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title: "A look at the Subway bribery scandal"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/e17a42b9-0ee9-4745-902c-4f2804a4106a
source: "Restaurant Business"
original_url: https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/look-subway-bribery-scandal
category: "Sandwich & sub"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Sandwich & sub"
published: 2026-10-09T16:15:29.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T14:57:35.269Z
image: https://cdn.informaconnect.com/platform/files/public/2026-10/background/TWIR%20image%20%2010-9-26.png?VersionId=nZxUN9U4QLMh_MrSVARy2l55Pe.XJsXf
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# A look at the Subway bribery scandal

**TL;DR:** Subway is facing a bribery scandal involving its nonprofit purchasing co-op, the Independent Purchasing Cooperative. The scandal is discussed in the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants.

*originally published in Restaurant Business on 2026-10-09. [Read the original](https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/look-subway-bribery-scandal).*

## Story

Subway is facing another challenge.

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants looks at the bribery scandal involving the Independent Purchasing Cooperative, Subway’s nonprofit purchasing co-op.

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Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants.

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## Entities

- QSR (sector)
- Starbucks (company)
- Restaurant Business (publication)
- Subway (company)
- Chipotle (company)
- Jonathan Maze (person)
- bankruptcy (topic)
- True Food Kitchen (company)
- potential acquisition (topic)
- Independent Purchasing Cooperative (company)
- Souplantation (company)
- bribery scandal (topic)

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Originally reported by Restaurant Business (https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/look-subway-bribery-scandal). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/e17a42b9-0ee9-4745-902c-4f2804a4106a).