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title: "Subway Reduces Cost of ‘Fresh Forward’ Remodel"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/c608a67b-c372-4b07-9582-8c6c7007d334
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/subway-reduces-cost-of-fresh-forward-remodel-2707828
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Operations"]
published: 2018-09-12T16:11:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:19.828Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/b5b768ef487e4a46f1215fb4b0da609d9255.jpg
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# Subway Reduces Cost of ‘Fresh Forward’ Remodel

**TL;DR:** Subway reduces the cost of its Fresh Forward remodel to $90,000-$100,000 per store. The chain aims to boost franchisee adoption, with a goal of introducing Fresh Forward to all stores within the next five years.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-09-12. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/subway-reduces-cost-of-fresh-forward-remodel-2707828).*

## Story

Last year, Subway introduced a new restaurant design called Fresh Forward, but franchisee adoption of the redesign has been more than a little disappointing for the chain. According to an article in Nation’s Restaurant News, only 454 of Subway’s 44,000 stores have invested in the remodel, falling far short of the franchise’s goal of 3,000–5,000 for the year.

Now, in order to boost adoption, Subway is dramatically reducing the cost of the remodel. This year, the Fresh Forward remodel will cost franchises $90,000–$100,000 per store, which is about half of what the same remodel cost last year.

Subway is counting on the price reduction to help introduce Fresh Forward to all of the chain’s stores within the next five years, which would be nearly 9,000 remodels per year.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- Subway (company)
- restaurant redesign (topic)
- franchisee adoption (topic)
- remodel cost (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/subway-reduces-cost-of-fresh-forward-remodel-2707828). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/c608a67b-c372-4b07-9582-8c6c7007d334).