![]() ![]() I just called Quiznos to ask about their nutritional data. Isn't that bad for business? And there are a lot of people who check nutrition info before they eat a half million a month on my web site alone." Sure, most people don't care and don't check, but others do and those people aren't eating at Quizno's. "Here's why Quizno's wanting to keep their calories a secret doesn't make sense to me: A potential customer that counts calories (or other data) might eat a company's product after they check the nutrition data, but won't eat it if they discover the company won't reveal the data. I think the real problem is not that the food is exceptionally caloric, but that Quiznos wants to shirk any direct comparison to Subway and Subway wouldn't allow them to duck the comparison. I would even hazard to guess that the normal 2/3 sandwich thing and chips that most people order would be, at worst, comparable to the Big Mac value meal, etc. There is no way that 1/3 of a sub and the chips or especially the salad (unless maybe it's the angus beef with double meat or something extreme) could be nearly as bad as a BK or a McDonalds value meal, or eating at Pizza Hut or something like that. I personally eat there rarely because I have been dieting and strictly count calories, but intuitively when you know what kind of meat is on the sub, and how much sauce or whatever is on it, you can guesstimate what you're looking at calorie wise. Their subs have more meat and more sauces than Subway's subs and they are scared sh*tless of Subway running an advertising campaign saying that Subawat subs have an average of 25% less fat and calories than Quiznos, or something to that effect. It's no secret why Quiznos doesn't release their nutritional information. You can find general information on this topic at Thank you, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants" We do not have a set date for the release of this information. We are currently reviewing our nutrition information due to several recent menu changes. You can find general information on this topic at or Food and Nutrition Information Center or Healthfinder-Gateway to Reliable Consumer Health Information Thank you, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants" April 21, 2005: "Thank you for your interest in the nutritional value of our menu items. Here are the two letters from the Checker's Corporate Headquarters: Feb 17, 2003: "Thank you for your interest in the nutritional value of our menu items. tried to obtain a copy of the data, but they were unsuccessful. However, Checkers also does not publish its nutritional data and I refuse to there. ![]() Seeing as I don't eat at Quiznos, I didn't know they did not publish its nutritional data. Isn't that bad for business? And there are a lot of people who check nutrition info before they eat a half million a month on my web site alone. Here's why Quizno's wanting to keep their calories a secret doesn't make sense to me: A potential customer that counts calories (or other data) might eat a company's product after they check the nutrition data, but won't eat it if they discover the company won't reveal the data. Parke, over at US Food Policy, recently reiterated his comments on this omission, too. Since Quizno's first appeared on the fast food sandwich horizon, I've pointed out this lack of data in blog posts about Quizno's, on my Fast Food Facts nutrition web site and in my book of the same name. It still boggles my mind that Quizno's can get away with not providing nutrition information about their sandwiches. You can also find Quizno's complete nutrition data here. Read about it and see the data in the Fast Food News article: UPDATE: Quizno's has finally published their nutrition data.
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