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SHU and Quiznos Unite
Ashley Winseck Staff Reporter
Issue date: 9/15/05 Section: News
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Recently, the restaurant chain added another link with the addition of a Quiznos Sub located at 4577 in the Stop and Shop/Staples Plaza on Main Street in Bridgeport. This is the only Quiznos Sub location where Sacred Heart students can receive the benefit of late night food delivery at a discount.
This Quiznos Sub is using a new delivery system to take advantage of the fact that college students tend to eat at all hours of the day. In addition to the typical deliveries of pizza and Chinese food, Sacred Heart students can now enjoy Quiznos subs as late as 2 a.m. over the weekend. Delivery is currently available on Friday and Saturday nights only.
Along with a weekend delivery system, this particular Quiznos offers Sacred Heart students a 10 percent discount on anything purchased with the presentation of Sacred Heart ID. With benefits such as these, it could be only a matter of time before Quiznos Sub becomes a popular food staple for Sacred Heart students.
"Sacred Heart students give us so much business. In the summer business was so slow," said Quiznos employee Jackie Juarez when asked why this particular restaurant chose to make a deal for Sacred Heart students.
The idea is not only to keep business flowing steadily from Sacred Heart now that students have returned from summer vacation, but also a way of saying 'thank you' for all the business students have provided.
"That's also why we deliver from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. for you guys," added Juarez.
No other schools have been included in the benefits that Sacred Heart students are now receiving due to the large amount of business that SHU has provided for this Quiznos Sub location.
With business better than it was over the summer, it seems that students have been taking advantage of the Quiznos discount.
"I think it's a really good idea," said, junior Colleen Rogers of Allenhurst, NJ. "It makes me want to pick Quiznos over any other sub place, such as Subway. It seems like Quiznos is acknowledging the fact that college students do actually live around here and are, most of the time, short on cash."
If the popularity continues, other restaurants in the area may find themselves in competition for business from Sacred Heart. Even our very own Flik may be competing if so many students continue to leave campus to enjoy a Quiznos sub at a 10 percent discount.
"Hopefully other places will catch on and give discounts to students all the time," said Rogers.
Either way, Quiznos Sub is becoming a more popular term on our campus and one can only hope that with growing popularity will come growing benefits. For now, go out and enjoy your lunch at Quiznos Sub, and when that midnight hunger craving hits you, you know who to call.