Do Domino's New Subs Really Beat Subway?

The ads for Domino's new sub sandwiches have been all over TV the last couple of months. My family occasionally orders pizza from Domino's and we like Domino's pizzas better than Papa John's or Pizza Hut. When my wife was gone to a birthday party recently and my son was at his cousin's house, I thought I'd try something different for dinner. I came across a flyer that had come with our last Domino's pizza order advertising the new Domino's sub sandwiches, so I called in an order for a chicken parmesan sub sandwich and picked it up 20 minutes later.

Domino's new subs come in four choices, chicken bacon ranch, chicken parmesan, Italian, and Philly cheese steak, selling for $4.99. According to the flyer, "Domino's beats Subway 4 to 1" as sited by Washington D.C's NBC affiliate. Like so much that comes out of Washington D.C., this report was so much hot air.

The sandwich is a decent size, oven baked at 450 degrees. It comes in a rectangular, pizza style box and the bread is kind of like a pizza crust. I dug in and it tasted fine, but was nothing special. There are limited options for the new Domino's subs. I confess to not knowing whether Domino's would put vegatables on the new subs or not, mine was plain with only chicken and parmesan sauce.

In contrast, at Subway, one can have just about any kind of vegatable put on the sub sandwich, can have either the bread or the entire sandwich toasted, and get a foot long sub for $5, one cent more than the new Domino's subs. That makes Subway a better buy in my book, than the new Domino's subs. In a tight economy, getting the most bang for your buck is an important factor when deciding on what to buy. While I would possibly eat the new Domino's sub sandwich again, there are several Subway sandwich shops in my town, most more conveniently located than the nearest Domino's Pizza place.

Since I didn't have the Domino's sub delivered, I don't know about the cost of delivery. I'm sure in many workplaces, Domino's will do lots of delivery business with these new sub sandwiches. At my workplace, it just isn't practical to order food, then traipse out to the guardshack and pick it up, so I doubt that I will take advantage of that feature. I'm sure many workers would like that option and since Subway doesn't deliver, around here anyhow, so the new subs could sell well in some markets.

However, I don't have to try all the other three types of Domino's new subs to tell you that if you are out and about and not needing delivery, there are plenty of Subway sandwich shops around. Subway, while not offering delivery, does deliver a better product, in my opinion, for a better price considering the size of the sandwich.

There are a couple of Quiznos sandwich shops in our area, Firehouse Subs and others, but when it comes to subs, Domino's is "sub-par", While I like Domino's pepperoni, sausage or beef pizza, their new subs are only adequate. Quiznos is too expensive for what you get, Firehouse is okay, nothing special.

As far as I'm concerned, Subway is the best buy of all the local franchise sandwich shops. You might try the new Domino's subs, but it's probable that you will go back to Subway next time