What if I were to tell you about a fast food chain that has over 40,000 locations in

110 countries?

What if I said that even at its current mammoth size it remains one of the fastest growing

restaurants in the world?

What if I added that this company's advertising budget alone is north of $500 million?

You'd assume all was fantastic, but all is not well with a sandwich chain founded by

Connecticut friends Fred DeLuca and Peter Buck as Pete Super Submarine to 1965.

For its massive expansion in ubiquity in the public space was tethered to the face of the

franchise, a regular Indiana customer who credited a sandwich diet with his massive weight

loss, who starred in dozens of commercials for the restaurant and made countless public

appearances on its behalf over 17 years.

At one point this chain's internal estimates attributed up to one half of its growth to

the bespectacled Hoosier who served as its living mascot.

You know until just a few weeks ago no one knew his dark secret, the horrific crimes

to which he has pled guilty and for which he now awaits sentencing.

Decide by scandal how can this chain its franchise ease and the frontline employees it calls

sandwich artists move forward.

For years they've implored us to eat fresh, but now we ask what's next?

This week on Doe Boys Subway.

I'm Nick Weiger alongside Mike Mitchell, the spoon man.

Wow.

That was dark but spot on.

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