I have long been an advocate of open
books, letting everyone know the intimate details of your financial
statement in order to build trust, esprit, support and community.
Now I have to advocate for Open
Calories. One restaurant is a member of the Open Calorie Community
in good standing ... Subway Sandwiches. Every menu and every wall
list has on public display the calories of the items, including the calories of
the variety of available dressings.
The greatest benefit for me, as a
traveler, is that I can easily control my caloric intake by going to Subway. Otherwise
I have to guess, and in the world of calories an objective guess is
hard to come by. (“That bowl of chili is 400 Kcal... no, its 500 Kcal.”)
Subway is a fascinating business. One-hundred percent franchise, with the franchise owned by a small privately held company (Doctors Associates Inc.).
How does the anti-globalization clan deal with this global entity, nearly 24,000 outlets worldwide, bigger than McDonald's in the U.S.... each owned by a small proprietor?