SUBWAY vs. MR. SUB Corporate Responsibility

SUBWAY is the world's largest Sub producer with 38 912 restaurants in over a 100 different countries. Their mission statement regarding corporate responsibility is “We are on a journey. Our vision is to make our restaurants and operations as environmentally and socially responsible as possible”-Subway

Mr. Sub was established in 1968 by two friends with a passion for making the best quality of food. Mr. Sub is a very corporate responsible company because they are strong in each of the 4 socially responsible categories.

• All Suppliers must follow Good Agricultural Practices to keep food safe
• Pays a premium for highest quality of safe ingredients
• Offers fair prices on all their products
• Uses industry best practices in gathering supplies & in business activities
• Doesn't support child labour

• Uses highest quality of chicken
• Changed old traditions to new ways that costumers wanted (eg. Lowering Counters so costumers could see their food being prepared)
• Doesn't tolerate discrimination of costumers or employees
• Provide franchisees and employees with ethics training
• Have fair prices

Subway offers multiple different things to their employees, even new hires!

They have several job benefits in addition to normal pay. Some of these include industry-competitive pay rate, quality job training, and work schedule flexibility. Workers receive health insurances, including medical, dental, and vision coverage. Also, associates receive disability and life insurance options to help protect against unfortunate incidents.

Mr. Sub employees and franchisees receive training on...

-Business and human resources management

-Merchandising products in your restaurant for maximum sales

-Stock and inventory management

-Developing and executing local marketing initiatives

-Maintaining your restaurant and minimizing repair costs

-Food safety procedures

Also Mr. Sub will provide their employees with important benefits that are essential for their lifestyle

• Mr. Sub contributes to many charities including The United Way
• They also help out hospitals
• Mr. Sub prides itself in donating to medical Research

Subway prides itself on helping out in the community

• They help out humanitarian health care charities
• UNICEF, Make A Wish Foundation American Red Cross, and American Cancer Society are the charities and organizations that Subway has contributed to this year
• Employees chose charities for the company to donate to, as part of the Company Donation movement

•  They are starting to use reused stone for restaurant structures
• They are trying to use the least amount of packaging possible so that there is limited waste
• They have improved their energy efficiency by using energy efficient appliances
• In 2010 they cut there carbon emissions by 104, 586 metric tons by moving stores closer to suppliers so that the trucks don't have to travel as far

• Use highly efficient LED lights for outer sign and exit sign in the restaurant
• Use high efficiency furnaces and heat recovery to limit energy consumption
• Supports renewable energy sources like Solar and Wind Energy

• Subway had far more eco-friendly products and plans, MR. SUB had little recognition of the environment
• Subway treats their employees better as they give them training along with extensive benefits
• Subway and MR. SUB both had very good ethics as Subway used initiative to only buy from certain suppliers no matter the price, while MR. SUB provided ethics training for their employees
• Subway was much more involved in the community as they supported a lot more charities than MR. SUB

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Mr. Sub has

Corporate Responsibility

Corporate Responsibility

Business Ethics

Employee Wellness

Business Ethics, Employees Wellness, Environmental Impact, and Community Involvement

Community Involvement

Bibliography

http://www.mrsub.ca/default.asp?contentID=9

http://www.mrsub.ca/default.asp?contentID=8

http://www.mrsub.ca/default.asp?contentID=3

http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/default.aspx

http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/about_us/Social_Responsibility/default.aspx

http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/about_us/Social_Responsibility/OurOverAllCommitment.aspx

http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/about_us/Social_Responsibility/EnvironmentalLeadership.aspx

http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/about_us/Social_Responsibility/OurPeopleOurCommunities.aspx

Community Involvement

Environmental Impact

And the more Socially Responsible Company is.......

Environmental Impact