Subway, the fast food restaurant franchise, recently announced it is bringing back the $5 Footlong promotion. Hundreds of Subway Franchise owners are protesting the promotion, saying that they cannot afford to sell the footlong sub sandwhiches for $5.

Assume that the costs related to a Subway footlong and a Subway franchise include the following:

1. Identify each of the listed costs of one footlong sub sandwhich as either variable, fixed, or mixed.

2. What costs and factors do you think should be relevant to the footlong sub sandwhich pricing decision? Explain.

3. What is the contribution margin of each $5 footlong sub sandwhich.

4. Do you agree that a Subway franchise would lose money for each footlong sold for $5? Why or why not?

Cost per sandwich $ 2.00 Cost item Details Per footlong Labor $14.00/hour wage rate, each worker can make 7 sandwiches per hour Food ingredients Labor cost per footlong Credit card transaction fee Electricity Rent 2.00 1.0% + $0.10 per transaction $360 per month divided by 4,000 orders per month Rent $1,200 per month divided by 4,000 orders per month 0.15 0.09 0.30 Franchise and startup fees $36,000 divided by 180 months (15 years) divided by 4,000 orders per month 8.0% of sales 4.5% of sales Franchise fee amortization 0.05 Royalty fee Advertising fee Equipment leasing cost Cost per footlong sandwich 0.40 0.23 0.15 $ 5.37 $600 per month divided by 4,000 orders Assume that all transactions are paid for using a credit card