Subway kiosks – Looks to Fix Its Sales Slump With Tech Upgrades

By | May 3, 2022

Last Updated on May 3, 2022 by Craig Allen Keefner

Subway Restaurants, facing one of the worst slumps in its history, is hoping to win back customers by losing its low-tech image.

Source: www.bloomberg.com

The chain has tested around 50 of the new kiosks which allow customers to enter the store and build their own sandwich more accurately. Wenkoff said that eventually, each location would have on average three kiosks. Subway’s mobile app is available in around 26,000 of its 27,000 U.S. locations. “Mobile devices are attached at the hip to pretty much all our customers these days,” Wenkoff said. “It’s all about convenience.”

Author: Craig Allen Keefner

Craig Allen Keefner is an industry analyst, content strategist, and longtime authority on self-service kiosks, digital signage, unattended payment systems, and interactive technology. He manages content and industry strategy for Kiosk Industry and The Industry Group, with a focus on kiosk software, hardware-software integration, accessibility, payment compliance, healthcare kiosks, restaurant self-service, and emerging AI automation. Craig has covered the self-service and kiosk industry since the 1990s, tracking how public-facing terminals move from concept to field deployment. His work combines industry research, vendor analysis, operator conversations, standards tracking, trade show coverage, and practical experience with the real-world constraints of kiosk deployments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiosk