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|Subway famously took the opportunity to turn a true story into pure gold. College student Jared Fogle demonstrated that you can lose a ton of weight on a diet
by waylandsmithers 13y ago
|Subway famously took the opportunity to turn a true story into pure gold. College student Jared Fogle demonstrated that you can lose a ton of weight on a diet of Subway sandwiches... The Jared story ran as the lead campaign for Subway for 10 years — during which sales doubled.
Fellow NFL fans here might have seen a segment featuring Jared behind a table of Subway sandwiches last weekend on the set of Fox's pre/postgame coverage. I'm not sure which amuses me more- that this guy is still cashing checks as the spokesman for Subway, or that the company is still milking the ad campaign for every last ounce that it's worth.
- mathattack 13y agoHe has absolutely maxed out these 15 minutes of fame. Subway at least has other ways to make money. :-)
- mjklin 13y agoJared appeared in the documentary Super Size Me telling school kids to eat Subway sandwiches to lose weight. When a chunky teenage girl told him that was too expensive he was like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯