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title: "Subway Announces Retirement of CMO; Appoints Acting CMO in Interim"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/feedbd6f-3d1f-467b-86d2-ca21a5de1534
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/subway-announces-retirement-of-cmo-appoints-acting-cmo-in-interim-2708854
category: "Sandwich & sub"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Sandwich & sub"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2019-01-11T22:17:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:44.066Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/e1899b84759468461e9957271649b02b5419.jpg
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# Subway Announces Retirement of CMO; Appoints Acting CMO in Interim

**TL;DR:** Subway announces the retirement of CMO Joe Tripodi and appoints Roger Mader as acting CMO. Tripodi had driven significant transformation during his tenure, amid declining sales from 2014 to 2017.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-01-11. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/subway-announces-retirement-of-cmo-appoints-acting-cmo-in-interim-2708854).*

## Story

Well-known sandwich chain Subway has officially announced the retirement of its CMO Joe Tripodi and the interim appointment of acting CMO Roger Mader, according to AdAge.

According to the article, Tripodi told Marketing Week: “This was one of the most challenging jobs I’ve ever had because it was a privately held company that had lived in a little bit of isolation for many years so I had to drive some significant transformation.”

“Subway's sales fell each year from 2014 through 2017, according to external data (privately-held Subway doesn't disclose its sales),” the article said. “In September 2018, Subway's chief advertising officer gave a positive assessment of results, suggesting the chain was once again growing, but results have not been released,” according to the article.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Subway (company)
- sales decline (topic)
- cmo retirement (topic)
- interim appointment (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/subway-announces-retirement-of-cmo-appoints-acting-cmo-in-interim-2708854). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/feedbd6f-3d1f-467b-86d2-ca21a5de1534).