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Subway is cutting the price on its footlong sub, joining the value menu battle

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Subway’s footlong sandwiches are getting a new price. 

Beginning Aug. 26, all footlongs will cost $6.99, down from a high of as much as $14 in some markets, the food chain said Friday. It marks Subway’s foray into the value menu wars as fast-food restaurants try to to win back customers who say food prices are too high

The offer, only available for purchases made through Subway’s app or website with code “699FL,” will end Sept. 8. Subway overs 22 different sandwich varieties, and customers can also create their own custom subs. 

The move follows special summer menu rollouts from other fast food chains that have struggled in recent months to grow sales and draw inflation-weary consumers into their stores and restaurants. In announcing the new footlong price, Subway acknowledged Americans’ struggles with the rising cost of living, as well as their heightened sensitivity to food prices. 

“Today’s diner is stretched more than ever, and too often that means a tradeoff on quality, variety or flavor to find an affordable meal,” Subway North America president Doug Fry said in a statement. 

Some consumers are increasingly opting to dine at home as restaurant prices have surged since the pandemic. The cost to eat out has jumped 28% since January 2020 — outpacing the overall inflation rate of 21% over the same period, according to government data.

That’s prompting some chains to cut their prices in an effort to lure diners back through their doors, such as McDonald’s offer in June of a limited-time $5 value meal. The fast food giant’s global sales slumped in the second quarter, marking the first decline for the fast-food giant since 2020. Management attributed the slowing foot traffic to low-income consumers paring their spending on food outside the home.

Other retailers, including Target, have also slashed prices on goods to draw cash-strapped customers back to grocery aisles. In Target’s case, the move paid off: Its comparable sales rose for the first time in a year in the second quarter. 



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The butter made at Animal Farm Creamery, in Shoreham, Vermont, is almost exclusively sold to fine dining restaurants around the country. Correspondent Faith Salie visits the family farm churning out a golden (and expensive) product.

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Baking an ancient bread in Tennessee

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In Nashville, not far from the center of the country music world, you’ll find a bakery that produces bread nearly identical to what Kurds have been enjoying for more than 4,000 years. Correspondent Martha Teichner visits Newroz Market, where their bread, which originated in Mesopotamia and is traditionally hand-made by women, is a vital culinary necessity for the Kurdish diaspora.

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Good enough to eat: Noah Verrier’s paintings of comfort food

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Artist Noah Verrier is getting millions of likes on social media for his paintings of comfort foods, like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, burgers, fries, and jelly donuts – and they’re selling like hotcakes on eBay. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with Verrier about how the former Florida State University art instructor came to become known as a “junk food painter.”

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