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Subway targets families with Disney’s Aladdin promotionSubway targets families with Disney’s Aladdin promotion

Aladdin-themed games, free movie ticket tied to purchase of kids’ meal

Nancy Luna, Senior editor, Nation's Restaurant News

May 14, 2019

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Subway is raising awareness for its Fresh Fit For Kids meal with a tried-and-true family-focused marketing device: Disney.

The Milford, Ct.-based sandwich chain is giving away a free child’s ticket for Disney’s Aladdin, which premieres May 24, with every purchase of a Subway kids’ meal. The Fresh Fit For Kids meal will also come with one of four new collectible Aladdin-themed games.

The offer runs now through June 27.

The activities, mostly card games, include Aladdin Match Memory Game, Aladdin Cave of Wonders Game, Aladdin 3 Wish Game and the Aladdin Lamp Game.

Aladdin_CaveOfWonders_3D.jpgA Fresh Fit for Kids meal includes a mini sandwich, low-fat 1% milk and unsweetened apple sauce. 

The promotion comes as the brand has made several efforts to change its image over the past year through store refreshes and a partnership with Tastemade. Subway and the food media brand recently collaborated on a new “inspired by Tastemade” sandwich, The Green Goddess Tuna Melt.

Subway has also closed and or relocated hundreds of stores over the past year.

Aladdin_3WishGame_3D.jpgSubway reported to Top 200 researchers that its U.S. systemwide sales for fiscal 2018 were $10.4 billion, which was down 3.6% compared with fiscal 2017's $10.8 billion. The chain ended the year with 24,798 U.S. locations, all franchised, which marked a decrease of 4.3% from the preceding year's 25,908 locations.

Globally, Subway reported fiscal 2018 system sales of $16.2 billion and said it ended the year with 42,427 locations, compared with $17.3 billion and 43,912 year-end units for fiscal 2017.

Alan J. Liddle, senior editor of data and event content, contributed to this report.

Contact Nancy Luna at [email protected]

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About the Author

Nancy Luna

Senior editor, Nation's Restaurant News

Nancy Luna is a senior editor at Nation's Restaurant News and a contributing editor at Supermarket News. She covers the industry's largest and most talked about fast-food brands including McDonald's, Starbucks, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC and Subway. She is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years reporting experience. As a veteran business reporter based in Southern California, Nancy has covered some of the country's most beloved food and retail brands including In-N-Out, Taco Bell, Trader Joe's, Aldi, Whole Foods Market, Target and Costco. Luna is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton. When she's not digging for news on her beat, you can find Nancy regaling her fans about her latest dining adventures on her Fast Food Maven social media channels. Contact [email protected]  or follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/fastfoodmaven

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