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Just weeks after introducing their new Fresh Fit Menu, Subway Restaurants are now planning to add a personal-sized deep dish pizza to their regular menu offerings. The idea has apparently been in the works for years, but never materialized due in part to the difficulty of fitting full-sized pizza ovens into their tiny stores. That particular problem has now been fixed though with the use of speed ovens - a compact design that can cook a personal-sized pizza in 90 seconds flat.

The basic pizza will be prepared off-site, then baked at the store with your choice of additional toppings. Supposedly a plain pizza will be sold for $2.99, certain toppings such as pepperoni or meatballs can be added on for a dollar extra, and vegetables and extra cheese will be free. Subway is planning to introduce the new product line in June at 13,000 US locations.

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Subway restaurants released a new nationwide Fresh Fit menu in their stores yesterday, in hopes of promoting 'better for you' food choices for adults and children. Apparently the menus have been designed to suit active lifestyles, meet the American Heart Association's nutritional standards, and help combat childhood obesity.

Adult combo meals include a choice of one of their existing low-fat 6" sub sandwiches that contain six grams of fat or less, your choice of Diet Coke, water, or 1% milk, as well as your choice of sliced apples, raisins, or Baked Lay's. The combo meal for kids is quite similar, though just a little smaller and with a few less choices. They will receive a 4" low-fat sub, 1% milk or apple juice, and the choice of raisins or apples.

Apparently though, the introduction of this new menu comes with the removal of their low-carb wraps. Formerly displaying the Atkins logo, the wraps remained on the menu even after they stopped advertising them under the diet chain name. Further proof that the low-fat rather than low-carb trend has once again arrived.

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