Subway: 'Footlong' just a name, not a size

upi ^ | Jan. 19, 2013

[JoeProBono]

NEW YORK, - The U.S. restaurant chain Subway said this week its Footlong brand is the name of a sandwich line, not a guarantee each sandwich is a foot long.

The chain said on its Australian Facebook page there is no guarantee each footlong sub would measure 12 inches.

"Subway Footlong is a registered trademark as a descriptive name for the sub sold in Subway Restaurants and not intended to be a measurement of length," the statement said.

ABC News said a tempest started brewing when an Australian teenager went online to state he had measured a sandwich he had purchased at Subway and found it to be 11 inches in length.

The revelation led the New York Post to confirm not-quite foot-longs were being sold in the Big Apple.

Subway told ABC it strives for a 12-inch bun but the vagaries of commercial baking make it difficult to guarantee the results 100 percent of the time.

[JoeProBono]

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

The same paper said that, almost as importantly, each American owes $50,000, because of the federal deficit, and if unfunded mandates are factored in, each American owes over $200,000.

Yeah, I'm worried about 11" foot-longs.

[JoeProBono]

[Sacajaweau]

Of course the "footlong" is "nominal" but I'm sure they all weigh the same....

And once it's "loaded", the "footlong" is no longer valid.

[From The Deer Stand]

Gee, I suppose the next thing we’ll have to worry about is what Justin Bieber is up to these days.

[JoeProBono]

[from occupied ga]

each American owes over $200,000.

Simple math, but let's do the 0bama math. first, the beloved poor don't pay anything, and since this by 0's definition hits the bottom 50% of tax files, then about 50% of us owe $400,000 each and the parasites owe nothing (in fact they're the source of most of this debt.) But this isn't right either.

The top 5% pays 59% of the taxes, so this means if on average the $400,000 is spread unevenly among the top 50% with the top 5% getting stuck with 59% of the debt, then the top 5% owe $2,329,999 and the next 45% owe $186,666. Now that's really what progressive means!

[PLMerite]

“’Footlong’ just a name, not a size”

I never got away with that excuse.

[southern rock]

'Footlong' just a name, not a size

Hence my nickname, "Johnny 9-Inch".

[Dr. Sivana]

"Subway Footlong is a registered trademark as a descriptive name for the sub sold in Subway Restaurants and not intended to be a measurement of length,"

That's ridiculous. I suppose, then, that their "Six inch" subs, which are the faux footlongs cut in half, also are described as a trademark. Even McDonalds' "Quarter Pounders" supposedly weigh 4 ounces (before cooking).Not that we can ever check.

Subway was founded in Milford, CT, a stone's throw from the great grinder delis and restaurants of the greater New Haven area. In the early days, they made their money by being open late enough to service the drunkies and potheads, and by heavy use of 2 for 1 coupons, and of course, a willingness to become a chain, something that is a sign of success in the Midwest, but a symbol o being "nothing special" in the northeast.

Subway also made tidy profits by shredding the lettuce and skimping on the meat. If you are in Wallingford, CT, skip Subway, and go to Rosa's Deli, where the footlong grinders are 14" long, and you can get a superior Suppresata sub for the price of salami at Subway, and an Italian sausage grinder with sauce made by real Italian ladies from Italy (get it with peppers, mmmmmm!). In other towns in CT/NY/NJ, ask around for the local Rosa's equivalent.

[Walmartian]

They should have named it the 2x4.

[knife6375]

I would think the white hut would back Subway on this one. The mooch is all about telling us fat people to eat less. Doomburg should also support the shorter sub.

[JoeProBono]

[Hardastarboard]

I am given to understand that someone on this board by the name of Lazamataz may have committed the same unfortunate faux pas with several young ladies. Since I do not know Mr. ‘Mataz personally, I cannot vouch for the veracity of this claim.

[BerryDingle]

with sauce made by real Italian ladies from Italy

Are the ladies flown in everyday, or is the sauce?

[BuffaloJack]

Subway has footlong and 6-inch. They are clearly stating the length and it is unambiguous.
Selling 11” and 5-1/2” instead of foot-long and 6 inch is clearly cheating the customers.

[BuffaloJack]

Subway has footlong and 6-inch. They are clearly stating the length and it is unambiguous.
Selling 11” and 5-1/2” instead of foot-long and 6 inch is clearly cheating the customers.

[Dr. Sivana]

I remember when Rosa's opened, right across the street from Holy Trinity Church. A small operation started by Rosa, just "off the boat" from Italy, in her (estimated) late 20s at the time. She brought her parents. Before long, three generations working in that small area, making sauce, cutting meat, polenta on Thursday. They made their mark then with their 14" long 99 cent combo subs (cheap meats on that one, but got people in the door). Then I discovered her sausage and pepper grinders and suppresata (think salami squared!). Finally I found a place that matched Angelo's in North Haven on meatballs and sausage, and surpassed on cold cuts. Although King Angelo still had the best apizza that side of New Haven. (Angelo's is gone now)

My most daring event with a Rosa's sub was when I stuck an entire 14"er into my snorkel jacket pocket with the large hole, went to the Meriden Theatre, and ate an entire meatball grinder at the movies. Good times.

[Dr. Sivana]

Are the ladies flown in everyday, or is the sauce?

Rosa and her mom flew in once. But they just cannot stop making sauce! It is how temperamental Italian women keep their husbands.

[Arm_Bears]

This is a big marketing blunder.

It may not be in the same league as New Coke, but this will hurt Subway.