Ryan McAvoy said:

I went into SubWay to order a footlong sub and while I waited I noticed there was a £5 meal deal, which I wasn't interested in. I got to the till and was asked by the lady if I wanted to make it a meal, I said no and she told me it would be £5.30?

I said...

"Wait what... but the meal is £5?"

...she looked at me blankly, so I continued...

"You want to pay me 30p, to take a drink and cookie from your stock, that I don't actually want. That's a strange kind of offer isn't it?"

...she just gave me this world-weary "I just work here man?" type look. So I shrugged and took my sub, my drink, my cookie and the 30p they'd paid me and went about my day.

I assume this being a big chain it's a worldwide thing. But a policy of paying your customers to eat your stock is a strange financial strategy no?

Ran into a similar strategy at a Burger King once...buy two of the item on sale for $5 or buy one for $4.75. Very confusing for a fellow intent on only eating his fair share of the world's products...no way at all to buy a single one for $2.50...