Subway has reached a settlement agreement in a case alleging its “footlong”
sandwiches were not 12 inches in length. In re Subway Footlong
Sandwich Mktg. & Sales Practices Litig., MDL No. 2439 (E.D. Wis.,
settlement agreement filed September 29, 2015). Under the agreement,
Subway will require its franchisees to “use a tool for measuring bread in
each Subway® restaurant to help ensure that the bread sold to customers
is either 6 or 12 inches long” and will check for compliance during its
monthly franchise inspections, with an increase in penalties for failure
to measure up. If the court approves the agreement, Subway will pay
each class representative $1,000 and the class counsel’s attorney fees of
$525,000, but no monetary awards will be distributed to class members.
Additional information about the lawsuit appears in Issues 468 and 487
of this Update.

 

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