Dave
Thu, Jan-24-08, 17:17
As everyone knows, the USA has a lot of weight to lose. Most
of it stems from the fast food society, a culture that we
seem bent on exporting throughout the world. This does no
one any good.
I think it is a SHAM the way that certain fast food
corporations treat the consumer who is trying to eat healthy.
Let's use Quizno's as an example of what I mean here.
I'm sure you've been to one of these restaurants. It's
basically a Subway with a toaster in the middle, and the
sandwiches taste relatively good although they have been
criticized for the excessive calories and fat count in most of
their sandwiches. And, of course, it goes without saying that
they really push their side orders of chips and large soda
drinks as well.
But I personally never felt bad about Quizno's until their
recent round of advertising. They are now pushing a flatbread
sandwich they call the "Sammie." Have you seen these ads? The
photographs are guaranteed to get you into their franchises,
especially if you are watching calories and trying to eat
healthy. There's a photo in your Sunday paper of a Sammie
Grilled Chicken Balsamic sandwich . . . the sandwich is
literally bursting at the seams, stuffed with 12 or 13 visible
chunks of grilled chicken, a ton of lettuce and tomato, and
right above it -- in giant letters -- ONLY 200 CALORIES.
That, my friends, is one of the most blatant shams I've seen
in a long time.
The ad drew me into my local Quizno's franchise, where I
ordered the above sandwich and then sat there in disbelief
looking at the tiny little thing that I was served. Yes, the
sandwich you GET might be only 200 calories. The guy making
the Sammie used what appeared to be a teaspoon to dole out
one level spoonful of a lettuce and tomato mix, on top of
what were 6 or 7 small bites of chicken. All of it very
carefully measured onto a tiny round piece of bread. (The
sodium content of the balsamic dressing was off the charts,
giving this little appetizer sized "meal" an overly-salty and
unhealthy flavor.)
I'm a consumer advocate, so I called the 800 number on the
door of my franchise with a complaint. Oddly, the number was
right below a giant photo of the sandwich I was eating - or, I
should say, the sandwich I THOUGHT I'd be eating.
They have "never gotten a complaint about this before"
according to the Quizno's representative I spoke with. When I
later spoke to the franchise owner, he told me that he hears
this same concern from everyone, and agrees 100% with me that
this is unorthodox advertising.
Looking for truly healthy and low-cal food in a fast food
restaurant? Look further than Quizno's. Those folks are false
advertisers, at best.
Dave
Full text article above extracted from
http://shamvswham.blogspot.com/
of it stems from the fast food society, a culture that we
seem bent on exporting throughout the world. This does no
one any good.
I think it is a SHAM the way that certain fast food
corporations treat the consumer who is trying to eat healthy.
Let's use Quizno's as an example of what I mean here.
I'm sure you've been to one of these restaurants. It's
basically a Subway with a toaster in the middle, and the
sandwiches taste relatively good although they have been
criticized for the excessive calories and fat count in most of
their sandwiches. And, of course, it goes without saying that
they really push their side orders of chips and large soda
drinks as well.
But I personally never felt bad about Quizno's until their
recent round of advertising. They are now pushing a flatbread
sandwich they call the "Sammie." Have you seen these ads? The
photographs are guaranteed to get you into their franchises,
especially if you are watching calories and trying to eat
healthy. There's a photo in your Sunday paper of a Sammie
Grilled Chicken Balsamic sandwich . . . the sandwich is
literally bursting at the seams, stuffed with 12 or 13 visible
chunks of grilled chicken, a ton of lettuce and tomato, and
right above it -- in giant letters -- ONLY 200 CALORIES.
That, my friends, is one of the most blatant shams I've seen
in a long time.
The ad drew me into my local Quizno's franchise, where I
ordered the above sandwich and then sat there in disbelief
looking at the tiny little thing that I was served. Yes, the
sandwich you GET might be only 200 calories. The guy making
the Sammie used what appeared to be a teaspoon to dole out
one level spoonful of a lettuce and tomato mix, on top of
what were 6 or 7 small bites of chicken. All of it very
carefully measured onto a tiny round piece of bread. (The
sodium content of the balsamic dressing was off the charts,
giving this little appetizer sized "meal" an overly-salty and
unhealthy flavor.)
I'm a consumer advocate, so I called the 800 number on the
door of my franchise with a complaint. Oddly, the number was
right below a giant photo of the sandwich I was eating - or, I
should say, the sandwich I THOUGHT I'd be eating.
They have "never gotten a complaint about this before"
according to the Quizno's representative I spoke with. When I
later spoke to the franchise owner, he told me that he hears
this same concern from everyone, and agrees 100% with me that
this is unorthodox advertising.
Looking for truly healthy and low-cal food in a fast food
restaurant? Look further than Quizno's. Those folks are false
advertisers, at best.
Dave
Full text article above extracted from
http://shamvswham.blogspot.com/