Subway sandwiches are not sized, and complaints are spreading on the Internet

>Subway sandwiches are not sized, and complaints are spreading on the Internet (Alberta Times) Sandwiches sold by the American sandwich chain Subway...

(Alberta Times)

Sandwiches sold by the American sandwich chain Subway are facing strong protests from consumers online. Angry consumers began protesting after an Australian customer claimed, using photos, that one of the company's popular foot-long sandwiches was misbranded, the Los Angles Times reported.

According to the photo posted by the customer on Subway's Facebook page, he put together a large amount of tomatoes, onions, olives, bread and a tape measure. The picture showed that the sandwich was only 11 inches long, not a foot long (11 inches). The photo was accompanied by a "Please come back" message from Subway. Sandwich size is important to many Subway customers. Photos of swarms of imitators have appeared on social networking sites, including one comparing a sandwich to a sock-wearing foot.

Facebook user David Moran wrote on Subway's profile: "I will not go back to Subway until you either drop the word Foot Long or add an inch to the sandwich. This ad is false."

"New York Post" Post reporters bought seven "foot-long" sandwiches in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens and found four were smaller than advertised.

A Facebook user who said he once worked at Subway defended the chain. She wrote on the company's Facebook: "It's not easy to make bread perfect. So, please calm down."

To avoid similar complaints in the future, McDonald's specifically noted on its website that the "Quarter Pounder with Cheese" weighs 4 ounces "before cooking" (a quarter pound). On its Facebook this week, restaurant chain Applebee's posted a picture of one of its seafood dishes with the caption, "We believe low-calorie doesn't have to mean taking shortcuts." It's an obvious joke on Subway. More than 30,000 people liked this announcement.