Comment by ericabiz

I guess it depends on the city. I live in Austin (metro population 2.28M), and most places price sandwiches around $10 or less here.

Here’s Thundercloud, a popular chain (often described as “a step up from Subway”):

https://thundercloud.com/main-menu/

I also checked Jersey Mike’s, another familiar chain, and a regular size “original Italian” is $9.95 here.

I will say that generally Texas tends to have lower prices on food than coastal metros like NYC/SF/LA, but the airport prices mentioned in the article for NYC still seem absurd.