Hooray, now we can trust sandwiches again. (Picture: Scott Bairstow/Alamy)

Good news, fans of massive sandwiches. Subway’s footlong sandwiches will now actually be a foot long.

Wait. What?

In case you missed the sneaky goings on over at Subway, they’ve just settled up a lawsuit that’s been in process for the last two years.

It all started when people tweeted photos of their Subway sandwiches next to rulers and tape measures, showing quite clearly that their foot long sandwiches were coming up short.


Those pictures went viral, and a movement formed. A movement against bullsh*t sandwiches pretending to be something they’re not.

Footlongs are really only 11.5 inches. I did some math and figured out that @SUBWAY owes me $84 for 14 years of LIES! pic.twitter.com/2AkoJYI9rN — Tyler Parrish (@TBagzParrish) February 7, 2015

It wasn’t the case for ALL sandwiches, but there were definitely footlongs being sold that weren’t actually a foot long.

@SUBWAY your foot long is a LIE it is approximately 11 inches pic.twitter.com/2ANAE25eoC — chloe kardashian (@flannelsftniall) May 6, 2014

And six inch sandwiches that weren’t actually six inches. Madness.

6 inch @SUBWAY? I think not… More like 5 inches… pic.twitter.com/YAWXtAxcxG — John Potter (@jampotjohn) October 19, 2015

Anyway, after loads of complaints, Subway has proposed a new settlement which will require them to pay plaintiffs’ attorney fees and offer up to $1,000 (£646) to individual plaintiffs.



The settlement proposal also includes a promise to make sure footlong subs are indeed a foot long. Staff at franchises will now need to measure their bread to ensure foot long and six inch sandwiches meet length requirements.

So we’ll never be cheated out of an inch of doughy goodness again. Praise the sandwich gods*.

*The legal system.

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