I do remember that the Subway was part of a "healthy" push, but it didn't seem to be applied equally.cjd wrote: ↑July 30th, 2020, 8:00 pm I figured that the grease and odor problems were part of the reason Walmart tends to have Subway than fast food. Although I thought too, that it could be that Subway is seen as a healthier fast food choice than McD.
If you think about it though there are still fryers in the deli and the smell still tends to circulate around that section of the store.
The 1988 Wal-Mart got a McDonald's when it was renovated and expanded in the mid-1990s. It disappeared after a few years and became a Radio Grill, then got a Subway around 2004-2005. When it became a Supercenter, a new location was built.
The 1993 Supercenter had a McDonald's (in the back) which remained up until the mid to late 2010s, and was never replaced.
The 2014 Supercenter had a Subway (owned by the same franchisee that runs it in the other Walmart and the others in town, though due to the large number of stores, they have a number of bad managers, and this was one of them...the one in the 1988 store also is terribly run).
A 2012 Walmart (Supercenter) got a McDonald's in its opening and the last time I was there it was open. The others, both older (from the 1990s) and newer stores in Houston tend to have McDonald's too, including Northline (2010 build, one of the sketchiest/worst McDonald's I've see), Silber (2011) but not Gulfton (2015)...that one has a Subway.