Subway Closes Ahead of Blank Street Move-In

Subway, the sandwich chain located on Market Street, officially closed its doors to customers on Tuesday 3 November. 

The closure follows Fife Council’s planning permission to convert the unit into a Blank Street coffee shop. On 15 October, the Council approved plans for the unit’s renovation, including new signage, paint colour, and internal reconfiguration. 

In an interview with The Saint, a Subway employee stated:

“The management told me the store was going to close a week before it did,” they said, “so I got one week’s notice.” 

Employees were informed of the shop’s closure on Tuesday 27 October, twelve days after Fife Council announced its approval of Blank Street’s bid. 

News of Blank Street’s plan to move into the unit was first shared in August 2026 via a job listing on LinkedIn for a general manager. The source shared that there was generally a negative reaction to the Blank Street move-in among Subway employees. 

“In terms of the reaction to the Blank Street proposal, all my colleagues hated it,” they said. 

According to the source, rumours were dismissed in the workplace prior to the official decision to close. 

“I had asked the [owner] the night before [the closure was announced], and he said ‘there will always be rumours,’ and denied [that the store was closing].” 

Some employees were given the opportunity to work at other local Subway branches in Dundee and Glenrothes. The Subway employee stated that this was “inconvenient” for many. 

“Some people were offered [the chance] to transfer to other branches, but obviously that’s inconvenient if you have applied for a job in St Andrews and you are no longer working there.” 

The source stated that they “did not have enough notice to look for another job immediately.”  

“[For] a lot of my colleagues, this was a full-time job, and it [is bad] that they only have one week’s notice.” 

By Monday 2 November, Subway had begun to cease operations. The source noted that “they started stripping the whole store” in the week after the closure was announced. Store signage, among other branding and decorations, was removed in the days before the closure. 

It remains uncertain when Blank Street intends to move into the newly vacant unit.

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