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Fast Food Restaurants: Stop With The "Free" Promotions Already
Dear Quiznos, KFC, Arby's, and any other food chain that wants to offer freebies without first securing full buy-in from your franchisees: please stop it. Either the coupons are honored or they're not; there is no try. More » -
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Oprah and KFC's Free Grilled Chicken Promotion: What Went Wrong
Emily in Chicago (Oprah Central) wondered why none of the restaurants she visited were participating in the KFC grilled chicken promotion. Readers across the country have reported franchises not cooperating, long waits, and chicken outages. She got an unofficial answer from someone in management. More » -
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People Who Complained About Quiznos Million Sub Giveaway Imbroglio Get $5 Gift Cards
Readers who had problems with the Quiznos million free sub campaign and wrote in to the email address the sandwichery supplied to Consumerist report they're receiving $5 gift card in the mail along with a letter of apology from the marketing director. One reader reports that on the back of the card it says that a $1 service charge gets applied to it each month you don't use it. To see what some franchisees are saying are the *real* reasons for the problems, check out the comments section on this post at UnhappyFranchisee. Quiznos' letter is posted inside. More » -
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Why The Quiznos Free Sandwich Promo Burnt Some Customers
According to tipster Rich Piotrowski, a former Quiznos franchise owner who won a counter-suit against the company, the big reason why some Quiznos were being jerks about taking the free sandwich coupon is that at first corporate was making the franchises pay for all the sandwiches. (Quiznos mandates franchises buy all their ingredients from HQ, often at above-market rates...). Then it looks like they decided to reimburse up to 400 coupons, then bumped that up to 700 to meet the demand, and now they're going to reimburse all coupons. Don't give away free stuff in these times unless you're ready for an onslaught of interest, at the outset. Corporate seems to have realized this and contacted us to say that if you have any problems redeeming coupons you can email millionsubs@quiznos.com. Tipster's comment, and an internal Quiznos memo, inside... More » -
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Troubles With Redeeming Quiznos Free Sandwich Coupons
Looks like some Quiznos aren't too happy about the free sandwich campaign. Readers report interactions ranging from coupons being denied, to local franchises making up new limitations on it (like only certain sandwiches are eligible, or requiring drink and chip purchase), to being treated like thieving jerks. The coupon says the offer is only good at "participating stores," but doesn't say anything that in lieu of free sandwich the coupon will be exchanged for rude attitudes. Inside, the conflict between corporate, the franchises, and the customer caught in-between. Oh, and yes, they do check IDs. More » -
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Free Quiznos Subs
Quiznos is giving out free sub coupons. All you have to do is give your first name, last name, zip, birthday, and email address for their marketing database and tell them what your favorite sub is. Once the email arrives in your box, it will be equipped with some kind of send-to-a-friend function so they can also exchange their personal information for sandwiches. Order up one for JackB Nimble at mrmixelpixle9292@gmail.com please.
MillionSubs [Quiznos] (Thanks to everyone who sent this in!)
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Maybe Quiznos Should Find A Better Place For This Cleaning Rag
This is the view when you order a toasted whatever from the Quiznos in Warren, New Jersey: a cleaning rag and a bug zapping racket. Mmmm...toasty!
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Quiznos Takes Your Money For Online Order, Refuses To Give You Food
Reader Nora placed an order via the internet with Quiznos and paid with a credit card. But when Nora's husband arrived at the store, he was told that their store didn't accept online orders. They had already paid online but Quiznos didn't seem to care. Her letter, inside... More » -
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Downtown Chicago Quiznos Infested With... Coyotes?
Meet Adrian, the Quiznos coyote. After wandering in through the open door of a Quiznos located in Chicago's Loop, Adrian the coyote set up shop inside the beverage cooler. From ABC7Chicago: More » -
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Good Things We Found In The Quiznos Manual
We've been harshing on the Quiznos manual in our possession, but there's actually some good stuff in there about customer service. More » -
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Did Quiznos Even Read Book Included In Their Training Kit?
We have to wonder whether it's a cruel joke or if anyone at Quiznos actually read McDonald's: Behind The Arches, a book they include in their Quiznos University Training Kit. More » -
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Quiznos Manual: An Answer For Everything
Browsing through the Quiznos operation manual last night, it was interesting, though not surprising, to see codified instructions for every possible employee action. More » -
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Quiznos Manual: Natural Disasters Are Good PR Opps
According to the Quiznos Operations Manual sitting on our desk, Quiznos instructs owners to mine earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood evacuations for publicity opportunities. More » -
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How A Quiznos Owner Shot Himself 3 Times In The Chest
In a post Friday, we mentioned a recent NYT article about Quiznos franchise owners suing the parent company for oppressive business practices. The piece mentioned Bhupinder Baber, a franchise owner who sued the company for opening new location too close to his own and Quiznos responded by terminating his franchises. More » -
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We Have A Quiznos University Training Kit
Hurrah, our Quiznos University Training Kit arrived. Reader Chris H. found the box abandoned in the office where he works and after Quiznos shut down his eBay auction, he thought we could have some fun with it. More » -
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The Real Quiznos Prime Rib Sub
We really can't resist another Quiznos post. This is what Quiznos is advertising as their nine dollar and twenty nine cent Prime Rib Sub... More »
