As an ex subway employee, all the bread is real and fresh. We have to bake it all day and technically required to always have fresh bread. As for the chicken it comes frozen pre-sliced, then we have to put them in the portions. Never had a complaint on bad smelling chicken. If you need to watch out for anything its the tuna and the avocado. Just make sure its fresh.
Also a previous employee. Tuna and avacado < yes pay attention- not very many people ordered it at my store except a few. Also the chicken is precooked. Chicken is one of those meats that it is easy to add filler> that's where any worry, if any, should really lay. Yes the bread is made fresh but not the dough. If you go to a fast food resturant expect them to give you what you pay for. One thing though, if the chicken always has a smell it is probably that persons particular sensitivity to it. But if it legitimately has an overpowering smell it has gone bad. But there should be a faint odor like in any meat product.
I've worked at Subway for two years. The chicken's shelf life, it gets two days to thaw out and then it's not even all the way defrosted. And it gets three days in the bag and two days out in the cambro. That's it. If they're changing and not checking dates, that's the individual Subway's fault. Not every Subway. And the bread is (or should be) baked every day. That's why it always smells like bread. I smell like bread and onions every day when I leave.
Exactly I work there and I work graveyard shift I have to cut the veggies everyday and make sure they look fresh and clean as for the bread it's always being made throughout the day at my store and we label everything so we know when the meat was taken out at what exact time so we don't keep something over the shelf date ..
Was it a good thing for you to smell like bread and onions everyday? I used to work at dunkin donuts and smelled like coffee and crispy cream or glazed donuts everyday.
Yeah...I used to work for Subway and we never had the extended shelf life for Chicken, nor did it ever smell bad. The hygiene standards were always great. It was either something this dude was doing at his particular branch of Subway, or he's making it up.
I worked in Germany in a Subway and can tell similar stories like the dude. But the store got shut down due to visits of the Gesundheitsamt which is pretty strict. Anyways, I think is about the franchise partner. Mine told us to relabel and never throw anything away until it is visibly unusable.
O.o I have worked for this company before, and I NEVER ran into any of those issues with the chicken, and we always changed it out. We had a rule that if you wouldn't serve it to your family, you don't serve it to the customer. Were we really in the minority for the chain?
Yes. I've worked at Subway for a year and a half now and the chicken DEFINITELY stinks. I don't think anyone here has ever changed the date, but it's definitely been left out sometimes (much) too long.
This same issue happened with everything though not just chicken. Vegetables, meats, and sauces were never refrigerated. Once the sauce ran out is when you threw it away. Not when it expired.
I work for subway and I can tell you that the meats all come precooked and frozen in a bag, the spinach and lettuce come in bags, the bread dough also comes frozen. The pickles,banana peppers, olives, and jalapeños come in bags. The only vegetables that get cut up is tomatoes, bell peppers, and onions.
I worked at subway for 4 years and Dan is the type of guy I hated the most. Reason why I left the company. I hate dealing with the public. Now I'm making triple the amount in the IT field vs subway. No more Dans,yay!!!!
At least you know that they aren’t spitting in your food when you go to subway because they make and serve anything right where you can see everything they are doing.
I don't care what they say.. I think it's good to train your body to eat sub par food every once in a while, it makes your digestive system stronger, and makes you better prepared for hard times when you may have to survive on scraps or crappy food.
Used to be my job from 12pm to 6:30am six days a week. After my mandatory 30 minute break, I would work 6 days a week and still be under 40 hours a week.
did you mean 12am? because 12pm to 630 am minus your break is a 12 hour shift, 6 days a week would mean you were working 72 hours a week (this is with the 30 minute break removed)
You're a god damn liar. 12pm - 6:30 am is an 18 hour shift. Even AFTER your 30 minute break you're at 17.5 hours. After 3 days a week you're over 40 hours. If you're going to lie, lie well.
chicken shipped in bags, whether cooked or raw, will smell , pork too. I've seen , and heard worse. example :moldy bun at arby's; burger dropped on the floor at McDonald's; woman with visible infection on ear, scra that ear, then handl money, and then handle food, at buger king; and a woman at a buffet, taste a salad with the spoin provided, and then put spoon back in salad. If management is responsible, you should not worry, if management doesn't care, go elsewhere.
After working at subway I did stop getting the kind of chicken they are saying not to get, because it did smell and I just felt like it was gross after prepping it. Lol I still get subway though just not that kind anymore.
I was the exact same way. When i was a kid, i would always get the chicken bacon and then when i worked there, i was like "NOPE". I just had one today after not having it for a few months and I am vouching to never have it again. It tasted horrible. After having the rotisserie chicken, I never looked back.
I too was a previous subway employee and never had these issues. This has to be branch specific. My best advice is to go to a subway that is both clean and busy. The busy locations go through their supply well before the two day expiration. Also, the bread is fresh baked. If I could warn against something, it's the tuna. It's not always consistent (depending on who made it and how much Mayo is used). It's also the least ordered (or at least was at the location I worked at) So it sat the longest.
I work at a subway and I can tell you yes the chicken has a life of 48hrs after the bag it comes in has been opened it comes frozen but fully cooked, all meat we receive is fully cooked.. We do not keep it after 48hrs we throw it out, which we very very seldom have to because we sell it non-stop after we dish them out to the measured amount it's usually gone in several hours. The bread comes from the factory frozen 70 to a box we proof them which is what makes the bread rise and then we bake it, we apply honey oat or italian herb seasonings before we proof it by letting the bread defrost and we spray it with water and roll it. It's not any stinkier than any other meat you buy, honestly, I eat it everyday I work for free. If I didn't think it was safe to eat I wouldn't eat it. It sounds like this guy and his subway may be cutting corners and makes me surprised that Subway inspectors haven't caught that yet, because we label everything we dish out so we have the time and date it was made what is and whoever dished it their initials.
LOL around 2 minutes the girl says the chicken comes raw?? LOL she thinks Subway cooks the chicken?? LOL omg too funny. I worked there for like 3 years after highschool and can tell you most of this video is nonsense. Their sandwiches are fine and perfectly edible. They constantly rotate out the food and the dates are checked daily. The worst thing I ever saw was my coworker drop a tub of banana peppers one night when we were closing. He just scooped the peppers (off the floor) into the tub and put it away for morning. I am sure that happens in all food places at some point though. I like subway and still eat there when I want a sandwich. Sure the chicken all comes frozen (so does the roast beef and meatballs!), but I freeze meat all the time in my own freezer for later dates so I am not sure what the big deal is on that one.
Another thing worth noting is that things might be different between stores. Some stores might not be as good and efficient when it comes to rotating the food as others and stuff like that. But I'm pretty sure that subway has strict guidelines on how things should be done.
My husband used to work at a factory that made their bread, and the only difference between the white and wheat is a small amount of extra grain, and TONS of caramel coloring. The nasty stuff in soda. The stuff California warns is a carcinogen. So if you HAVE to get subway, get the white bread.
That's because it's 90% white bread and only 10% wheat. The caramel color gave it the look of actual wheat bread. Had it actually been 100% wheat, you'd paid an $1.00 just to upgrade white bread to wheat.
So he ate these sandwiches for years, never got sick or noticed an unpleasant taste, but he's freaked out by an anonymous internet commenter claiming there was something wrong. That makes sense. /s
I don't recommend the egg, tuna, or the seafood one (if some places have or don't have the seafood). some places make them and keep them for a couple of days.
Their shelf life is 3 days but some places don't sell an entire cambro in 3 days so they push it to 4-5 days and they shouldn't. If you know what old tuna looks like you'll be fine. But I assume most customers don't.
I worked at KFC when I was a kid. The raw chicken came 2 whole chickens to a bag,16 bags to a case. When you'd open a case it smelled like sulfurous rot! No matter how fresh, the stuff would gag a maggot! I think it's just a "chicken thing" lol
This doesn't surprise me. Processed chicken stinks regardless. Just go to the grocery store and buy any packaged sliced chicken. It stinks. I don't know why it stinks so much, but it has nothing to do with the chicken being bad. It's the same with canned chicken and canned tuna. They all have that stench. Besides that, I enjoy Subway whenever I crave something vinegary.
it's the smell of sulphites. they put it in the saline the meat is injected with. it helps preserve the meat and makes it look plumper and taste juicier.
it's the smell of sulphites. they put it in the saline the meat is injected with. it helps preserve the meat and makes it look plumper and taste juicier.
Honestly I've never had a teriyaki chicken sub in the US and I haven't even tried the chipotle chicken one. I would always get the BMT, add a bunch of vegetables, vinegar, olive oil (just like Yi) and black pepper. And so Dan is that annoying customer. I've worked in the food industry. Customers like Dan are really annoying but there are worse. Like super rude customers that tell you to hurry up when they took half an hour ordering because they kept talking on the phone and then complaining that I got their order wrong when in reality they ordered it wrong.
I worked in an Australian subway and I can confirm that the hygiene standards were great; we never even remotely had any issues like the ones described in this Reddit thread
If it hasn't hurt you before, who cares? I've eaten a bunch of different sandwiches from subway, even the chicken ones. If you get sick, then you know not to go back. If not, then they are probably keeping up with the maintenance. It's the same with other fast food and restaurants. If you knew all the behind the scenes you would never eat out again. That's why I refer never to know. I just eat my food.
I generally agree. "That which does not kill me, just makes me sick." is a motto of mine. I'd rather go to subway, where I know the food will eventually go bad, then go to mcDs, where the average shelf life of a burger in a pantry is a couple years. And this next point will gross some people out, but I know how hotdogs are made, and I still eat them. Food is food.
Yah. Besides, they use processed meats. If anyone ever bothered to buy their own processed meats, they would notice that the smell is not the same as home cooked. If they want a homemade tasting sandwich, they shouldn't go to Subway. Instead, they should be hitting up the local sandwich cafes. Subway isn't known for homemade sandwiches and never claimed to be.
That whole "McD burgers are so over-processed and stuff with chemicals that they never rot" is bs, I found proof too. I got some "premium organic" meat from whole foods store and made it in the same shape/size/weight as the mcd one is and put it in organic bun, and ya know what? same effect, it didn't rot either. But I didn't just leave it sit there and not touch it. like a lot of these other people have done, I took measurements being careful to clean my tools before touching the burger. once I looked at the results of the measurements, a clear pattern formed, it had dried out effectively becoming beef jerky before the microbes that cause rot could get much of a foothold. So if this happens to a burger that I had made sure was not given any preservatives and processed as little as possible then it's going to happen to any burger of similar size/shape. I also found this weird effect only happens on their basic hamburger, the one that's on the dollar menu. their other ones are bigger and they don't dry out all the way in time and they do show signs of rotting.
I agree with you to some extent. it may not hurt you now, but can effect your body system in the future. on set symptoms of food poison can happen within that hour to 8 days depending on what contaminant you're affected with. i would just stay caution to certain foods
whytedaises I see where your coming from and nothing wrong with being careful. But some thing I do hate about these kind of posts is first we don't know if the problem is ties to just that location or if it affects others ones as well. second we don't know if this anonymous posters has any ulterior motive, or even if he really worked there. 3rd even if he does legit work there, is honestly worried and made the statements to try to help save people from a possible chain wide problem. There is also the fact he could be wrong, we don't know what this considers a bad or weird smell, we are just assuming here.
Dude really? if your sandwiches were bad you would have gotten sick. The smell is the sane because they all bake the bread there. Subway is smart.. they don't sell the bread. why would you go to Subway if you had the bread?
these kinds of things happen in more processing environments than people realize. the reason it was stinking out of the bag was because it came from at least one other processing environment that also bended and broke all kinds of rules for the sake of profit.
The chicken strips are pretty nasty. When I open a bag of plain strips, the smell of ammonia woffs into the air. Thankfully the other chicken item and Carved turkey smell like delicious cooked meat. Also the onions may contain human tears FYI.
never really had a problem with subway till i moved cities and that is when i noticed that not all subway are the same. The quality of the food and eve taste at times differs which is odd as you would think it be the same. Im glad that the subway i do go to now is often busy so i have less of a chance to run into those old food problems
Subway was the last fast food item I ate. Turkey and ham on Italian bread, with no cheese, lots of vegetables and lots of sweet onion sauce. this was on the 19th of September last year. I have had NO take away food since then and I Am resolved to go for a year with no fast food. So far I have lost 28 kilos with no additional exercise,a my diet mainly consists of a sensible breakfast and lunch and salad and protein for dinner. whilst I have learned to enjoy loads of new things on this knew diet I have one major issue. . ... I MISS CHINESE FOOD LIKE CRAZY!!!!!
if you really wanna make sure your food is fresh at mcdonalds ask for no salt or seasoning cause they put that stuff on almost everything as soon as its done cooking, so if you ask for no salt or seasoning they have to make it fresh. this will work for any burger, fillet o fish, or grilled chicken sandwich, not to mention the fries. then you can ask them for salt and pepper and season it yourself (accept grilled chicken it has a different seasoning)
The bread smell in every store is actually because of the yeast in the bread...bread is baked in the store everyday. First it goes in the puffer which activates the yeast making the bread rise. Thats what gives off the smell. Then the bread is prepped with toppings if needed and baked.
I worked at subway for almost a year, and the chicken never smelt bad. And it does only have a two day shelf life, same as other foods. But usually its only in there max one day, as we made a new batch every day, and sometimes in the afternoon we would make more when we ran out of the morning batch. And the chicken is frozen until 1 day max before we have to use it.
Subway is like a faux-healthy, gimmicky McDonald's - both sell junk, but McDonald's at least lists ingredients on their website! Subway here in the UK has a *very* artificial taste to their bread. The last one I had was a veggie one and it honestly put me off their food for life. Real Bread all the way!
that's what involve in any "fast" / "instant" food product i suppose. even frozen pack such as curry rice, meatball spagetti/ etc. sold in the convenient store also like that.
I currently work at Subway, and have for 8 months now. I'm not sure what it's like at other Subways but where I work, this has never been an issue. We've never had chicken that last more than 2 days. I personally don't like our chicken, but that's because I think it's dry. Not like juicy chicken that I'd expect. Our location is on a college campus so we go through about 700 sandwiches a day on average. Idk if that matter, but it may have something to do with not having some 4 day policy. Also I work mainly as the prep guy, so I smell the chicken all the time. It has never smelled bad to me. I actually love the smell of the teriyaki sauce lol
I worked at Subway in two separate locations. This is b.s., the chicken is frozen and is cooked in microwave, then sauce is added, the bbq chicken comes ready to serve as well. The only things I wouldn't eat is tuna or crabmeat. It comes in a huge can and frozen, and is just mixed with huge bags of mayo. The seasoning is what smells on the chicken, buy any precooked chicken in the store and it smells the same. The veggies, bread, and cookies are usually a day to two days old. You only get fresh if they are out of stuff, and prep keeps that from happening.
I don't think the "stinky chicken" is because it's raw, Yi. It's more that's it's gone bad. and it's not fine once it's been REHEATED (it should already be cooked by the time they receive it in the store.). No, I was never an employee, but I do recognize the taste and smell of deli meat gone bad, especially poultry. On occasion, I have opened up my sandwich to bad meat but can't return it because I'm already on the train on the way home from work. I think the safest sandwich would probably be the meatball. I've never experienced anything bad (except that the meatballs are too small. Lol). Also, most of the time, the veggies are good. Sometimes the tomatoes are questionable, but mostly a-ok. Just my opinion and experience, everyone! Thanks for listening! P.S. I love that Yi's on with you guys. The voice of reason in a soft tone. Love ya! 😎
You're right, it is precooked. There is a smell, I used to work there. But the smell is no different then the smell leftover chicken gives you. This manager may be like my manager was- never worked a day on floor but ran the financials- managers have so much to do? that is behind the scenes they generally dont know most of the process. As a previous employee I would state the safest sub would be the one with the least handling, which means no veggies or deli meat [assorted]. Well.. veggies can include lettuce and olives.. pickles.. anything that required some sort of pickling. The sliced veggies are all done in the store- people touching it. The deli meats are manually stacked for assorted subs- people touching it. Dont eat the tuna- it sits there till it is gone so unless they are bringing out a new one it has sat at 4 degrees since the store opened that morning. Oh and Seafood is kingcrab- same rules for the tuna. The cheese is manually stacked. Granted you are required to wear gloves for all of these processes. But for perspective, my first day i went through a lot of gloves [almost a box] to pre-assemble one days worth of assorted subs- I can see employees willingly skipping gloves for that step- that meat is covered in sooo much fat you cannot maneuver well and the job they expect to be done in 20 somethingish mins turns into an event.
The meatball is actually the worst thing you can buy at Subway in terms of freshness. You're supposed to toss out the meatballs and make new ones every 4 hours. Most stores DO NOT DO THIS. You'll see it being dark around the edges and it'll have a metallic taste/smell. The stores I worked at all threw it out after 4 hours, but a lot of stores I've been to do not. One of the stores I was a manager at use to make meatballs at night then put the leftovers in the fridge at the end of the night so they wouldn't waste any. (Then reheat / serve them in the morning) So they were serving people 13-20 hour old meatballs....when the shelf life once cooked is 4 hours!! Needless to say that changed very quickly because I was not having my name put on that kind of unsanitary practice.
I've been doing this job for 16 years, we've always done 12 hours over night to thaw, to prep and 48 hours in the coolers.. we date and time everything, and we never change labels. I dont know what kind of owner he was working for, but we're hella strict about this sort of thing where i work at.
I worked at Subway when I was in high school for about 3 years and the only bad thing I ever noticed was the smell I had on my clothes after a shift was AWFUL! I'm not sure if it was just all the combined smells of all the meats, dressings, cleaning products, etc. mixed together, but it was pretty awful smelling at the end of the day. I would always have to wash my uniforms twice at once.
The food is preped and usually used within a day, I work there and you take the food out of the bag put it into the bins wrap it and tag it and it's usually gone in a couple hours or the next day.
if u buy ur food and make it at home u will know what ur eating why do people eat out so much I use to eat out a lot now I save more money and I eat better lost 55 pounds eating at home
some people have a life that's not so much "why can't I just eat at home" they actually can't go home and make a meal because they're always on the rush. I know there are fat ass people that actually eat out even though they can actually cook. btw there are other restaurants out there that have better options not just crap food...
some homes do not have proper kitchens. it is hard to cook at home without an oven or a fridge(and assuredly the tiny portable ones are super expensive to run and hold very little)
I worked with Subway both inside and outside of stores. The smell in the bag is the gas they put in the bag to help preserve the meats flavor during shipping. The shelf life is set at 48 hours on chicken and any variant to that is not following Subway policy. The chicken is safe I would still eat it.
+Kikii McIntosh 🤔Yeah,I know who your talking about,his name's Jared Fogle,and last time I heard,he was getting all the foot longs he wanted(In prison)😆
I've had 3 years of working in fast food. The truth is that the quality of your food really depends more on the workers' integrity, and not the name of the store. My advice is that the best time to go is during opening to 4pm, because the best workers work during these times. It's because the restaurants need their best employees for the lunch rush that's between 11am to 2pm.
i used to work for subway and would go between the three sister stores in my town, in two if them it was perfectly acceptable to cut around moldy veg and i was actively told NOT to wash any of the bread molds in any store. you soak it in the cleaning solution and then rinse and put it against the drainer to dry. many molds had little chunks of bread but they were left on. i left after just a month and have not eaten there since
I used to be a McDonald's manager and I told my family not to eat anything with cheese and tomatoes in the summer. Why? Because every restaurant l worked at had flys that ALWAYS went straight to the cheese and tomatoes. They also all had bug zapper lights in the grill area. Try making sandwiches with that sound in your ears for the whole shift.
the one and only sandwich i will ever get from subway is a BLT on italian herbs and cheese, with swiss/pepperjack (alternating and melted), jalapenos, shredded mozz (not melted), and ranch. its amazing
I used to work at a subway and I can honestly say that the chicken was precooked and frozen. It did give off an aroma but I think it wasn't really that bad compared to the smell of some of the other stuff when freshly opened
A few months ago I went to a new subway (first time going to one) and I ordered eggs, etc. The sanitation was horrible for a new subway and the food handling was gross. When I left I tasted it and it tasted disgusting so of course I threw it away and I almost threw up :( I am to afraid to go back to that store or any of the others. Thank you for the video
I worked at subway. I agree with that. The chicken brest is so processed. you don't see it when it's cooked but it's basically ground chicken meat moulded into shape with black marking to make it look grilled.
LOL she is right about the Special Sauce I used to work in restaurants and fast food and that made me not go out to eat anymore. people really do hate when you try to tell them how to do their job and don't ever send food back to get fixed
I work at Subway and trust me it takes hours for us to cook the bread each day plus the reason you think it might smell the same in each shop is because we cook the bread and cookies at a strategical time so when its around lunch time or in the morning we will always have fresh cookies just out of the oven so you can smell all the goodness.
BTW our chicken never stinks and only has a 48 hours life before it gets thrown out, the temperature gets checked every couple of hours using a thermometer and even on the front line where the meats and veggies are they have things under the contains that keep them chilled, that's why they are never filled over the chill line.
another ex employee here from uk....the chicken if fine! ironically i remember the beef always had a strange green film on it, but it came like that so it's fine too! Also the bread is real and fresh. it comes a frozen rolls which you add the seeds/herbs to, it then gets proved and baked. The "subway smell" comes from the herb topping on italian herbs and cheese.
I would assume they're going through more than one bag of chicken a week at most Subway restaurants, much less even a day. Subway uses a fair amount of sugar in their bread as well that contributes heavily to the Maillard reaction, and ultimately to that smell we all love so much.
Worked at Subway throughout high school. In Canada. Chicken comes cooked and yes it smells coming out of the bag. All the meat smells weird. Bread comes in frozen sticks, they thaw overnight, proofer first thing in the morning, then finally oven. On the flip side most of the veggies are fresh cut. I now hate cutting tomatoes because of having to do it daily. Olives, lettuce, jalapeños, banana peppers, and of course pickles come bagged.
i was also a shift manager at subway. id say that the well off subways that have good income are about their Ps and Qs. i happened to work at one that was owned by someone who had never worked at subway before. the resturaunt i worked in was absolutely disgusting with cycling line products, dating things, and cleaning.
The bread, I've heard, contains something that is used as a preservative that is also a component found in yoga mats. I haven't eaten subway since i read that, about 2 years ago.
I work at Subway when you open the chicken bag it stinks so badly. after a while it goes away. The Chipotle and Teriyaki is Literally the roast chicken mixed in southwest chipotle or teriyaki sauce. the shelf life of chicken products is 2 days after defrost. veg is 7 days
i live in the uk and the average price for the foot-long is 5.5 GBP or almost 7 USD. Which is a huge amount of money for 1 meal for an average earning dude like me. If I buy supermarket food and briefly cook it i will get like 2 days worth of meals (4-5 meals) out of 6 GBP...I like Subway products and usually resort to them if I'm in a rush and don't have anything to eat at home...usually 1-2 times a month, but wouldn't throw my cash out the window by buying subway sandwiches 2 times a day.
the subway i worked at in canada was super particular about things never going past their self life. the chicken teriyaki is one of the only things I'm willing to eat from there knowing how some of the stuff is made. Tuna and meatball subs are a no go for me and I'll tell everyone that. they sit out the longest and the meatballs are basically cooked all day and then taken off heat and recooked for easily a week before we throw them out.
That guy with the Spiderman shirt will hopefully not end up like I fear. My Dad is like that, though due to advanced age and no patience it has become impossible to do many things with him. Out of something very easy, becomes something completly difficult.
This video was in my recommend & omg. I haven't had subway in over years, but I know what I want on my sandwich & that sometimes includes the grilled chicken. I really hope something is done about the chicken soon because this grossed me out. Y'all have gained & new subscriber ❤
The subway I got before our branch closed (No idea why as it did well) was the Italian BMT on Italian herbs and cheese bread toasted with cheese and lettuce onion and pickle topped with either ranch or chipotle. Havent had subway in two years tho!
Of every time I have eaten a Subway sandwich, only once have I not gotten food poisoning. I used to have a rule that I had to eat the food if someone else bought it for me and Subway is very popular.
I am a proud owner of subway and I am here to reassure you there is nothing wrong but we are in California and this could be any where so it could be different
Rest assured, Maccas workers generally won't spit in your food. We have cameras literally friggin everywhere in kitchen and front counter so we can be caught stealing nuggets or whatever, and if anyone is caught being unhygienic on purpose it's an instant out. I mean, I'm in Australia, but I've worked across most of the stores in my state, and met all of the store owners locally.
While I worked at Subway, I'd make a specialty sub where I took the steak meat, and added the marinara sauce from the meatballs, and jack cheese and microwave it (For a higher class meatball) but as a customer I always end up ordering Meatball subs since 1) They are relatively cheaper than the rest of the menu 2) Sit in the heated sauce for hours (Which is something I wouldn't do at home). Everything else is just a sandwich, of which anyone can make. Yes, during my time there the chicken had a super strange smell.
I managed a Subway. The chicken we use for Teriyaki (we didn't do the Chipotle) is the same chicken as regular chicken strips (like what you'd get on a Chicken Bacon Ranch), with Teriyaki sauce added to it. It's pre-cooked, but frozen. I always ordered enough so that the chicken would only be in the freezer (completely frozen) for a weekish (not much longer than chicken you'd have at home!) and then in the cooler (similar to thawing in your fridge) for about one-two days, depending on how popular it was that day. Then we would take it out, make it into the chicken teriyaki, which would only last in the sandwich unit for a few hours. We would throw it out the next morning if it was left over. The cold cut combo (not all cold cuts, like ham, but specifically the cold cut combo) is one of the worst in my opinion. That would go in the cooler and the box would last for like weeks at a time because no one ever orders it, we would throw out packages at the end of two weeks because we were grossed out lol. Also, NEVER get ice at Subway. The machines the ice is made in is only cleaned like twice a year, and the holder on the drink machine (where you get it from) wasn't cleaned at all in the entire time I worked at Subway. So. Honestly, all restaurants (fast food ones, that is) are gross. Not just subway. Things are left out all day, especially the less popular items. Plus stock will sit for much longer than it should in the freezer or cooler, simply because many fast food restaurants are under-staffed and don't have the man power to continue checking stock. Not only that, but franchise owners are real dicks about food getting wasted. They check over everything, and if you throw out a box of something because it's been in the cooler too long, you get bitched at really hard. As the manager at Subway (my franchise was small enough that I was the only manager, no assistant managers or anything), I was pretty diligent about making sure not to over-order stuff so that things didn't get left for too long without getting used up, because if we threw it out we had to record that into the register and the owner would see that a whole box was wasted and get pissed. It scares people into keeping things past date so that they don't have to admit too much was ordered, ect. Owners don't care about the wellbeing of customers or quality control, they really just care about making money. Again, that's every single fast food place, just the nature of them.
when I worked there the stinkiest items to open up for prep was the ham and the cold cuts .. never had an issue with any other product and honestly it all depends on the owner some follow and run the store by the book and others are just cheap and do all they can to save and make that money
Chicken is only 2 days actually and we mix the sauce with the chicken after they aren't combined beforehand, it doesn't smell bad but sometimes the strips can look slightly pink but the things he said aren't true, I've worked at subway for a year
As an ex subway employee, all the bread is real and fresh. We have to bake it all day and technically required to always have fresh bread. As for the chicken it comes frozen pre-sliced, then we have to put them in the portions. Never had a complaint on bad smelling chicken. If you need to watch out for anything its the tuna and the avocado. Just make sure its fresh.
Also a previous employee. Tuna and avacado < yes pay attention- not very many people ordered it at my store except a few. Also the chicken is precooked. Chicken is one of those meats that it is easy to add filler> that's where any worry, if any, should really lay. Yes the bread is made fresh but not the dough. If you go to a fast food resturant expect them to give you what you pay for.
One thing though, if the chicken always has a smell it is probably that persons particular sensitivity to it. But if it legitimately has an overpowering smell it has gone bad. But there should be a faint odor like in any meat product.
+kyle te it's not spoiled. just been there for a bit.
they are just over reacting. it has that poultry/lunch meet smell but all meet has that smell.
As an ex subway employee, I always hated prepping the chicken, because of the smell!
But the chicken really did smell though. It's true, all of the other meats had a distinct smell, but the chicken's was really awful!
I've worked at Subway for two years. The chicken's shelf life, it gets two days to thaw out and then it's not even all the way defrosted. And it gets three days in the bag and two days out in the cambro. That's it. If they're changing and not checking dates, that's the individual Subway's fault. Not every Subway. And the bread is (or should be) baked every day. That's why it always smells like bread. I smell like bread and onions every day when I leave.
It also smells like cooked and seasoned chicken. If he think that stinks. That's his issue.
yea we baked bread every day
Exactly I work there and I work graveyard shift I have to cut the veggies everyday and make sure they look fresh and clean as for the bread it's always being made throughout the day at my store and we label everything so we know when the meat was taken out at what exact time so we don't keep something over the shelf date ..
Was it a good thing for you to smell like bread and onions everyday? I used to work at dunkin donuts and smelled like coffee and crispy cream or glazed donuts everyday.
Oh jimin
Yeah...I used to work for Subway and we never had the extended shelf life for Chicken, nor did it ever smell bad. The hygiene standards were always great. It was either something this dude was doing at his particular branch of Subway, or he's making it up.
Agreed.
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I worked in Germany in a Subway and can tell similar stories like the dude. But the store got shut down due to visits of the Gesundheitsamt which is pretty strict. Anyways, I think is about the franchise partner. Mine told us to relabel and never throw anything away until it is visibly unusable.
did it smell bad like normal chicken ? chicken smells bad in general
Maybe it was your Subway that was different. Their chicken sandwiches always made me sick.
Not really gonna take the word of "random anonymous Subway manager on Reddit" as reliable.
O.o I have worked for this company before, and I NEVER ran into any of those issues with the chicken, and we always changed it out.
We had a rule that if you wouldn't serve it to your family, you don't serve it to the customer.
Were we really in the minority for the chain?
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Yes. I've worked at Subway for a year and a half now and the chicken DEFINITELY stinks. I don't think anyone here has ever changed the date, but it's definitely been left out sometimes (much) too long.
This same issue happened with everything though not just chicken. Vegetables, meats, and sauces were never refrigerated. Once the sauce ran out is when you threw it away. Not when it expired.
Tokyo Ghoul mines always seemed good with that, never gotten such eating it.
Tokyo Ghoul
I would have been ashamed to work at your location.
I work for subway and I can tell you that the meats all come precooked and frozen in a bag, the spinach and lettuce come in bags, the bread dough also comes frozen. The pickles,banana peppers, olives, and jalapeños come in bags. The only vegetables that get cut up is tomatoes, bell peppers, and onions.
I worked at subway for 4 years and Dan is the type of guy I hated the most. Reason why I left the company. I hate dealing with the public. Now I'm making triple the amount in the IT field vs subway. No more Dans,yay!!!!
At least you know that they aren’t spitting in your food when you go to subway because they make and serve anything right where you can see everything they are doing.
You think subways bad ? You don't even want to know about Dunkin.
Yes. Yes I do. Please spill the beans.
tell me pleaseeeee
Yes and also, your SC
You're gorgeous, like 🙌🏼
what's dunkin?
I don't care what they say.. I think it's good to train your body to eat sub par food every once in a while, it makes your digestive system stronger, and makes you better prepared for hard times when you may have to survive on scraps or crappy food.
"it comes portioned" ahahaha.
no.
we spend hours before and during work prepping the oz. of servings for everything.
I think he meant that it is portionned in the counter so when they make the sandwich is it really efficient
Used to be my job from 12pm to 6:30am six days a week. After my mandatory 30 minute break, I would work 6 days a week and still be under 40 hours a week.
did you mean 12am? because 12pm to 630 am minus your break is a 12 hour shift, 6 days a week would mean you were working 72 hours a week (this is with the 30 minute break removed)
ShadowWolf Yeah, we were open too, got to kick a lot of bums and junkies.
You're a god damn liar. 12pm - 6:30 am is an 18 hour shift. Even AFTER your 30 minute break you're at 17.5 hours. After 3 days a week you're over 40 hours. If you're going to lie, lie well.
No one makes better sandwiches than Bodegas
chicken shipped in bags, whether cooked or raw, will smell , pork too.
I've seen , and heard worse.
example :moldy bun at arby's; burger dropped on the floor at McDonald's; woman with visible infection on ear, scra that ear, then handl money, and then handle food, at buger king; and a woman at a buffet, taste a salad with the spoin provided, and then put spoon back in salad.
If management is responsible, you should not worry, if management doesn't care, go elsewhere.
What
Sharon Looz
This one time my friend Cameron wiped her butt with a tortilla at Taco Bell.
After working at subway I did stop getting the kind of chicken they are saying not to get, because it did smell and I just felt like it was gross after prepping it. Lol I still get subway though just not that kind anymore.
I was the exact same way. When i was a kid, i would always get the chicken bacon and then when i worked there, i was like "NOPE". I just had one today after not having it for a few months and I am vouching to never have it again. It tasted horrible. After having the rotisserie chicken, I never looked back.
please don't say sweet onion chicken teriyaki
Lol
they did unfortunately
I used to work at subway. its all the same chicken. they just add a different dressing.
I used to get sweet onion chicken teriyaki 😑
@FluffyMeow BRUH
I too was a previous subway employee and never had these issues. This has to be branch specific. My best advice is to go to a subway that is both clean and busy. The busy locations go through their supply well before the two day expiration. Also, the bread is fresh baked. If I could warn against something, it's the tuna. It's not always consistent (depending on who made it and how much Mayo is used). It's also the least ordered (or at least was at the location I worked at) So it sat the longest.
I work at a subway and I can tell you yes the chicken has a life of 48hrs after the bag it comes in has been opened it comes frozen but fully cooked, all meat we receive is fully cooked.. We do not keep it after 48hrs we throw it out, which we very very seldom have to because we sell it non-stop after we dish them out to the measured amount it's usually gone in several hours. The bread comes from the factory frozen 70 to a box we proof them which is what makes the bread rise and then we bake it, we apply honey oat or italian herb seasonings before we proof it by letting the bread defrost and we spray it with water and roll it. It's not any stinkier than any other meat you buy, honestly, I eat it everyday I work for free. If I didn't think it was safe to eat I wouldn't eat it. It sounds like this guy and his subway may be cutting corners and makes me surprised that Subway inspectors haven't caught that yet, because we label everything we dish out so we have the time and date it was made what is and whoever dished it their initials.
Exactly. I worked at Subway for 8 years and ate it literally every day.
We followed the rules and regulations and never once had a problem.
I feel a guy like Mike would be so annoyed with a guy like Dan...
Yo! :)
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Yo, yo. Right. Exactly.
LOL around 2 minutes the girl says the chicken comes raw?? LOL she thinks Subway cooks the chicken?? LOL omg too funny. I worked there for like 3 years after highschool and can tell you most of this video is nonsense. Their sandwiches are fine and perfectly edible. They constantly rotate out the food and the dates are checked daily. The worst thing I ever saw was my coworker drop a tub of banana peppers one night when we were closing. He just scooped the peppers (off the floor) into the tub and put it away for morning. I am sure that happens in all food places at some point though. I like subway and still eat there when I want a sandwich. Sure the chicken all comes frozen (so does the roast beef and meatballs!), but I freeze meat all the time in my own freezer for later dates so I am not sure what the big deal is on that one.
thank you
Another thing worth noting is that things might be different between stores. Some stores might not be as good and efficient when it comes to rotating the food as others and stuff like that. But I'm pretty sure that subway has strict guidelines on how things should be done.
LOL! this bitch actually works for Subway corporation! she comes in saying its fine. Nice try.
Affan K. Uh used to work as an employee. Its not as if she's getting paid to comment. You really are a dingus.
when im feeling like i'm sick and i smell subway bread, i literally throw up.
My husband used to work at a factory that made their bread, and the only difference between the white and wheat is a small amount of extra grain, and TONS of caramel coloring. The nasty stuff in soda. The stuff California warns is a carcinogen. So if you HAVE to get subway, get the white bread.
I get Italian herb and cheese bread
+kyle te it's just white bread with herds and cheese put on it
That's because it's 90% white bread and only 10% wheat. The caramel color gave it the look of actual wheat bread. Had it actually been 100% wheat, you'd paid an $1.00 just to upgrade white bread to wheat.
what about Italian herbs and cheese? I always get that
Thank you!
Yi got the jokes, calling out kfc "but they're not serving you chicken"
I never eat at subway, I always get jimmy Johns.
JIMMY JOHNS FOR LIFE!!!!
Wish there was a JJ near me in riding distance of a bus.
If JJ is that good they shall have one on almost every street corner like Walgreens xD
+Guardian Diancie around where I live they almost do have one on every corner lol! ☺
Ashley Smith your so lucky
It broke my heart when I found out Jimmy Johns delivery stops about a mile from my apartment.
So he ate these sandwiches for years, never got sick or noticed an unpleasant taste, but he's freaked out by an anonymous internet commenter claiming there was something wrong. That makes sense. /s
I don't recommend the egg, tuna, or the seafood one (if some places have or don't have the seafood). some places make them and keep them for a couple of days.
Their shelf life is 3 days but some places don't sell an entire cambro in 3 days so they push it to 4-5 days and they shouldn't.
If you know what old tuna looks like you'll be fine. But I assume most customers don't.
Tuna runs out every day
that right guy could be jackie chan's son..
I worked at KFC when I was a kid.
The raw chicken came 2 whole chickens to a bag,16 bags to a case.
When you'd open a case it smelled like sulfurous rot! No matter how fresh, the stuff would gag a maggot! I think it's just a "chicken thing" lol
I think chicken smells bad raw in general
raw chicken never smells good to start with
completely right. raw chicken just naturally has a smell to it. Noone enjoys it okay. lol
This doesn't surprise me. Processed chicken stinks regardless. Just go to the grocery store and buy any packaged sliced chicken. It stinks. I don't know why it stinks so much, but it has nothing to do with the chicken being bad. It's the same with canned chicken and canned tuna. They all have that stench.
Besides that, I enjoy Subway whenever I crave something vinegary.
Also, KFC is the best. 🍖🍖🍖🍖
If you think about it, all meat is decaying flesh...
it's the smell of sulphites. they put it in the saline the meat is injected with. it helps preserve the meat and makes it look plumper and taste juicier.
it's the smell of sulphites. they put it in the saline the meat is injected with. it helps preserve the meat and makes it look plumper and taste juicier.
Maybe, but dead animals and blood smell revolting always... especially when they're rotting in a store.
Yeah I stopped eating Subway a while ago.
Ditto! I still have their card, but never use it as I hate the taste of the nearest branch's food.
Honestly I've never had a teriyaki chicken sub in the US and I haven't even tried the chipotle chicken one. I would always get the BMT, add a bunch of vegetables, vinegar, olive oil (just like Yi) and black pepper. And so Dan is that annoying customer. I've worked in the food industry. Customers like Dan are really annoying but there are worse. Like super rude customers that tell you to hurry up when they took half an hour ordering because they kept talking on the phone and then complaining that I got their order wrong when in reality they ordered it wrong.
Yeah I want to blow up on customers every day haha
You are so cute O.o
No wonder I always have a stomach ache after I eat subway... never again
Yup, I was sadly...
+Jennifer Zhao feel bad. Could never get the chicken or egg because it always looked fake.
But it look so good, that's why I always get them like Mike...
That's worst...
the first time i ever ate subway was a few weeks ago, my brother ordered a foot long TERIYAKI for me...it was good :')
but i live in australia so things might be different???
army
I worked in an Australian subway and I can confirm that the hygiene standards were great; we never even remotely had any issues like the ones described in this Reddit thread
RaynorsProphet i live in aus and i had food poisoning from the teriyaki sub. to be fair though, this store is known for giving people food poisoning
lol well i felt nothing fom the teriyaki and it tasted so good tbh :')
If it hasn't hurt you before, who cares? I've eaten a bunch of different sandwiches from subway, even the chicken ones. If you get sick, then you know not to go back. If not, then they are probably keeping up with the maintenance. It's the same with other fast food and restaurants. If you knew all the behind the scenes you would never eat out again. That's why I refer never to know. I just eat my food.
I generally agree. "That which does not kill me, just makes me sick." is a motto of mine. I'd rather go to subway, where I know the food will eventually go bad, then go to mcDs, where the average shelf life of a burger in a pantry is a couple years. And this next point will gross some people out, but I know how hotdogs are made, and I still eat them. Food is food.
Yah. Besides, they use processed meats. If anyone ever bothered to buy their own processed meats, they would notice that the smell is not the same as home cooked. If they want a homemade tasting sandwich, they shouldn't go to Subway. Instead, they should be hitting up the local sandwich cafes. Subway isn't known for homemade sandwiches and never claimed to be.
That whole "McD burgers are so over-processed and stuff with chemicals that they never rot" is bs, I found proof too. I got some "premium organic" meat from whole foods store and made it in the same shape/size/weight as the mcd one is and put it in organic bun, and ya know what? same effect, it didn't rot either. But I didn't just leave it sit there and not touch it. like a lot of these other people have done, I took measurements being careful to clean my tools before touching the burger. once I looked at the results of the measurements, a clear pattern formed, it had dried out effectively becoming beef jerky before the microbes that cause rot could get much of a foothold. So if this happens to a burger that I had made sure was not given any preservatives and processed as little as possible then it's going to happen to any burger of similar size/shape. I also found this weird effect only happens on their basic hamburger, the one that's on the dollar menu. their other ones are bigger and they don't dry out all the way in time and they do show signs of rotting.
I agree with you to some extent. it may not hurt you now, but can effect your body system in the future. on set symptoms of food poison can happen within that hour to 8 days depending on what contaminant you're affected with. i would just stay caution to certain foods
whytedaises
I see where your coming from and nothing wrong with being careful. But some thing I do hate about these kind of posts is first we don't know if the problem is ties to just that location or if it affects others ones as well. second we don't know if this anonymous posters has any ulterior motive, or even if he really worked there. 3rd even if he does legit work there, is honestly worried and made the statements to try to help save people from a possible chain wide problem. There is also the fact he could be wrong, we don't know what this considers a bad or weird smell, we are just assuming here.
I stopped eating Subway a long time ago. Their sandwiches, didn't matter what kind, made me physically ill.
Dude really? if your sandwiches were bad you would have gotten sick.
The smell is the sane because they all bake the bread there.
Subway is smart.. they don't sell the bread. why would you go to Subway if you had the bread?
lol
you can buy the bread just 1 xD
these kinds of things happen in more processing environments than people realize.
the reason it was stinking out of the bag was because it came from at least one other processing environment that also bended and broke all kinds of rules for the sake of profit.
The chicken strips are pretty nasty. When I open a bag of plain strips, the smell of ammonia woffs into the air. Thankfully the other chicken item and Carved turkey smell like delicious cooked meat.
Also the onions may contain human tears FYI.
Healthiest way to eat is always homemade food. This way you can control what food you are buying and consuming.
Thats why i only go to busy subways....busy is most likely to be fresh.........busy is best.
I've never had a subway sandwich. I'm saved!
this is why i never eat out and i grow my own food. best decision of my life.
What kind of food do you grow? Do you have like a seasonal rotation plan?
weed
all year
Congrats you're a vegan and you're a bitch
never really had a problem with subway till i moved cities and that is when i noticed that not all subway are the same. The quality of the food and eve taste at times differs which is odd as you would think it be the same. Im glad that the subway i do go to now is often busy so i have less of a chance to run into those old food problems
Subway was the last fast food item I ate. Turkey and ham on Italian bread, with no cheese, lots of vegetables and lots of sweet onion sauce. this was on the 19th of September last year. I have had NO take away food since then and I Am resolved to go for a year with no fast food. So far I have lost 28 kilos with no additional exercise,a my diet mainly consists of a sensible breakfast and lunch and salad and protein for dinner. whilst I have learned to enjoy loads of new things on this knew diet I have one major issue. . ... I MISS CHINESE FOOD LIKE CRAZY!!!!!
Nathan Brady amazing job!!!!!! Keep at it I’m proud of you!
if you really wanna make sure your food is fresh at mcdonalds ask for no salt or seasoning cause they put that stuff on almost everything as soon as its done cooking, so if you ask for no salt or seasoning they have to make it fresh. this will work for any burger, fillet o fish, or grilled chicken sandwich, not to mention the fries. then you can ask them for salt and pepper and season it yourself (accept grilled chicken it has a different seasoning)
02:50 Sorry, Dan. You really weren't "literally blown away".
The bread smell in every store is actually because of the yeast in the bread...bread is baked in the store everyday. First it goes in the puffer which activates the yeast making the bread rise. Thats what gives off the smell. Then the bread is prepped with toppings if needed and baked.
That's why I like Blimpie's and we only got four left in New York City and they make the best sandwiches ever
I thought that was an IL thing, I love that place.
I worked at subway for almost a year, and the chicken never smelt bad. And it does only have a two day shelf life, same as other foods. But usually its only in there max one day, as we made a new batch every day, and sometimes in the afternoon we would make more when we ran out of the morning batch. And the chicken is frozen until 1 day max before we have to use it.
Subway is like a faux-healthy, gimmicky McDonald's - both sell junk, but McDonald's at least lists ingredients on their website!
Subway here in the UK has a *very* artificial taste to their bread. The last one I had was a veggie one and it honestly put me off their food for life. Real Bread all the way!
You dont work at Subway dont you?🤣
Not bad guys, I subbed. I can see you guys are really trying to make the channel grow and this is my fine time watching.
just...stop eating fast food. seriously. make it at home with your own breads and meats from the market or something. :D
Subways not fast food
you do know the company that makes process food can-do the same thing
of course it's fast food. What is your criteria for fast food? Just because things aren't deep fried and greasy it's no fast food?
ok mom
Christina Izbaşa no
that's what involve in any "fast" / "instant" food product i suppose. even frozen pack such as curry rice, meatball spagetti/ etc. sold in the convenient store also like that.
I currently work at Subway, and have for 8 months now. I'm not sure what it's like at other Subways but where I work, this has never been an issue. We've never had chicken that last more than 2 days. I personally don't like our chicken, but that's because I think it's dry. Not like juicy chicken that I'd expect. Our location is on a college campus so we go through about 700 sandwiches a day on average. Idk if that matter, but it may have something to do with not having some 4 day policy. Also I work mainly as the prep guy, so I smell the chicken all the time. It has never smelled bad to me. I actually love the smell of the teriyaki sauce lol
I worked at Subway in two separate locations. This is b.s., the chicken is frozen and is cooked in microwave, then sauce is added, the bbq chicken comes ready to serve as well. The only things I wouldn't eat is tuna or crabmeat. It comes in a huge can and frozen, and is just mixed with huge bags of mayo. The seasoning is what smells on the chicken, buy any precooked chicken in the store and it smells the same. The veggies, bread, and cookies are usually a day to two days old. You only get fresh if they are out of stuff, and prep keeps that from happening.
I don't think the "stinky chicken" is because it's raw, Yi. It's more that's it's gone bad. and it's not fine once it's been REHEATED (it should already be cooked by the time they receive it in the store.). No, I was never an employee, but I do recognize the taste and smell of deli meat gone bad, especially poultry. On occasion, I have opened up my sandwich to bad meat but can't return it because I'm already on the train on the way home from work. I think the safest sandwich would probably be the meatball. I've never experienced anything bad (except that the meatballs are too small. Lol). Also, most of the time, the veggies are good. Sometimes the tomatoes are questionable, but mostly a-ok. Just my opinion and experience, everyone! Thanks for listening! P.S. I love that Yi's on with you guys. The voice of reason in a soft tone. Love ya! 😎
The meatballs have almost no meat in them. It's mostly bread and cheese filler.
Exactly. You don't need to be an employee to be able to smell bad meat. How has this gone unnoticed for so long??
The meatballs have a 4 hour shelf life. Most of the time they don't all sell in 4 hours so the label is just changed to extend the shelf life
You're right, it is precooked. There is a smell, I used to work there. But the smell is no different then the smell leftover chicken gives you. This manager may be like my manager was- never worked a day on floor but ran the financials- managers have so much to do? that is behind the scenes they generally dont know most of the process. As a previous employee I would state the safest sub would be the one with the least handling, which means no veggies or deli meat [assorted]. Well.. veggies can include lettuce and olives.. pickles.. anything that required some sort of pickling. The sliced veggies are all done in the store- people touching it. The deli meats are manually stacked for assorted subs- people touching it. Dont eat the tuna- it sits there till it is gone so unless they are bringing out a new one it has sat at 4 degrees since the store opened that morning. Oh and Seafood is kingcrab- same rules for the tuna. The cheese is manually stacked. Granted you are required to wear gloves for all of these processes. But for perspective, my first day i went through a lot of gloves [almost a box] to pre-assemble one days worth of assorted subs- I can see employees willingly skipping gloves for that step- that meat is covered in sooo much fat you cannot maneuver well and the job they expect to be done in 20 somethingish mins turns into an event.
The meatball is actually the worst thing you can buy at Subway in terms of freshness.
You're supposed to toss out the meatballs and make new ones every 4 hours. Most stores DO NOT DO THIS. You'll see it being dark around the edges and it'll have a metallic taste/smell.
The stores I worked at all threw it out after 4 hours, but a lot of stores I've been to do not. One of the stores I was a manager at use to make meatballs at night then put the leftovers in the fridge at the end of the night so they wouldn't waste any. (Then reheat / serve them in the morning) So they were serving people 13-20 hour old meatballs....when the shelf life once cooked is 4 hours!! Needless to say that changed very quickly because I was not having my name put on that kind of unsanitary practice.
I've been doing this job for 16 years, we've always done 12 hours over night to thaw, to prep and 48 hours in the coolers.. we date and time everything, and we never change labels. I dont know what kind of owner he was working for, but we're hella strict about this sort of thing where i work at.
Veggie sandwich. Veggie delight.
same i get all the veggies, wheat bread with extra jalapenos and spicy mustard :} thats the actual lowest cal order
Same. Veggie on the flatbread. (y)
Edit: No cheese, either.
I eat this with the sweet onion sauce... Delicious!
Yep! I eat mine like this:
Italian bread (toast it first)
Guac.
Lettuce
Spinach
Tomato
Cucumber
Red Onion
Yellow Mustard
Salt and Pepper.
but... but... I don't wanna die :-(
I worked at Subway when I was in high school for about 3 years and the only bad thing I ever noticed was the smell I had on my clothes after a shift was AWFUL! I'm not sure if it was just all the combined smells of all the meats, dressings, cleaning products, etc. mixed together, but it was pretty awful smelling at the end of the day. I would always have to wash my uniforms twice at once.
Yeah. I always get the meatball sub. 😂
Love Soobway. Lol, Dan is really high maintenance.
Don't. Especially in the summer, because they don't sell it and they just keep reheating it and watering it down if it gets too thick
Ashlea G Okay, thanks.
The food is preped and usually used within a day, I work there and you take the food out of the bag put it into the bins wrap it and tag it and it's usually gone in a couple hours or the next day.
if u buy ur food and make it at home u will know what ur eating why do people eat out so much I use to eat out a lot now I save more money and I eat better lost 55 pounds eating at home
some people have a life that's not so much "why can't I just eat at home"
they actually can't go home and make a meal because they're always on the rush. I know there are fat ass people that actually eat out even though they can actually cook. btw there are other restaurants out there that have better options not just crap food...
yeah true
some homes do not have proper kitchens. it is hard to cook at home without an oven or a fridge(and assuredly the tiny portable ones are super expensive to run and hold very little)
I worked with Subway both inside and outside of stores. The smell in the bag is the gas they put in the bag to help preserve the meats flavor during shipping. The shelf life is set at 48 hours on chicken and any variant to that is not following Subway policy. The chicken is safe I would still eat it.
Yeah m8, the reason why the bread tastes and smells like that is because it's the same stuff they make yoga mats with.
As soon as the yoga mats get soaked enough,it goes to the restaurant,SUBWAY,EAT FRESH!!
lmao. plastic and molesters. subway's the best
+Jasmine Wilder Just ate there today👍
+Kikii McIntosh 🤔Yeah,I know who your talking about,his name's Jared Fogle,and last time I heard,he was getting all the foot longs he wanted(In prison)😆
Twiggy the lizard Well then, there's more than just a few of the kid fuckers in that place then.
I've had 3 years of working in fast food. The truth is that the quality of your food really depends more on the workers' integrity, and not the name of the store. My advice is that the best time to go is during opening to 4pm, because the best workers work during these times. It's because the restaurants need their best employees for the lunch rush that's between 11am to 2pm.
Is that jackie chan's brother?
Vault Dweller im dead
opening a bag of subway meat, any meat, is like a fart blowing in your face, coming from a former employer.
i used to work for subway and would go between the three sister stores in my town, in two if them it was perfectly acceptable to cut around moldy veg and i was actively told NOT to wash any of the bread molds in any store. you soak it in the cleaning solution and then rinse and put it against the drainer to dry. many molds had little chunks of bread but they were left on. i left after just a month and have not eaten there since
I used to be a McDonald's manager and I told my family not to eat anything with cheese and tomatoes in the summer. Why? Because every restaurant l worked at had flys that ALWAYS went straight to the cheese and tomatoes. They also all had bug zapper lights in the grill area. Try making sandwiches with that sound in your ears for the whole shift.
the one and only sandwich i will ever get from subway is a BLT on italian herbs and cheese, with swiss/pepperjack (alternating and melted), jalapenos, shredded mozz (not melted), and ranch. its amazing
I used to work at a subway and I can honestly say that the chicken was precooked and frozen. It did give off an aroma but I think it wasn't really that bad compared to the smell of some of the other stuff when freshly opened
"Because they open so early... 7 or 8am" lol
A few months ago I went to a new subway (first time going to one) and I ordered eggs, etc. The sanitation was horrible for a new subway and the food handling was gross. When I left I tasted it and it tasted disgusting so of course I threw it away and I almost threw up :( I am to afraid to go back to that store or any of the others. Thank you for the video
I worked at subway. I agree with that. The chicken brest is so processed. you don't see it when it's cooked but it's basically ground chicken meat moulded into shape with black marking to make it look grilled.
LOL she is right about the Special Sauce I used to work in restaurants and fast food and that made me not go out to eat anymore. people really do hate when you try to tell them how to do their job and don't ever send food back to get fixed
I work at Subway and trust me it takes hours for us to cook the bread each day plus the reason you think it might smell the same in each shop is because we cook the bread and cookies at a strategical time so when its around lunch time or in the morning we will always have fresh cookies just out of the oven so you can smell all the goodness.
BTW our chicken never stinks and only has a 48 hours life before it gets thrown out, the temperature gets checked every couple of hours using a thermometer and even on the front line where the meats and veggies are they have things under the contains that keep them chilled, that's why they are never filled over the chill line.
I was a subway employee a few years ago. This was never a problem for us.
another ex employee here from uk....the chicken if fine! ironically i remember the beef always had a strange green film on it, but it came like that so it's fine too! Also the bread is real and fresh. it comes a frozen rolls which you add the seeds/herbs to, it then gets proved and baked. The "subway smell" comes from the herb topping on italian herbs and cheese.
I would assume they're going through more than one bag of chicken a week at most Subway restaurants, much less even a day.
Subway uses a fair amount of sugar in their bread as well that contributes heavily to the Maillard reaction, and ultimately to that smell we all love so much.
Worked at Subway throughout high school. In Canada. Chicken comes cooked and yes it smells coming out of the bag. All the meat smells weird. Bread comes in frozen sticks, they thaw overnight, proofer first thing in the morning, then finally oven.
On the flip side most of the veggies are fresh cut. I now hate cutting tomatoes because of having to do it daily. Olives, lettuce, jalapeños, banana peppers, and of course pickles come bagged.
i was also a shift manager at subway. id say that the well off subways that have good income are about their Ps and Qs. i happened to work at one that was owned by someone who had never worked at subway before. the resturaunt i worked in was absolutely disgusting with cycling line products, dating things, and cleaning.
The bread, I've heard, contains something that is used as a preservative that is also a component found in yoga mats. I haven't eaten subway since i read that, about 2 years ago.
I work at Subway when you open the chicken bag it stinks so badly. after a while it goes away. The Chipotle and Teriyaki is Literally the roast chicken mixed in southwest chipotle or teriyaki sauce. the shelf life of chicken products is 2 days after defrost. veg is 7 days
What about that new rotisserie chicken? I got it the other day exactly how it was In the picture and it was awesome!
i live in the uk and the average price for the foot-long is 5.5 GBP or almost 7 USD. Which is a huge amount of money for 1 meal for an average earning dude like me. If I buy supermarket food and briefly cook it i will get like 2 days worth of meals (4-5 meals) out of 6 GBP...I like Subway products and usually resort to them if I'm in a rush and don't have anything to eat at home...usually 1-2 times a month, but wouldn't throw my cash out the window by buying subway sandwiches 2 times a day.
the subway i worked at in canada was super particular about things never going past their self life. the chicken teriyaki is one of the only things I'm willing to eat from there knowing how some of the stuff is made. Tuna and meatball subs are a no go for me and I'll tell everyone that. they sit out the longest and the meatballs are basically cooked all day and then taken off heat and recooked for easily a week before we throw them out.
That guy with the Spiderman shirt will hopefully not end up like I fear. My Dad is like that, though due to advanced age and no patience it has become impossible to do many things with him. Out of something very easy, becomes something completly difficult.
This video was in my recommend & omg. I haven't had subway in over years, but I know what I want on my sandwich & that sometimes includes the grilled chicken. I really hope something is done about the chicken soon because this grossed me out. Y'all have gained & new subscriber ❤
The subway I got before our branch closed (No idea why as it did well) was the Italian BMT on Italian herbs and cheese bread toasted with cheese and lettuce onion and pickle topped with either ranch or chipotle. Havent had subway in two years tho!
Of every time I have eaten a Subway sandwich, only once have I not gotten food poisoning. I used to have a rule that I had to eat the food if someone else bought it for me and Subway is very popular.
The worst thing about Subway is the roast beef: it *always* smells like it's past its expiration date. And sometimes it tastes that way, too.
I used to clean out the dressing bottles first,then fill them. I used to complain to the manager but when he wasn't there they do what they want.
I am a proud owner of subway and I am here to reassure you there is nothing wrong but we are in California and this could be any where so it could be different
Rest assured, Maccas workers generally won't spit in your food. We have cameras literally friggin everywhere in kitchen and front counter so we can be caught stealing nuggets or whatever, and if anyone is caught being unhygienic on purpose it's an instant out.
I mean, I'm in Australia, but I've worked across most of the stores in my state, and met all of the store owners locally.
While I worked at Subway, I'd make a specialty sub where I took the steak meat, and added the marinara sauce from the meatballs, and jack cheese and microwave it (For a higher class meatball) but as a customer I always end up ordering Meatball subs since 1) They are relatively cheaper than the rest of the menu 2) Sit in the heated sauce for hours (Which is something I wouldn't do at home).
Everything else is just a sandwich, of which anyone can make.
Yes, during my time there the chicken had a super strange smell.
I managed a Subway. The chicken we use for Teriyaki (we didn't do the Chipotle) is the same chicken as regular chicken strips (like what you'd get on a Chicken Bacon Ranch), with Teriyaki sauce added to it. It's pre-cooked, but frozen. I always ordered enough so that the chicken would only be in the freezer (completely frozen) for a weekish (not much longer than chicken you'd have at home!) and then in the cooler (similar to thawing in your fridge) for about one-two days, depending on how popular it was that day. Then we would take it out, make it into the chicken teriyaki, which would only last in the sandwich unit for a few hours. We would throw it out the next morning if it was left over.
The cold cut combo (not all cold cuts, like ham, but specifically the cold cut combo) is one of the worst in my opinion. That would go in the cooler and the box would last for like weeks at a time because no one ever orders it, we would throw out packages at the end of two weeks because we were grossed out lol.
Also, NEVER get ice at Subway. The machines the ice is made in is only cleaned like twice a year, and the holder on the drink machine (where you get it from) wasn't cleaned at all in the entire time I worked at Subway. So.
Honestly, all restaurants (fast food ones, that is) are gross. Not just subway. Things are left out all day, especially the less popular items. Plus stock will sit for much longer than it should in the freezer or cooler, simply because many fast food restaurants are under-staffed and don't have the man power to continue checking stock. Not only that, but franchise owners are real dicks about food getting wasted. They check over everything, and if you throw out a box of something because it's been in the cooler too long, you get bitched at really hard. As the manager at Subway (my franchise was small enough that I was the only manager, no assistant managers or anything), I was pretty diligent about making sure not to over-order stuff so that things didn't get left for too long without getting used up, because if we threw it out we had to record that into the register and the owner would see that a whole box was wasted and get pissed. It scares people into keeping things past date so that they don't have to admit too much was ordered, ect. Owners don't care about the wellbeing of customers or quality control, they really just care about making money. Again, that's every single fast food place, just the nature of them.
when I worked there the stinkiest items to open up for prep was the ham and the cold cuts .. never had an issue with any other product and honestly it all depends on the owner some follow and run the store by the book and others are just cheap and do all they can to save and make that money
I've worked for the company that they receive their products from and after some incidents with the tomatoes and onions it kind of pushed me away
when i used to work at subway, we never kept the chicken more than a day because we were always busy and would go through several bags a day.
Who in the hell gets surpsised by the smell of chicken? You want factories to start spraying food with Febreeze?
the only thing that bugs me about this is that the title said SANDWHICHES. but they go off for 9 minutes about ONE item.
Chicken is only 2 days actually and we mix the sauce with the chicken after they aren't combined beforehand, it doesn't smell bad but sometimes the strips can look slightly pink but the things he said aren't true, I've worked at subway for a year