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Jersey Mike's Uses Day-Old Bread — But Only For This Type Of Sandwich, According To Reddit By Alba Caraceni Nov. 10, 2025 6:00 pm EST
Jersey Mike's Subs makes freshness and top quality an important part of its brand identity. It touts that it uses private label meats and cheeses sliced fresh for each sandwich, that the subs are made in front of you, and that the bread is baked in each of its stores daily. But some workers have claimed online that they'll use day-old bread for the hot sandwiches.
Workers said on Reddit that Jersey Mike's will heat bread from the day before on the grill for the hot subs, which are nearly all beef and chicken cheesesteaks. One wrote , "At my [store] we only use the bread from the day before for hot subs all cold subs u

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