Potbelly is Downhill.

So on Saturday, all employees of Potbelly are required to go to a mandatory meeting due to "changes in the company". However, I know some people on the inside who have already discussed with me some of the things that will be talked about at the meeting... and it's not looking good for us. After hearing this, I definitely don't plan on returning there for the summer.

Change 1: Sandwiches will be raised from 4.19 to 5 bucks.
This is an awful idea. Our sub rolls are approx 8 inches, so why get one at Potbelly when you can get one almost twice as big for the same price at Subway? But I feel like it wont effect our store that much. Because even with the price raise, we are still the closest and cheapest place to eat in Reston Town Center, we're kinda just taking advantage of that. And ours still taste better.

Change 2: The price of the PB&J sandwich will be lowered to under 4 dollars.
This makes sense, because who wants a PB&J when they can make one at home? Almost no one gets them, so this might help that. The only problem is, the fact that all our sandwiches were the same price made it pretty easy, so now our simple menu board is going to get scrambled with the different prices.

Change 3: Employees no longer get a free meal, and Manager Meals now get downgraded to the Employee Meal deal of 6 bucks per meal.
What the hell! This is the first store I've heard of where regular employees get no discount at all. What are we supposed to do during brakes? Sit there? Use an hours pay a day for a sandwich and a drink? I feel bad for the managers too. Because after the sandwiches hit 5 bucks, 6 bucks wont get them anything but that. People might have to start bringing there own lunches/dinners to work. I'll be interested to see what the people at the meeting who are hearing this for the first time have to say! And I'm sure employees who have worked there for a while will be able to sneak out with a sandwich anyways.

So that's all I know for now, it will be interesting to see if there are any additional changes after the meeting... but it looks like Potbelly is starting to go downhill with the other sandwich companies.