Subway to close all stores in the UK and Ireland from 5pm today

Decision has been taken to combat COVID-19 outbreak and support social distancing

Subway has authorised its franchise owners in the UK and Ireland to close all their stores in the UK and Ireland from 5pm today (March 23) following the COVID-19 outbreak.

Colin Hughes, Subway’s country director UK & Ireland, says: “We took this decision as we want to continue doing everything in our power to keep people safe.

“We believe closing the stores is the right thing to do. By supporting social distancing, we can help protect not just our loyal guests, dedicated franchise owners and sandwich artists, but the wider communities they serve.

“Locally, over today and tomorrow franchise owners will be using up their fresh ingredients to donate subs to local community groups and emergency workers wherever possible. We’ll be back with you as soon as we can.

“We’ve been doing all we can to support the efforts to combat the COVID-19 outbreak and I’d like to thank our guests, franchise owners, their sandwich artists and all employees who have supported the brand through this unprecedented situation.”

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