Speculation: Google To Buy Quiznos, or Is It, Quiznos to Buy Google?

I was reading an excellent article about ex-Googlers and their millions when something hit me; but I’ll get to that in a moment. The article was about how former Google staffers are using their vast fortunes to fund new ventures and the power of that network within the Valley. Sort of a GoogleMafia in the making I guess. I happened to notice a certain well placed cup in a picture on this article and I realized it might be a hidden message to other former Googlies.

Now to the meat of this post: Google will buy Quiznos in 2008. Bold statement or simple fact? You decide.

We all know that Google is loaded and that the war chest is only growing right now. They have grabbed a host of excellent companies and brought them into the fold in Mountain View, so what are they missing? Fast food.

That’s right, fast food. OK, so why won’t Google grab McDonald’s, Taco Bell or any other fast food company? Simple, they are after technology. Each and every purchase so far proves this out too. Google bought a whole list of companies that could offer them some technology they valued, and Quiznos has that by the foot. Google bought Deja for the database of Usenet posting they offered, they grabbed up Picasa for the photo editing and management software they had created. In 2007 alone they bought Postini , FeedBurner and Jaiku to name only a few.

The technology that Quiznos brings to the table is fierce. Fresh bread made daily and then toasted with meats and cheeses piled on, and then on top of that throw in a pickle bar and you can clearly see why this is going to happen.

But I can already see how Google will change the face of fast food in the process too. Google Maps on my cell phone showing every Quiznos in the country, you can order via SMS or email and the sub is ready when you walk in the door; your cell phone even tells the staff at the Guiznos, err, Quiznos that I have arrived. But this is thinking small.

Google will then have within its arsenal a system to track my eating habits at their new fast food Googleplex’s all across America. I will soon be logging in to my Google Docs account and finding a dashboard of my calories, fat intake and obvious carb overload, all thanks to the new AdWord sponsored coupons that lure me countless times into the local Quiznos.

Editor’s Note: OK, so this is farce, but how far from the truth do you think I am?

The interesting Website of the day: Quiznos – self explanatory.