We tried a sub from 4 chains and the winner was clear

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Across the country, from small towns to big, people are still filing into popular chain sandwich stores to buy subs.

According to foodservice research company Technomic's 2017 chain restaurant study, reported on by Restaurant Business magazine, sandwich sales increased 2.9 over the previous year.

But with hundreds of chains to choose from, how is anyone expected to find the best one? We put four chains to the test to see which one you should buy.

The four sub restaurants we picked all made the top 10 in the sandwich category of the 2017 chain restaurant report. They are:

Subway

Jimmy John's

Jersey Mike's

Potbelly

Here's how they stacked up.To be consistent, we chose the Italian sandwich at all four restaurants.

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We got all of them untoasted, on white bread, topped with tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, mayonnaise, oil, and vinegar.

Subway was the cheapest, but one of the smallest sandwiches.

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Subway ranked number one on Technomic's top sandwich restaurant chains and number three in all chain categories.

It makes sense because Subway is cheap and consistent — you know what you're going to get and you're not going to spend too much.

The six-inch Italian B.M.T cost 4.85.

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The flavor was decent, and you get some of each ingredient in every bite because of how it's layered. The bread didn't taste very fresh, though, which made the sandwich more dry.

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