Subway headquarters while initially open to the idea of Kosher franchises did not help the frnachisee’s in their concerns (Like still making them pay for the $5 footlong advertisements even though they could not offer it)
<en> 1. Why pay for a fancy goyish name when there are other restaurants that are just as good with familiar food, and cheaper. Remember you have to pay a franchise fee to be a “Subway”.
Perhaps in the more Charedi communties this was a negative, but in the more modern ones it wasnt. They may have wanted a “treif” atmosphere and familiar food to them was more american style than hemish style