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.

[xrmusn]

As George C would say:

SHRINKAGE!!!!!!!

[Buckeye McFrog]

The election of the Fake White Indian tells me that America is about to enter a new Age of Nader where stuff like this will quite literally become a Federal Case.

[showme_the_Glory]

You can still buy $.05 cent candy bars but they come in $1.00 wrappers.

[Buckeye McFrog]

would think the white hut would back Subway on this one. The mooch is all about telling us fat people to eat less.

Ahh, but that would be wasting an opportunity. I suspect this could become an opening salvo for a campaign against Grrrrreeedy Eeeeeeevil Corporate Types who are "nickel and diming you" (to distract attention from the fact that the Dems have fired up the Shop Vac and are about to stick the nozzle into your pockets).

[I want the USA back]

Push or pull the ends of the loaf and the length changes. The amount of bread doesn’t.

I don’t care. This is just another attack on business by a rag posing as a newspaper, the New York Post.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

The real travesty is the chips. You open the bag and literally 2/3rds of it is empty. I guess it helps with the diet though.

[martin_fierro]

Every time I see one of Subway’s sports celebrity-laden ads, I can’t help wondering how much less each Subway sandwich would cost were it not for all those sports celebrities.

[JoeProBono]

[X-spurt]

An Oldtimer used to say, “its not how deep you plow, its how long you stay in the field that counts”.

[From The Deer Stand]

Great reply! Funny! I hope Justin isn’t upset if it isn’t a true 12-incher, but then males have fudged on inches for some time now.

[Daffynition]

HAHAHA! Imagine you came across Rosa’s of all places on this planet!

Cute place. Nice folks who run it. At *least * the ingredients they use, are much better quality than Subway. [But I do like Subway’s bread...a most important ingredient of a grinder]

Not sure what you call it where you’re from, but the proper *term* is *grinder.* Not hero, hoagie, or sub. :-P

[JoeProBono]

"A submarine sandwich, also known as a hero sandwich, Italian Sandwich, sub, hoagie, torpedo or grinder amongst many regional naming variations, is a sandwich that consists of a long roll of Italian or French bread, split lengthwise either into two pieces or opened in a "V" on one side, and filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, vegetables, seasonings, and sauces.[1] The sandwich has no standardized name, and many U.S. regions have their own names for it;[1] one study found 13 different names for the sandwich in the United States.[2] The usage of the several terms varies regionally but not in any pattern, as they have been used variously by the people and enterprises who make and sell them. The terms submarine and sub are widespread and not assignable to any certain region, though many of the localized terms are clustered in the northeast United States, where most Italian Americans live.[3]"

"Grinder (Italian-American slang for a dock worker)—New England.[5] Called grinder because it took a lot of chewing to eat the hard crust of the bread used. In Pennsylvania and Delaware, the term grinder refers to a sandwich that has been heated."

[houeto]

On the other hand, Hardy's $6 dollar Thickburger costs less than $6!!

[JoeProBono]

[Dr. Sivana]

"A submarine sandwich, also known as a hero sandwich, Italian Sandwich, sub, hoagie, torpedo or grinder amongst many regional naming variations,

They forgot "Po' Boy". I am starting to see "grinder" pop up in northern Illinois. I am not convinced that it has anything to do with the hardness of the bread, especially as a meatball or sausage and pepper grinder properly made will saturate the bread with so much sauce, that the original hardness of the Italian bread is no longer an issue.

Grinder is of course, the correct term, as they existed before modern submarines.

[William Tell]

BuffaloJack said: "Selling 11” and 5-1/2” instead of foot-long and 6 inch is clearly cheating the customers."

I've bought their product and I never felt cheated.

Scientists and engineers are taught about implicit precision.

There is a different expectation when buying a 1 foot long sandwich, a 1.0 foot long sandwich, and a 1.00 foot long sandwich. At 11.5 inches, Subway sandwiches meet the implied specification of being 1 foot long.

A 6.5 inch sandwich also meets the implied precision of "foot long", but then I would feel cheated.

[JoeProBono]

[Revolting cat!]

I miss dime stores, and songs about lacking a dime for the jukebox or a phone call!

[21twelve]

“You can still buy $.05 cent candy bars but they come in $1.00 wrappers.”

I recall getting candy bars as a youth at an old country store. I had a 25 cent Snickers in my hand. The old guy behind the counter said “Hold on - I think I have a ten-center back there and can save you some money!”

Even after opening it, it STILL smelled of kerosene from his heater and had to toss it out. And now with only 15 cents in my pocket couldn’t buy a good one. The old “you get what you pay for” learned at a young age.

[JoeProBono]