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Subway joins first lady Michelle Obama's healthy eating effort
The Patriot-News / The Associated Press ^ | January 25, 2014

Posted on 01/26/2014 12:10:09 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Michelle Obama is getting a new ally in her campaign to get kids to eat more fruits and vegetables.

The first lady was expected to announce Thursday that the Subway sandwich chain will spend $41 million over three years to encourage finicky young eaters to eat more food that comes out of the ground or grows on trees. The announcement was being made at a Subway shop near the White House.

Subway will only offer a kids' menu that mirrors federal standards for school lunches. That includes offering apples on the side and low-fat or nonfat plain milk or water as a default beverage....

(Excerpt) Read more at pennlive.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: badmovesubway; buttweighttheresmore; cunexttuesday; economy; fastfood; food; michelleobama; moochelle; nnnystate; obama; retail; subway
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Either somebody at Subway or their PR firm got paid off to allow this to happen or their blind love of the mystery man drove this. Subway is already being harmed and the announcement is only a few days old. What the campaign does, among other things, is no implicitly suggest that Subway’s food had something wrong with it!

Their food was mushy and mediocre at best. Maybe it’ll be the same food, just with First Dieter Michelle’s face menacing from the wallpaper.

Whoever runs their ad campaings and the management that allowed this to happen should be canned and the campaign retracted asap (find a reason - say you don’t want to show political bias) or the Subway will find itself on the skids.


81 posted on 01/26/2014 11:42:06 AM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They’ve been very busy keeping their FB page “clean”...the vast majority of the comments are now “positive” and directed towards “hateful” conservatives...it was quite different a few days ago when news of this first broke...

I already contacted their customer service and told them I won’t support a business that teams up with a lying, damnable hypocrite like her...


82 posted on 01/26/2014 11:49:27 AM PST by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: nascarnation

hey nascarnation,
noticed your tag line
you seen film of the first dork swing a golf club?
looks like an 8 yearold little girl


83 posted on 01/26/2014 11:51:57 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: Joe Boucher

LOL my SIL is a club pro.
In 2011 he tabulated that Caliph Baraq played more rounds than he did.


84 posted on 01/26/2014 12:41:26 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: gattaca

Mine too, in some ways. Hard to find a large hoagie sandwich anywhere else for $5 or less.


85 posted on 01/26/2014 1:14:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: Joe Boucher

Do you have Jimmy John’s where you live?
https://www.jimmyjohns.com/


86 posted on 01/26/2014 1:15:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

not close by but i think I’ve seen a few of em in West Palm anf Tampa.


87 posted on 01/26/2014 3:21:24 PM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Adios Subway. You done laid down with the wrong dog.


88 posted on 01/26/2014 3:29:29 PM PST by Old Yeller
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This could go down as one of the greatest advertising blunders since Netflix.


89 posted on 01/26/2014 3:37:47 PM PST by Manic_Episode (F the Whigs)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Exactly. I even respected them for not bowing to pressure to drop Phelps.(although I think Phelps is not a very exciting spokesperson to have) If I walk into a Subway and see a picture of her, then I will turn around and probably skip lunch.


90 posted on 01/26/2014 3:38:08 PM PST by TBall
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To: trebb
speaking of the Vietnamse and sub sandwhiches, I've noticed that the Cambodians here in the Northwest seem to make the best donuts around.....in Spokane, Everett, and Seattle....

to add to the refrain, Subway can do whatever they want....so can I ....so no more Subway and I loved their cold cut combos with oil and vinegar...

91 posted on 01/26/2014 10:09:22 PM PST by cherry (.in the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary.....)
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To: cableguymn

Yes, and I think I’ll be going there today.


92 posted on 01/26/2014 11:56:49 PM PST by gattaca (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Ecclesiastes10:2)
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To: cherry
to add to the refrain, Subway can do whatever they want....so can I ....so no more Subway and I loved their cold cut combos with oil and vinegar..

Easy enough to make for yourself at home if you get some nice rolls and fresh sliced deli meat. I sprinkle a little oregano on too.

93 posted on 01/28/2014 2:59:31 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Went to my brokerage to short the stock and discovered that Subway is a private company.

Subway's sales will most likely tank as nobody appreciates another act of entitlement for Michele and most are really tired of her overexposure.

94 posted on 02/04/2014 4:57:46 PM PST by caltaxed
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To: caltaxed

IIRC it’s called Doctor’s Associates and was started as a tax write-off by a group of dentists, physicians and chiropractors.


95 posted on 02/04/2014 5:05:58 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ditto for me.


96 posted on 02/09/2014 7:38:05 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Doesn’t seem like much of a write off now. Bet they are sorry they tried that.


97 posted on 02/15/2014 2:00:12 PM PST by caltaxed
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