Subway To Sell Personal Pan Pizza By June
Heavens knows why, but Subway has decided to add personal pan pizza to its menu at 13,000 US stores by June. So much for that whole "healthy image." From Brandweek:
An employee at a test store located in the East Village section of New York City said they only sold two pizzas the first day of the test in late March, but are now are up about 25 a day. The biggest problem: patrons don't know about the product despite a prominent sign on the menu board, he said.The pizzas will start at $2.99. Meat toppings such as pepperoni or sausage will cost an extra dollar. Veggies and cheese are free. According to Brandweek, "After you eat this you won't go back to Pizza Hut," the Subway employee in New York boasted. We haven't been back to PIzza Hut since they stopped giving us free pizza for reading books. —MEGHANN MARCO
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They have those pizzas at my local Subway here in Atlanta. There's a big photo ad for them taped to the sneezeguard, but it doesn't make them look particularly appetizing. The boxes of frozen pizzas in plain view of the customer line didn't really help, either. If I'm going to eat a frozen pizza for lunch, I'll head to the supermarket and pick up a classic Stouffer's French Bread Pizza.
Subway is good for quick, cheap dinners before concerts, vaguely unscary road trip chow for vegetarians, and my once-weekly aw-crap-we're-out-of-sandwich-bread-at-home lunches.
Yeah, these have been around for quite a while here in Austin. I don't understand the 'there goes the healthy image' line. Pizza can be healthy if made the right way. Toasted flatbread, low-fat cheese, lots of veggies, and a little meat make a nice low-fat lunch option. It's places like the Hut that have taken pizza and bastardized it by SOAKING their dough in vats of oil. Dis-gust-ing. Now I don't know if subway is making their pizzas the healthy way since I haven't had one, so if they're not, then boo to them.
THIS IS NEWS TO ME! I'm very excited -- I hope they are somewhat healthy. A lot of pizza places have unhealthy crust (hydrogenated oils, eggs, whole milk) as well as the cheese and meat. I really hope these pizzas aren't "pre-cheesed" because most national chains tend to pile it on.
Subway is great in that it is one of the only tolerable restaurant options (fast food or not) when vegetarians venture into the suburbs.
Yuck!! I tried it out twice, at 2 different locations. Both times they were nasty,they were still cold. They dont heat them up for long enough, so the center of the pizza is actually cold.
But I guess if you are really craving pizza, it takes them like 2 minutes to get it heated up for you with whatever toppings you want.
I would recommend finding pizza by the slice somehwere for the same price range.
"The pizzas will start at $2.99. Meat toppings such as pepperoni or sausage will cost an extra dollar."
just from a money standpoint, i don't see this lasting, "yeah, let me get a pizza with double pepperoni and sausage and a large drink... how much? $9.18 for a shitty frozen pizza that's $2 at the store next door!"
These are horrible. They sell them here already in New Orleans, the lines were already slow at lunch time, but these have made it worse.
The pizza is frozen, they take it out, microwave it to thaw it, top it with your toppings and then place it into their oven for 30 seconds to brown it.
Seems like a classic example of not sticking to your core competencies. They slow the lines, force people to turn around and leave because the wait is so long, and go against the healthy image they've worked for years to build.
@jamier: Sorry, you're SOL. I haven't tried one and probably won't ever. They look like those Tony's mini pizzas you find chear in the freezers at grocery stores or next to the microwave at 7-11. Definitely fresh and yes, the cheese is part of the frozen part.
@ all: Is this 7-11 trying to move in a conventional fast food direction?
I've eaten pizza subs at subway for years - choose a bread and cheese, they would add sauce from the meatballs and pepperoni, and your choice of toppings (tomato, green peppers and black olives worked well). Went in about six months ago to order one and no one behind the counter knew what it was. I talked her into making me one, but I guess the pp pizza is replacing the pizza sub.
The subway near my apt. in Michigan has been selling pizza since September or October. Trust me when I say "they are really good." They are really good. They are usually ready in 3 minutes (depending on your Pizza Artist), cheap and filling. The only problem is that Subway doesn't serve crushed red pepper =( Oh well, the pizza is still really good!
@raging_moon: I can still get pizza subs at my local Subway, but I have to ask the manager as none of the employees know about it. Apparently, they still have the ingredients for it, but just don't advertise it anymore.
I love Subway, but their pizzas really aren't that great. It's too bad, too.... Subway is the only "fast food" restaurant I eat at anymore.















The one in downtown Lowell, MA sells them already. Haven't really felt like trying it yet. I guess associating Subway with pizza kinda throws me for a loop.