NJ Men Sue Subway Over 11″ Footlongs

Subway’s signature sandwich deal, after making headlines over the past couple of weeks, could soon cost the company some big money.

FOX News Radio’s Lilian Woo has details:

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Two New Jersey men possibly looking to make some bread over a Subway sandwich controversy.

(Subway Commercial) “Everyone loves Subway $5 footlongs…”

…Suing the fast-food chain over the sandwiches, which they say often fall short of 12″. Their attorney also claiming that not one of the sandwiches he’s measured at 17 area shops had been that precise length.

The issue getting a lot of attention last week when a man posted a photo of the sub next to a ruler on the company’s Facebook page. At that time, Subway had responded that the length of the sandwiches can vary slightly when franchises don’t bake to exact corporate standards.

Lilian Woo, FOX News Radio.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The attorney for the men filing suit says he’s seeking class-action status and will be filing a similar suit in Pennsylvania. The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages for his clients and a change in Subway’s practices.

9 Comments

Aiko Fujita

January 23, 2013 at 5:36 pm

Falling short of 12 inches does not injure anyone! The USA is just too sue-happy. The consumers end up paying more for these class action suits.
Jrock

January 23, 2013 at 6:18 pm

What is sub?
ROBERT

January 23, 2013 at 6:33 pm

I think that these people are over reacting. I eat at subway so what it is a inch people need to get a life. And quit with this twitter facebook .AND QUIT COMPLAING ABOUT AN INCH. P.S THESE TWO MEN FROM NEW JERSEY I HOPE SUBWAY MAKES A JOKE OUT OF YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
John M

January 23, 2013 at 7:41 pm

With everything considered in our country, I have to ask, REALLY? Did these guys dream this up with their attorney, who gets a third, by the way. Oh well, I guess I'll just follow along and hope the class action suit letters come to 95% of the households in the country and I might get a free 5 1/2" sub for settlement.
marty

January 23, 2013 at 10:04 pm

the state animal of new jersey has to be the jackass
R. Miller

January 24, 2013 at 12:58 am

At 12" full inches, they would sell 100,000 sandwiches.
at 11" inches, the same amount of dough makes 109,090 sandwiches.
that is a profit of approx. $50,000 dollars per hundred thousand.
The company probably sells double or triple that per week, nation wide.
So you are talking about $150,000 a week in free money. Nice little RIP they have been pulling in, for how many years now????
Chele

January 24, 2013 at 3:53 am

So Dumb SO VERY Dumb……big deal on 1" you get enuff friggin food in it as it is!
ME88

January 24, 2013 at 9:16 am

@R Miller
That isn't how it works because when you make bread at subway your stretch the dough. Meaning even if the sub is 11 inches you still get the same amount (weight) of dough. I promise you subway employees could make 13 inch subs with the bread that is weighed out for each loaf. It's just some people don't stretch it right. So subway didn't gain ANY MONEY by doing this WHAT SO EVER!
Melanie

January 24, 2013 at 10:07 am

I hope they loose. I can't believe you would care so much because of that inch or maybe two. Who gives a crap?! You order food; you eat the damn food. It's that simple. NJ is already in bad shape and trying to put the pieces back together after the hurricane. Stop making things worse and putting a bad name to your state.