Most fast-food restaurants are actually franchised:
70% of McDonalds restaurants worldwide are franchisee-owned. McDonalds only operates 15% of their restaurants themselves.
Speaking of real delis, why would anyone in NYC go to Arby’s(or Subway for that matter) for a deli-style sandwich?
You understand that most < all, right? That was the point that was being made.
Having passed math in 4th grade, yes, I do. 
The point that was being made was:
Being 100% franchisee-owned versus 70+% franchisee-owned probably doesn’t make much of a difference in this regard.
I ask that all the time myself. I guess one must love sliced cucumbers, as I general don’t see those available. Doesn’t mean they aren’t, just I haven’t noticed them.
I guess Arbys doesn’t have much else they can claim as an advantage over their competitors. Their “Frankenroasts” are made in a factory and shipped to the restaurants. Who cares whether it comes pre-sliced or sliced at the restaurant, it’s still solidified meat paste. It’s like a politician arguing that HIS mistress goes to church every Sunday.
Re: Subway counting olive slices: I have only been to one Subway that was stingy with their ingredients. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if some franchise owners were really anal about portion control but it’s far from the norm in my experience. I’ve only been to a very small portion of the 80,000 franchises though.
no advantage, I just really hate change.
Bo’s a New Yorker. To them real food doesn’t come from Iowa.
I won’t eat food from either of those places, so I don’t care.
One of the most important IMHO. Deli meats get stale quick.
Glad you could drop by.
Sorry, should have just deleted the whole post. It wasn’t even decent thread shitting.
I don’t really get why that ad would put people off eating in Subway.
Me neither. Not because there might not be a difference in flavor, but how does knowing about how the food is made change my perception of the flavor? I’ve already tried the food there, and I already know if I like it. If I’m already eating there, which this ad supposed, telling me it’s not sliced in store when I thought it was would only serve to make me think that the slicing must not matter much.
To most visitors to the US from other countries, the notion that restaurants operate portion control is rather amusing. 
The ad isn’t saying “Don’t eat there” its saying “Try us we are better.” It is trying to say why its better. Just because you are eating there already doesn’t mean you can’t discover that there is a place you like even more.
I always felt that Subway was stale and tasteless. I always figured it was because the meat was sliced days before. Now that I know it is frozen and thawed I understand better. That is why I rarely go there. We have a sub shop not far from here that has such a good reputation for sandwiches the president stopped there for a photo op and short speech last year. I go there when I want a sandwich. If subway is one of my few choices I get the tuna on wheat.
I must be missing the joke. Why is it amusing?
I stopped eating at Subway when the dropped swiss cheese.
Yeah, dropped cheese picks up a certain “floor” flavor, but I’ve always been amused by its presumption.
Because US portions are typically far bigger than portions elsewhere.
I’m reasonably sure that the purpose behind the ad is to challenge Subway on their
“fresh” positioning, which they’ve used for the past couple of years.
Arby’s has probably done some consumer research which told them that some consumers believe that “Subway’s food is fresh, so that must mean they slice their lunch meat in the store”, and some marketing guy at Arby’s realized that, since Arby’s slices their meat in-store, it’s a point of difference between them and Subway.
Speaking as a marketing / advertising guy, I think it’s probably a difference without any real meaning behind it to most consumers, and, thus, it’s an ad idea which probably won’t live very long.