SUBWAY
Subway is an American fast food restaurant franchise. It primarily sells submarine sandwiches (subs) and salads.
Fred DeLuca along with Dr Peter Buck back in 1965 opened a sandwich store to help pay his tution fees for medical college. Fred soon learned the basics of running a business, as well as the importance of serving a well-made, high quality product, providing excellent customer service, keeping operating costs low and finding great locations. These early lessons continue to serve as the foundation for successful SUBWAY restaurants around the world.
The first shop was opened in Bridgeport, Connecticut in August, 1965. Then, they set a goal of having 32 stores opened in 10 years.
By 1974, they owned and operated 16 submarine sandwich
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Reasons subway has become so popular
• Easy access
Finding a subway near is not a difficult task. They have so many branches at different places which makes it easily accessible.
• Healthy perception
Customers always want something fresh and healthy and at the same time taste is very important. Subway has a variety of healthy subs at a reasonable price and is also a broader brand perception.
• Ability to customize
Customers are all about making meals to our specifications. Subway has been all about customization from the beginning, adding to its popularity.
Interesting Marketing Strategies of Subway
• The marketing strategy adopted by subway is to provide fresh food on consumer’s need and requirements.
• Its healthier menu selections, low startup costs and consumer convenience.
• Subway has also aligned with several social events and programs.
• Subway value creation based on theories and concept related to
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Subway advertise their products, employ personnel that personally sells, involve public relations and sales promotions in its marketing mix promotional strategy. They use their slogan, ‘Eat fresh’ to promote the freshness and high quality food that they make. Most of their promotions are directed to adults between 18-35, thus their advertisements are broadcasted majorly during primetime, sports and on cable networks. Like every other brand, Subway's advertisements are targeted so that the customers move up the brand from awareness set to consideration set when it comes to eating in fast food chains. They have been making the sandwiches in front of their customers to flaunt the quality and freshness of their ingredients and the way their sandwiches have been crafted by their ‘Subway Sandwich Artists’. Subway have involved cartoon characters like Peter Griffin for promoting their new sandwiches. They had a promotion series for product placement in US TV series, ‘chuck’. They also had ‘Buy one sandwich, Give one sandwich free’ promotional campaign on National Sandwich
Price; quality; and quantity; those are the three main components one should look for in a decent place to eat. In today’s economy, with the amount of money we pay for food, we want enough to satisfy us and be worth the money. Quality is a high standard in today’s food industry. Customers want to know if the food they are consuming is made from fresh and natural ingredients rather than preservatives. Quantity is a must as people want a good amount of product for what they pay for. Consumers don’t want food that will only fill them for an hour; they want food that is a meal. The only fast food place that comes to mind that fits these qualifications is Panda Express. Let’s see how it
They also offer subs which can not be purchased at Subway or at Quiznos, which have similar if not the same templates for the subs they make. Firehouse also has lower prices than those of its larger competitors. This uniqueness and low prices present a wealth of opportunity for advertising. They can push high quality at a low price, while maintaining their roots as a company built by fire fighters, with a unique menu which can not be matched by other sub sandwich shops.
A key aspect of Panera Bread’s business that protects the company from direct competition in the fast food industry is their product niche, artisan fast food. Fast food chains are often criticized for offering unhealthy foods. But, Panera Bread focuses on a higher nutritional value in their products. Dine in restaurants are very susceptible to drops in consumer spending, so Panera Bread’s
In order to distinguish itself from competitors, especially Qdoba doesn’t want to be “me-too Chipotle”, Qdoba redesigned everything includes in-store layout, new branding, and personalized service. For example, Qdoba has colorful and artistic design on the wall, seating and washroom, which creates strong visual effect of Mexican culture and makes customer feel casual and happy. As we know, Chipotle is the King of burrito, however Qdoba choose to promote variety tacos to develop it’s competitive advantage. Qdoba launched a set of six Knockout tacos on October 27th, 2015, which enriched Qdoba’s menu items and provided more options for customers. Also, Qdoba’s employees with new designed uniforms are encouraged to speak their recommendations and provide more human touch services not machine-like assembly line. “The worst thing you could hear is as server who says everything’s good.” said John Cooke, VP, menu strategy and innovation at Qdoba. Furthermore, Qdoba introduced a kid’s menu and has 24 open hours for some locations to satisfy more customer needs.
Products: This is not a usual generic sandwich that can be purchased anywhere. To encourage the healthy option when on breaks the products themselves provide the option which meets customer’s health, providing them of full benefit despite which sandwich they have. This is because of the ingredients developed to make the sandwich for example the type of bread they use.
The Subway restaurant chain is marked by its impressive leading global growth. It is the largest restaurant chain in the world. And its foundation and history could be not only a good example for the understanding of business, entrepreneurship and franchising, but also a story which can inspire and awake all of us to new possibilities in our own lives and careers.
The generic competitive strategy that Panera best fits is broad differentiation. This is primarily because Panera sought to be the first choice for patrons looking for fresh-baked goods, a sandwich, soup, a salad or a beverage in a pleasing environment. In this platform Panera has set their eyes on people who may not necessarily be looking for an expensive meal, but might also not want cheap, fast food but instead are looking for a fresh meal that can be enjoyed in a relaxing environment. In this Panera is looking for a
This approach has been one of the main competitive advantages of the company that maintained its stores and cafes in a friendly and ambient atmosphere in various locations. The company did not start as a traditional fast food restaurant, but rather as a network of places where people could fulfill their natural instincts with healthy and freshly cooked food with a little higher than average price range. Panera Bread was one of the trend makers of casual-food restaurants, whose vision was entirely different from the typical model of public facilities. All of the locations shared a common design and menu that created a unique environment of the franchise. Moreover, in order to enable high-quality service, the executive team of the company decided to equip all of the bakery’s completely to be capable of making their own products directly to the spots. This fact allowed to reach a certain level of autonomy and reliability of the brand that always managed to deliver and provide the freshest and natural
For Subway Sandwiches, the global leader in franchised subway sandwich shops, the segmentation criterion that affects target market selection varies significantly within each community, city and metropolitan area chosen for expansion. At their most fundamental level, segmentation strategies at Subway are based on a broad base of assumptions with regard to socio-economic and demographic factors including age, income, mix of genders in a given region, ethnic composition of a community, vehicle ownership versus mass transit use, and media habit including social media use. All of these factors are included in the foundational elements of the Subway Sandwich market planning, marketing strategy and store planning. Additional factors that segmentation strategies are often based on are discussed in this analysis.
You can find outlets of these restaurants in any country you might be residing. They make sure that one can have the largest assortment of baked goods laid before him/her in the breakfast. You can also get their items from retail stores for eating them in your home. If you love coffee, then Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts are the way to go. Both of them have attained a certain quality level in their coffees and snacks.
If consumers in Iowa City are not coffee drinkers, they are able to opt to frozen “coolattas” in a variety of fruit flavors. Dunkin Donuts also offers a wide variety of bakery items and sandwiches on their menu. The bakery items are sure to capture any consumers taste cravings by offering their famous donuts, bagels, muffins, hash browns, and more. The sandwiches on the menu can be for breakfast, or lunch sandwiches. On the sandwiches, you can choose if you want your meat to be bacon, sausage, ham, Angus steak, or turkey sausage. They are served on any type of bakery item included on their menu. This shows there are so many options for sandwiches, and even ranging to a few vegan sandwiches with just eggs or spinach. As for lunch sandwiches, you can choose from ham, turkey, grilled cheese, chicken salad, chicken, and tuna salad. This proves that Dunkin Donuts will satisfy any college student’s food craving by appealing to everyone’s appetite and drink needs.
Subway Sandwich, as presented in the Case Study presented in the Marketing Management MGT 551 class, is an undisputed market leader in a segment that is “firmly established as a nationwide food item for which there is plenty of room in all areas” (University of Phoenix, 2008). However, with a growing competition, changing consumer trends and increased product specialization, Subway’s real strategic marketing challenge is to be able to develop and maintain a differential advantage while sustaining sales growths and profitability.
Customers is an important justification of a company’s success. Considering the interest of customers and portraying a good image to its customers, it had come out with different variety of meals. For example, the KFC offers kid’s meal which gives children free
I do not believe that Subway should make any drastic changes to their promotion element. They are a great company and exhibit that through their success. Their $5 Footlong promotion was originally set to be a four-week promotion, but has been running for over two years. Their product tastes great and is healthy and fresh. I believe that they’re doing a great job and have created a big name for their company, but if they went out into the community to hand out coupons that would be great. I think if they went to college campuses and handed out coupons to students, it would create bigger sales for them. College students are always looking for ways to save a buck or two, and there are locations in and around college campuses, so I think this is a great idea.
Sandwich Blitz has many strengths. The biggest is that they have eight stores in the area surrounding the hospital, three universities and many office complexes, all of which are high-traffic areas. Since they have eight stores the name is one that is recognized by customers, so they are confident in the product they will be receiving. Why go to a new business when you have one you already know? The business is owned by Dalman, who is knowledgeable in the area of food distribution and Sandwich Blitz’s menu and Lei, who was previously a certified public accountant. A focus on healthy foods to upscale customers is a strength but focusing on upscale customers also has its weaknesses which we will discuss later. These customers are willing to pay a higher price knowing that they will be receiving