Food for Thought

When I started my quest to lose the baby weight, I signed up and joined Self's Reach Your Goal program where you log your workouts and keep a food diary. They even give you sample workouts and menus to help you along. On their menu suggestions for eating out were several Subway sandwiches. Of course I grew up on Subway, being that my parents owned a couple of franchises and all, so I am familiar with the nutritional value of their products and was not surprised to see their endorsement by Self.

However, in logging my meals the other day, I went to my nutrition data website and then the Subway site to see the nutritional value of their soups. I was especially surprised to find the amount of sodium in their soups. Yikes! I then decided that I would file a comment online with the submarine franchise giant to see if they might consider a lower sodium option. I did not honestly expect to get a response from a real person. I imagined that they would send me a form letter thanking me for my request and letting me know that they will consider my opinion and that would be it. I am not kidding you, less than 10 hours later I had an e-mail from the owner of the store where I visit a couple of times a week. He responded by telling me that he would be meeting with his soup supplier later in the week and in fact, he was going to order the Rosemary Chicken Soup, which has less sodium and qualifies for the American Heart Association's Heart Healthy diet. Now that is customer service!

I guess that I am pleasantly surprised. As you can tell by my previous posts, I am sort of a food snob and really hate franchises for the most part. Typically food prepared for these types of restaurants is overly processed and at most large food chains customer service is non-existent. This was not the case with my Subway store and I have to admit, the McDonald's people in my home town are pretty good too. I guess it depends on each local store.

Well if you are need a quick and healthy meal option, I would suggest checking out your local Subway restaurant and give their soups a try. Guess I sort of have to try the Rosemary Chicken one soon.