Cross-Promotional Bloggy Goodness

June 15, 2007 12:18 PM

A Nashville blogger decided to tackle to the project of consuming and reviewing all 51 sandwiches on the Which Wich menu. The local Which Wich caught on, and despite some negative critiques, decided to promote the blogger's URL on every sandwich bag leaving their store.
posted by brittney (20 comments total)

That's awesome... nice to see a company that knows how to parlay some grassroots opinion into a win-win solution, rather than kicking out the standard cease & desist. That's the kind of company I'd invest in.
posted by rolypolyman at 12:49 PM on June 15, 2007 [1 favorite]

The Montecristo looks AWESOME!
posted by ColdChef at 12:56 PM on June 15, 2007

This is one of the most boring things in the world to blog about. "What I had for lunch today". Meh.
posted by tadellin at 12:59 PM on June 15, 2007

This Which Wich, it bags?
posted by davejay at 1:05 PM on June 15, 2007

an unbattered, unfried Monte Cristo? That... that doesn't make sense. You're getting a club sandwich with jelly at that point, defeating the point of the Monte Cristo.

This site helped me discover that I hate snap.com.
posted by boo_radley at 1:07 PM on June 15, 2007

Mmmmm, sammiches.
posted by ELF Radio at 1:08 PM on June 15, 2007

That's a neat website they have. I like how they show all the info on the front page, but it's just too small to read. OTOH, once you click through to read, the pop-ups are completely superfluous.
posted by smackfu at 1:14 PM on June 15, 2007

Recently ate at a Wich Wich for the first time while in Dallas. OMG YES.
posted by Pope Guilty at 1:48 PM on June 15, 2007

Woah. Powerful reminder that the bowl of oatmeal I started my day with was a long, long time ago...I'm jonesing for a Reuben. I don't think I'd get one there, though; they apparently don't use rye bread, and it's just not a Reuben on white or whole wheat.
posted by pax digita at 2:39 PM on June 15, 2007

WW doing this kinda reeks of a set up....where is the integrity of the blog if they are basically scratching each others back? Maybe I'm just negative...
posted by shockingbluamp at 3:33 PM on June 15, 2007

"integrity of the blog"????
posted by smackfu at 3:38 PM on June 15, 2007 [2 favorites]

OMG SETUP
posted by boo_radley at 3:53 PM on June 15, 2007

who tf cares?
posted by mrnutty at 5:00 PM on June 15, 2007

This reminds me of http://greasepig.com/henrys/. A guy decided to eat one of each item on San Francisco's "Henry's Hunan" menu and linked his review to a Hunry's Menu-Look-Alike page. YUM!
posted by bottlebrushtree at 6:29 PM on June 15, 2007

I live in Nashville. I had a friend that I no longer speak with that works for this company. Apparently the manager is a huge drug addict. For what it's worth, I would never eat there.
posted by lazaruslong at 8:43 PM on June 15, 2007

Just to clarify my previous statement because it sounds like hearsay, I want to say 2 things: 1. I've no way of knowing if the manager in reference is still the manager of the Nashville location, as I learned of this info about 2 months ago, and 2. This isn't a "Oh I heard he smokes pot" sort of thing but a verified hard drug using and pushing (on the underage employees, no less) drug user. So yeah....hate to be the downer, but tread carefully.
posted by lazaruslong at 8:51 PM on June 15, 2007

I'm the blogger referenced in the post. I liked the entire WW experience the first time I visited, so I decided on my own to tackle the entire menu. I had no idea they were going to stamp the bags until I saw it this past Monday. After that, the owner asked if I was cool with it and I said I was. Why wouldn't I be? I eat at the Cool Springs location. There is a location in downtown Nashville as referenced by lazaruslong, but I've never been there. Most of the sandwiches are good and they "get" blogging. That's all I know. Thanks.
posted by pourout at 9:29 PM on June 15, 2007 [1 favorite]

Drugs to be had at downtown Nashville Which Wich. Duly noted. :)
posted by brittney at 5:50 AM on June 16, 2007

What is the average semen content of a which wich sandwich?
posted by longbaugh at 7:08 AM on June 16, 2007

I'm the blogger referenced in the post. I liked the entire WW experience the first time I visited, so I decided on my own to tackle the entire menu. I had no idea they were going to stamp the bags until I saw it this past Monday. After that, the owner asked if I was cool with it and I said I was. Why wouldn't I be? I eat at the Cool Springs location. There is a location in downtown Nashville as referenced by lazaruslong, but I've never been there. Most of the sandwiches are good and they "get" blogging. That's all I know. Thanks.

Just wanted to add I'm happy for you that the Cool Springs location is so cool about these interwebs. It's a great opportunity and you're a lucky blogger!

And Britney, it's actually in the Village if I recall correctly, if you're looking to score some poison.
posted by lazaruslong at 8:12 AM on June 16, 2007