McDonalds Adds Deli Sandwiches

By Rachelle Bowden in Arts & Entertainment on Oct 20, 2004 11:58AM

McDonalds has started selling deli sandwiches in select US and Canadian locations in an attempt to take business away from Subway. Subway, the biggest US restaurant chain, has about 4,700 more locations than McDonalds. And , who knew?, but deli sandwiches are the fastest-growing US fast-food segment.

While Chicagoist is mildly interested in seeing and tasting the new McDonalds menu items, what we're really excited about is that that uber-nerd Jared Fogle will have to SHUT HIS YAPPER about McDonalds being so bad for you and Subway being so healthy. Man, we cannot stand those commercials and cannot resist talking back to the TV when they come on ("Shut up Jared!").. or even better: Mute.

Also, McDonalds just reported a 42% increase in profits for the third quarter. The profit increase is due to longer US restaurant hours, higher-priced new menu items, the "I'm lovin' it" ad campaign, and accepting payment from customers via credit and debit cards. But the main reason for the jump is simply because people are spending more. With premium salads at about $5 each, the price of the average check has gone up.. a few years ago there wasn't really anything on the menu that was more than $2-3. Bastards! They're supposed to not only be a fast hangover cure, but also CHEAP.

Ok. Back to Jared. Subway's site has a really lame-o Jared & Friends section of their site (really, who cares what his weight loss buddies look like!?), but what we're more interested in are the Jared hater sites like Subway's Jared Ate My Balls, Up Yours Jared, Jared Fogle Sucks, etc.