Originally Posted by
Bakpapier
You don't have bakeries with fresh bread that serve sandwiches with fresh ingredients during lunch time?!?
I mean it's not like we're talking haute cuisine here. Any place that sells bread can also put some fresh ingredients on said bread and sell a perfectly fine sandwich. And at the price level you'd pay at subway, you would have a very good sandwich for that.
What a poverty if you live in an area that doesn't even provide such basic service...
Different countries, different laws. Depending where it is in the U.S. a small business might have to be licensed as both a restaurant and a bakery to serve food on the premises. There are also different tax rules for a place that sells food to be eaten on the premises (restaurant) and that sells food to go (bakery).
There can also be issues with storage and refrigeration. For example, a bakery might not have the amount of refrigeration space needed to store meat at the correct temperature.