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Promotion: Subway Get Smart sweepstakes, instant-win game

Location: 6843 N. Lincoln Ave., Lincolnwood, IL 60712 (map); phone: (847) 329-8134

Rating: 3 out of 5 - acceptable

I like entering online contests, but some sweepstakes are clearly more giving than others. I was lucky to win more bags of these Flat Earth Baked Veggie Crisps from Frito-Lay than I knew what to do with (thanks, CAG), and the winning e-mails just began to form daily in my inbox like the evening dew. It had been a while since I’d stepped foot in a local Subway sandwich shop, but I knew I was in for trouble when the person working there had never seen my winning redemption e-mail before. Fortunately, the deeper inspections, personal-information taking, and management consultations would come after this initial trip, freeing me to enjoy some free veggie crisps after a brief and relatively pleasant round of counter confusion.

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Price: $4.39

Location: 3700 W. Touhy Ave., Skokie, IL 60076 (map); phone: (847) 673-1991

Rating: 3 out of 5 - acceptable

The Baconator is an impressive achievement in protein and carbs; I actually missed having any hint of a solid veggie in the form of a pickle slice. And how does Wendy’s describe its self-describing new sandwich? “Six strips of hickory smoked bacon piled high atop two 1/4 lb. patties of fresh, never frozen, beef. Complete with two slices of American cheese, mayo and ketchup for a mountain of mouth-watering taste.” What it certainly is is a mountain of mass, clocking in at a stomach-filling 840 calories. Yes, I was hungry.

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