Subway customers enraged by 10% \u201cservice fee\u201d to pay staff wages Instagram\/morningbrewSubway is facing backlash for implementing a 10% \u201cservice fee\u201d to help pay staff and keep the business afloat, but customers aren\u2019t pleased the cost is being handed down to them. A photo of a new Subway \u201cservice fee\u201d began spreading across fast food circles last week when one customer shared information about the charge on social media. The post, which amassed over 50K upvotes on the \u2018Mildlyinfuriating\u2019 subreddit, was made by a user who claimed they would no longer be ordering sandwiches at the chain. \u201cA 10% service fee has been added to your check which is used to help pay for our team members\u2019 hourly wages, insurance, and benefits,\u201d the sign from inside the restaurant reads. \u201cThis will help us keep up with the rising cost of business while keeping the cost of products affordable to all our guests.\u201d Customers were not happy with the added charge and voiced their frustration at the thought of such a fee coming to a store near them. Subway\u2019s 10% \u201cservice fee\u201d has customers eating elsewhere In the comments, users suggested the customer report the store to corporate, with one claiming to have been a former manager who doubts the Subway head office would tolerate this fee. \u201cI\u2019m not sure how often the unannounced store inspections happen in the US but this store must have already had theirs for this period, cos this would get them penalized,\u201d they wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s likely being done in this manner specifically to cheat corporate out of franchise fees,\u201d another commented. \u201cWeird way to say we have raised prices 10% if you ask me,\u201d another remarked. \u201cThat\u2019s absolutely disgusting,\u201d someone else blasted. So far, it doesn\u2019t appear that this policy has been implemented in every store, but judging by the response, the company may want to clamp down on individual franchises implementing extra fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Subway customers enraged by 10% \u201cservice fee\u201d to pay staff wages Instagram\/morningbrewSubway is facing backlash for implementing a 10% \u201cservice fee\u201d to help pay staff and keep the business afloat, but customers aren\u2019t pleased the cost is being handed down to them. A photo of a new Subway \u201cservice fee\u201d began spreading across fast food […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}