Subway, the Sandwich Cheaters

I think people ought to find something better to do with their time.

I thought the same thing as you, to be honest I have never measured my bread. Not that I go out often though. I normally only go when it is free for me. But I know some who spend half their paycheques at fas t food, and they would do something like this to get their money's worth.

I guess people who frequent Subway would definitely feel cheated. An inch of bread or sandwich is still profit for companies like Subway. Sometimes we don't really notice it, but a lot of our food portions in fast foods have been cut down. Some reasons are in order to cut down the calories, and the most pressing reason is profit. Your story makes me laugh though, because who in the world would get a ruler and measure a sandwich then complain about it? That person must have a lot of time on their hands to think and do such.

wow that was interesting to me. yes I eat at subway. they have good sandwiches. it is great when everyone in the house wants something different. the prices are pretty reasonable to. I have never actually came . home and measured my sandwich but after reading that I told my husband that I want to the next time just for a few laughs. no I am not going to go to the store and complain because things cook differently each time you can't make sure it doesn't shrink. there isn't much you can do. I use to work in a subway and never thought about measuring it and I never experienced someone telling me it was the wrong size. that makes me wonder about the 6 in sub....no one measures it out before they cut it for the customer. they just look for the middle cut it in half. s o me are b ok ghee than others some are even and some are not. there is no real way to make it perfect each time.

doesnt surprise me a bit.. I bet many stores and places do that everywhere. So wrong.

I don't eat at Subway, but I buy a footlong for my daughter occasionally. She eats half of it for the current meal, and saves half for the next. The way many companies are downsizing their products these days, it wouldn't surprise me if their footlongs aren't really a foot long.

I agree with you perhaps it's the length before the bread rises and bakes? People are all about things being misrepresented and how they can fatten their wallet over it. So I bet with other items that are supposed to be such and such long people will be measuring hoping they can line their pocket as well. Though you know too they don't have it disclosed like restaurants do with burgers where it's 1/3lb before cooking kind of labeling with the item. And who know's maybe someone else thought of the weight needed to be more detailed to avoid such things and now people are taking out measuring tapes instead of scales.

I can assure you that Subway isn't the only ones cheating their very customers and I am saying for a fact that along with other chains I had visited in China - the KFC, McDonald's and Pizza Huts as well, where they are all shortchanging customers like you and me. There are a lot of others but I have to blame these international chains for setting these bad examples. It does not matter even if the foot long sandwich is half an inch short but the principle behind. The quality control which value these businesses promised are what its about. BTW, I thought this is actually happening in Perth, Australia. http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/subway-foot-longs-coming-short-191925939--abc-news-deals.html Anyway, I hope that these rip-offs would be reported more often where to a stage it will drive these businesses back on their morality seat.

I do not eat a lot at Subway, but when I do I really like their sandwiches. They are properly filled with everything I order, nicely wrapped and taste good. There are and always will be people who complain for one reason or another. My personal opnion is that this is a big company and wants to keep cstomers comming in through their doors. They will not go so cheap to cut 1 inch of their sandwiches, for sure. Also I'm sure that the stores themselves do not bake the buns, but receive from a bakery. The company has more than sure also quality inspectors that make sure everything goes by the book. I think that people just like to find something to complain about. Not all of them, but those that do cmplain, try to influence others into believing them. It's always much easier to find something bad to complain about than find something good and make a compliment.

I don't eat at Subway as often now as I used to, but that isn't to say that I don't love their food because I do. Now me, I'm not going to be one that complains that my footlong sub is only 11 inches instead of 12 inches, heck it is still far more than I am able to eat in one setting, I will usually eat off of a foot long sub twice. I believe that the bread dough is measured prior to cooking and then while it is baking, it contracts length wise and expands height wise. But still, why complain if it is a little bit short, those lost calories certainly aren't hurting anyone in the obese world that we are living in right now.

I don't really think an inch more or less matters in a sandwich. The products from Subway are healthy and good, so I'm not gonna complain.

A more spendy business is Quiznos, but spending more is worth it, once a month.

I'm not really shocked. No fast food is ever as big or as perfect as it appears to be. The fact that Subway's 12 inchers are smaller by one inch is really nothing to get up in arms about. I think it's a bit silly. But then again, I usually don't get the bigger subs. I get a 6 inch, have it cut in half, and go about my day. I couldn't believe all the fuss when I heard it. I didn't need the report to tell me that. I could easily look at the sandwich and tell it was on about 11 inches. We rarely eat their subs anyway. There are way too many local places that do it better and don't have all the sodium to boot.

This was a crazy and ridiculous lawsuit and of course it never went anywhere because it was crazy and ridiculous and according to science, you could never guarantee each bread baked would be exactly the same size. But it was entertaining at the time. Of that there's no doubt.

I haven't had a sub from there in a long time! Maybe I better get the measuring tape out next time to make sure that I'm not getting ripped off ...haha!! Personally I couldn't be bothered to complain over something like that, I wouldn't want to look like a cheap person or go through any sort of drama.

A lot of products have been shrinking over the years. We have called them foot longs so long that even if they aren't now people will shill call them foot longs. I think its great to know there is a healthy fast food today that you don't have to avoid the place.

its been ages , but yeah I've had their subs. Only a complete spazz would complain about that 1 inch missing off. I wouldn't give it another thought. Really they're doing us a favor. Americans have already gotten "plumped" up enough as it is.

Any way a company can cut back and still charge the same amount (or more), they will. If you're ever in the grocery store and see a product that says something to the effect of "new improved taste," pay attention to the size of the package. Guaranteed that they added more salt and other preservatives/fillers and subsequently took out protein and other food items. You're getting less food, and they try to fool you with new flavors. Some places just cut back and make no bones about it. Speaking of sandwiches, my favorite sandwich place used to be Blimpie. I would get a roast beef with provolone, mayonnaise, banana peppers, oil and vinegar, and red pepper flakes, nice and toasted. They use to put like 8 pieces of roast beef on there. Then one day, the woman said "It's our new policy to only put 2 pieces of beef on a roast beef." Okay. So I had her make an extremely complicated sandwich, with all the fixins, and after she went through a 15-minute run of making it the way I wanted, I told her I changed my mind and walked out. She had to throw the sandwich away at that point, so my friend Joe talked her out of it. So he gave it back to me and I got it for free.

This is quite interesting. I don't think we have that in our country or haven't tried it yet. It is really not good to cheat eventhough it is a sandwhich. If it is less than 12" then it is a form of cheating already. If we can't be trusted in little things how much more of big things.