie and cranberry on crusty brown french stick. Yum!

As for selling my soul to George Bush, I actually tried to do that once, but I was told he was on the toilet! :thumbsup:

Now can you email me please? I'm bored!

Originally posted by JBee
Hang about Spiro. That was MY quote, not TimmyR's, and I'm not trying to convince the world of anything. I was asked for MY opinion on Subway and I gave it.



Yes, I know it was you that originally said it, but it was TimmyR who agreed with you and quoted you, asking how we can convince the world of what you originally said. :)

Yes m&s sandwiches are also mass produced correct. I don't eat those either. But if you believe that because the sandwiches are made in front of you in subway that the sauces and the bread is in any way not mass produced, you need to think a bit.

as someone who worked at subway i know its not as healthy as i used to think, the bread IS frozen and then defrosted as is the meats which are defrosted and microwaved to be warmed up.

I like the salads though, the salad was always fresh and prepared well.

I tried Subways yesterday not for me! Give me Scotts pantry Anyday !!!

I like cheese straws at Greggs!

I'd been eating the 'vegetarian' sandwich in subways for years before i found out that the cheese in the breads isn't veggie.
Grrrrr, so greggs.
Even though it's minging!

Greggs have my vote on this one.

Char grill chicken sandwich :love:

And i never was into pastry stuff but my kid got me into they bean-cheese-sausage pasty's love it.

My tip : eat a fish for lunch

you're laughing now but....

ha ha ha (menacing) ha ha ah ah ah...

both have their best bits gregs steak bakes yummy but if i had to choose then it would have to be subway:thumbsup:

They are both rubbish for veggies. The first time I went into a Subway (can't remember where, Bradford maybe?) they did a feta cheese option as well as Veggie delite and veggie patty (neither of which are particularly good), but never seen that anywhere else. Greggs is vile.

M and S sarnies are OK, or if in town, Zoobys or one of the sandwich places on West St (MH needs better sandwich places). As a veggie though I sometimes like veggie sushi for my lunch but nowhere in Sheffield does decent stuff (takeaway packaged stuff that's easy to eat at lunch and you can get from town or MH, not restaurants). M and S used to do nice veggie sushi but they changed it and it's rubbish now. (note to self: must complain) Waitrose do some but it's bland and overpriced.

Pret a Manger and Eat do OK veggie sushi but we don't have either in SHeff :( Why did Pret in MH close down (several years ago) ?? They are a ripoff but it's the best I can get... unless you know different...

Sandwiches are too small in Greggs and their pasties etc. aren't up to much. Cooplands sarnies are much better, taste wise and size. Most of the time though I end up at a local sarnie shop as that's closest to where I'm working.

As for Subway I love them as well - the only 2 fast food places I go to are there and KFC. I realise they're probably not the healthiest sandwiches around but they're damn tasty and big :) The salad always seems nice and relatively fresh.

My boyf is the manager of subway on eccleshall road and i get free stuff (or at least he buys me loads of stuff so i dont have to pay for it) so im happy! besides greggs pasties are never warm when i buy them. gosh this is a boring discussion...

Originally posted by rad6380
Why did Pret in MH close down (several years ago) ?? They are a ripoff

I think you've answered your own question there.

See [url=http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35539&perpage=15&highlight=pret&pagenumber=3]here for more Pret discussion! :D

Just been to Greggs on the Moor, very quick in serving & very friendly staff:hihi:

What was that place on the ground floor in Meadowhall that sold sarnies, and posh bread, jars of olives and Italian goodies etc, it was years ago it shut ?

Greggs or Subway, both sandwich shops aren't nice, neithe ris their product...

The debate really is Greg+SubWay+ Vs Local Sarny shop (in my case Supa Snax or Mr B's).
And let's face it, for the price you pay at your local shop, the quality of the food, choice and size of the sandwiches, the local shops win the battle by a long shot !

SubWay 'food' is made of plastic and you need to sell your watch to buy anything, whilst Greggs is dry and rancid (and I have the same name so I 'should' be in the same team)

Voting Greggs or SubWay is like asking if I'd like my leg or arm removed... Neither is a choice I would like to make. (That is just an example).

Mr b's? is that the one on chesterfield road that does those gigantic breadcakes?? its fantastic...my favourite is in a nutshell smoked chedder and salad sandwiches...absolutly amazing...like a taste explosion in your mouth!
think that greggs pasties are absolutly rancid sloppy pieces of cr*p and subway is a disgusting corporate business venture that is brainwashing people into thinking that its healthy and new....i totally agree that its all about the little family ran sarnie shops...the one near huttons (the name escapes me) is brilliant and chaep (unlike subway)!!

Supa Snacks is class, as was the great Big Sandwich Shop behind McDonalds on the moor before it closed down about 2 years ago.

My little sister works in Greggs (not in Sheffield). I'll put it this way, I wouldn't eat their sandwiches after finding what they did in a tray of cream cakes. I won't say any more in case they sue me! :gag:

Neither for me, I prefer Cooplands to Greggs (mainly because Greggs served me cold pasties several times when they were meant to be warm, and a half cooked sausage roll once) and think Subway food is almost as bad as McDonalds (I have tried several sanwiches from there and found them a complete rip off - crap bread and cheap ingredients, plus most sandwich shops will do a big roll for 50p less).

My vote goes to Greggs, they have a wider choice, and the prices are quite reasonable really, given that buying sandwiches is quite expensive anyway.
The only disppointment is when you buy a pasty/sausage roll and its gone cold :(

Subway - hugely over priced, the staff aren't very nice to my experience, and the way all the food comes in those little plastic containers (especially meat), how over-processed?!

Subway......theres no contest.

Greggs is definitely best. Cheap, cheerful and filling - even though you can only have so much processed meat in one week!

Subway is just overpriced crap!!

sarnies is nicer just wish it were open longer than till 2pm, but if i had 2 choose then subway at least u can choose wat u like on ur sandwich

Subway is an act of God.

Greggs just for there chicken pasties.

Although I do like the way ubway prepare food in front of you and you can add exactly what you want.:)

greggs the best place for pasties

greggs the best place for pasties

yes, Subway is not the best place for pasties, I agree on that one.

good grief! i never realised sandwiches could cause so much arguing!

i used to work in a subway, and they do bake their bread fresh daily....but the dough is bought in frozen (as it is in many pizza places). They bought fresh veg from a local business, which were then prepared by the staff throughout the day.

Yes the meat & cheese were processed, but so is the stuff you buy in the supermarket. As far as i remember, the cheese at subways is vegetarian, but if you're vegan steer clear of the veggie patties (veggie max) cos they've got egg protein in.

Personally, it's WOODY'S at Hunter's Bar for me every time. V. Tasty, even if they do take an age to make your food!

I make my own, every day.

If I was working I would use an independent sandwich shop. Never had a subway and Greggs sandwiches are dried up and awful.

being from liverpool SAYERS all day !! but when in sheffield i just go to boots :)

Subway has by miles....

I can't beleive 105 people prefer greggs to subway!!!

Subway every time.

Love the bread, so fresh (just as the ad says!)

Also like the good hygiene there - wearing gloves is a very good idea, much better than being served by someone with hands that haven't been washed reguarly!

This thread is so dirty and sexy.
What is it really about?

Can somebody send me
PM ?

I've never tasted a sandwhich as good as what subway make, greggs is ok still i suppose.

is there any chance i can put vote in for couplands? their cheese and bacon rolls are well smart

and as for the proper pasty company, they serve the pus from the boil straight off satans backside

The cheese in subway is not vegetarian, and due to the terrible way they handle all the processed meat and then go straight onto the veggie delight, I don't think it would make any difference if it was!

I like the 3 for £1.25 sausage rolls so sod you all!!

The cheese in subway is not vegetarian,!

Yes it is. I asked to check the ingredients and its made with non-animal renin.

and due to the terrible way they handle all the processed meat and then go straight onto the veggie delight, I don't think it would make any difference if it was!

They always change their gloves when I ask for a veggie. Oh once they didn't andit was a new girl and they made a completely fresh sub for me.

Note though that the cheese used to top the breads (like the herb and cheese) is NOT vegetarian. Seems a bit daft to have one and not the other.

Still the best veggie sandwich. Loads of salad and olives and Jalopenoes. Greggs salad is a bit 'old' yorkshire. Lettuce Tomato cucumber and b'all else. Boring!

Apparently only the 'honey and oats' bread is suitable for vegetarians in subways. Went in once ordered a veggie delight and the worker said that if I was a strict veggie then stick to honey and oats, as the others aren't suitable.

The Cheese, Beans and Sausage pasties rule. RULE!!

When I used to deliver stuff to GT news, if I was on the town centre run (I am talking 9 years ago), I used to call at a sarny shop just off Shoreham Street called PB's. They did some cracking sandwiches in there. I always used to have the sausage/egg/tomato baguette. I think that this establishment is still going today, although I'm not sure if it's the same team of ladies who still run it though
On the subject of the poll, I voted for Greggs, but some of the comments about it are a bit worrying, although I have never had any probs with stuff I've had from there

I believe subway are better because they take on more in there orders, yet they are still faster than greggs.