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Chicago Lawsuit Claims Subway Short-Changing Customers On Footlongs
CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) – A subway customer has filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago, alleging the sandwich store’s popular “Footlong” subs aren’t really a foot long.
As CBS 2’s Pamela Jones reports, when it comes to Subway sandwiches, size matters to customers.
The lawsuit – which seeks class-action status – includes photos of a Footlong sub that measures less than 11 inches long.
Subway sells Footlong subs at all of its stores, but the lawsuit alleges that’s not what its customers get every time.
It claims the company behind Subway restaurants acted “fraudulently and deceptively,” by pumping out ads that promise Footlong sandwiches, which often turn out to be smaller than advertised.
“They clearly state that the length of the sub is one foot, and I don’t see how it could be any clearer than that,” attorney Tom Zimmerman said.
But Zimmerman said consumers are getting shorted at stores across the country, with sandwiches that are sometimes less than 11 inches.
With a ruler held up next to the sandwich she had just bought, one woman said it appeared her Footlong was only about 10 inches long.
“I think it’s messed up,” she said.
dapenguin
January 24th, 2013
You do remember that all the subways in Chicago agreed to make slightly shorter sandwiches by cutting off the last several inches of each sandwich and giving them to moose.
Boobie the Rocket Dog
January 24th, 2013
Waiting for the feminazi response: “The sandwich was measured by a MAN.”
Foot Long?
January 24th, 2013
It’s just an expression. I’ve been saying its a foot long for years,but is only 9″.
B. Hussein Obama
January 24th, 2013
Well, I just love a footlong …
and every inch counts!
No, not a sammich, you silly!
Anonymous
January 24th, 2013
Ah, the old joke that women don’t make good engineers and architects, because they were always told 4″ was 6″.
thirdtwin
January 24th, 2013
In my crystal ball, I see a Chicago jury full of fat fucks who buy subway sandwiches with EBT cards.
theJadedBarrel
January 24th, 2013
Who cares about Subway! I’ve been short changed to. However, Thank you lady for debunking the “Size doesn’t matter” theory!
MemphisRebel
January 24th, 2013
I’m sure Subway will come back and say that the bread was a foot long beofre it went into the oven. That’s how McDoogal’s get’s away with the quarter-pounder (fine print: “weight before cooking”).
Which reminds me of a very crude and tasteless joke that I’m gonna share anayway…
What do you call an anorexic with a yeast infection?
A quarter pounder with cheese.
JimBob
January 24th, 2013
My boot is 12.5 inches
Stirrin the B.S.
January 24th, 2013
This posting proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Cardigan is a female. No man would have touched this topic with a 9’10″ pole.
grayscape
January 24th, 2013
What’s up with Chicago?
Stupid lawsuits…dog-hating cops….marxist dictators…
12inchMooch
January 24th, 2013
Subway? Barky gets the full 12 inches most Friday nights.
Reggie delivers.
Mary Jane Anklestraps
January 24th, 2013
They’re suing over INCHES? How about suing over TASTE? lol.
You know what though? They’re right. If you advertise as footlong, it better be a foot long.
You heard me.
Pickled Liver
January 24th, 2013
How many Foot long hot dogs are really a foot long? Never really thought they were!
Now I guess they’ll have to advertise subs ranging in size from 9 to 11 inch’s!
Don’t these people have a life?
Boobie the Rocket Dog
January 24th, 2013
Chicago trial lawyers have to compensate for striking out on Division Street.
Hey, my FOOT is 11 inches long, but a size 13. Definitions!!!
cfm990
January 24th, 2013
Acording to subway: I am sooo above average.
Wyatt, Insensitive Progressive Jerk
January 24th, 2013
I ordered a Subway foot-long sandwich, and it was actually 13″ long. Do I owe Subway a refund?
The Mad German
January 24th, 2013
I’m surprised Chicago hasn’t started sueing oil companies for their 9/10′s gallon of gas.
Corruptville has got to come up with funds somehow for their pension shortages they’ve bilked.
m00pa
January 24th, 2013
I wait until they buy lumber … thier heads will explode.
Jethro
January 24th, 2013
When I first glanced at the title I thought the city of shitcago had legalized male prostitution, but only underground…
F.D.R. in Hell
January 24th, 2013
I thought they had machines that pinched off the logs…er.. I mean, loaves at 12 inches.
Eleanor in Hell
January 24th, 2013
Mister Two Inches, you’re one to talk about size.
F.D.R. in Hell
January 24th, 2013
Babs, sweetie, is that what made you become a switch-hitter?
And I’m not referring to Mickey Mantle.
Eleanor in Hell
January 24th, 2013
No, Franklin. It was your playing ball with my secretary, Lucy Mercer.
Now, let’s drop this talk before we’re banned for hijacking the thread.
Carlos The Jackal
January 25th, 2013
“In a surprise move, Subway has said it will begin serving actual 6″ long dill pickles to make up for the deficit.”