MSE News: Our 11-inch 'footlong' Subway shock: does your sub fall short?

_Andy_

What thrilling journalism.

Eliza_2

The thing that jumped out at me in this story was the fact that the person who makes the sandwich is called a 'sandwich artist'. On a par with 'colleague'.

lindseykim13

People are saying the complaint is the fact subway have called it a foot long which means it should measure a foot? how do we know who's foot they used to measure it though and what size they were?

Can't see the complaint myself unless they named it the 30.48cms long then we don't know what type of foot they are talking about here...

standingupformyself

This thread is making me wonder why Subway are allowed to advertise/sell a "Foot Long" as this is an imperial measurement and also other foods have to be sold in metric!

DaveAA

If they are forced to make it longer, they'll just make it narrower or thinner-or both-and you'll still end up with less food.

John_Gray

Eliza wrote: »

The thing that jumped out at me in this story was the fact that the person who makes the sandwich is called a 'sandwich artist'. On a par with 'colleague'.

Yes, this always amuses me, too.
Like the job title of "barista" for a coffee machine operator. :rotfl:

stephen77

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stephen77

standingupformyself wrote: »

This thread is making me wonder why Subway are allowed to advertise/sell a "Foot Long" as this is an imperial measurement and also other foods have to be sold in metric!

Legally sandwiches do not have to be sold with a weight or measure on. So does not need any metric measurements present.

stephen77

lindseykim13 wrote: »

People are saying the complaint is the fact subway have called it a foot long which means it should measure a foot? how do we know who's foot they used to measure it though and what size they were?

Can't see the complaint myself unless they named it the 30.48cms long then we don't know what type of foot they are talking about here...

I would expect it to based on a british foot?
is that 30.48cm?

stephen77

I would expect subway to have done numerous trials to ensure there rolls meet a minimum length especially if advertised as a foot long. What this length is in metric I do not know.

Dependant on what foot they are doing I would assume they have a target length and min / max they want to achieve. If the shop rolls do not lie with in a tolerance acceptable, for the rolls to be thrown away.
I am not familar enough with subway brand standards to know what consistency they are after.

This will be based on post baking length (but pre-cut). When you cut the roll they can loose a few mls in length as with the cutting motion breaks up a little of the crumb structure so the roll pulls back on its self.

The whole issue could be down to not using a British foot or some where along the production line of the roll, some not doing there job properly and using substandard rolls.