I ordered the same 3 items at Jersey Mike's and Subway. Neither sandwich chain was perfect, but one stood out.
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I compared the same hot sandwich, sub, and cookie order at Jersey Mike's and Subway to see which chain restaurant offers the best food and value.
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I headed to both Jersey Mike's and Subway to see which sandwich chain is my top pick.Savannah BornI ordered a cold sandwich, a hot sandwich, and a cookie at Jersey Mike's and Subway to compare.Jersey Mike's Club Sub blew me away, but I didn't love either chain's cheesesteak.Both chains had great chocolate-chip cookies, but, overall, I prefer Jersey Mike's to Subway.For years, Subway felt like the only relevant sandwich chain. Its 2008 "five, five dollar, five dollar footlong" jingle still lives in my head.The Connecticut-founded fast-food giant operates over 35,000 restaurants worldwide, with the most recent 2025 industry data estimating an annual $9.2 billion in United States system-wide sales.Subway remains the largest sandwich chain in the US, both in location count and estimated sales — but size isn't the whole picture.Its US footprint has fallen from more than 27,000 locations in 2015 to fewer than 19,000 today, with more than 700 closures in 2025 alone. Subway's domestic…