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A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit alleging Subway sandwiches were falsely advertised as being six or 12 inches long, even though they were not the advertised length. If you bought a Subway six-inch or footlong sandwich between Jan. 1, 2003 and Oct. 2, 2015, your rights may be affected by the class action settlement.
Plaintiffs Nguyen Buren, John Farley, Vincent Gotter, Barry Gross, Jason Leslie, Ayanna Nobles, Charles Noah Pendrak, Andrew Roseman, Richard Springer and Zana Zeqiri allege that footlong sandwiches sold at Subway restaurants are marketed as being 12 inches in length, when in fact they are not 12 inches long. The plaintiffs allege that similar representations are made about the length of six-inch Subway sandwiches. According to the Subway class action lawsuit, these alleged business practices violate state consumer protection statutes.
Doctor’s Associates Inc., the franchisor of Subway stores, denies the allegations and maintains that its business practices and marketing are entirely lawful. However, it has agreed to settle the Subway sandwich class action lawsuit to avoid the risks, delay and costs of a trial.
The proposed Subway class action settlement will require Doctor’s Associates Inc. to make or to continue with certain changes regarding Subway six-inch or footlong sandwiches. No money is available to Class Members under the terms of the settlement.
Class Members who wish to object to the Subway class action settlement must do so no later than Dec. 16, 2015.
Who’s Eligible
Class Members of the Subway class action settlement include anyone who purchased a six-inch or footlong sandwich from a Subway restaurant between Jan. 1, 2003 and Oct. 2, 2015.
Potential Award
No money is available to Class Members under the terms of the Subway sandwich settlement. However, it does provide substantial injunctive relief.
If approved, the Subway sandwich settlement will require Doctor’s Associates Inc. (the company that sells franchises for Subway restaurants) to make changes that are meant to help ensure that Subway sandwiches are the advertised length.
Some of the changes agreed to under the terms of the Subway class action settlement include:
- Requiring franchisees to use a tool for measuring bread, to ensure that the bread sold to customers is either six or 12 inches long;
- Requiring regular inspections to be made to ensure that the baked bread is at least 12 inches long;
- Requiring regular inspections of ovens to ensure they are in regular working order;
- Increasing penalties for non-compliance for Subway restaurants that are found to be using bread that is not at least 12 inches long;
- Updating all training materials, protocols and franchisee communications to require sandwiches to be at least six or 12 inches in length; and
- Requiring franchisees to add the following notice in each Subway restaurant: “due to natural variations in the bread baking process, the size and shape of bread may vary.”
Proof of Purchase
N/A. Because this settlement only offers injunctive relief, no money is available. If the settlement is approved, Class Members will automatically benefit from the changes listed above.
Claim Form Deadline
N/A. Because this settlement only offers injunctive relief, no money is available. If the settlement is approved, Class Members will automatically benefit from the changes listed above.
Case Name
In re: Subway Footlong Sandwiches Sales and Marketing Practices Litigation, MDL No. 2439, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Final Hearing
1/15/2016
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32 thoughts onSubway Footlong Sandwich Class Action Settlement
Wow and with the size of my family I usally buy 6 footlongs every 2 weeks. We love subway. But think about it!!!!!! Longer bread means less meat and you really dont get much anyway. We always order double meat!!
I heard that Jared was trying to get into a smaller size of pants!
*snort* HA!!!!
After eating Subway at least once a week sometimes more for many years, I quit about 8 months ago and have only gone a couple times since them. I got tired of the lettuce always being brown and some of the vegetables not looking like something I wanted to eat. I was told by an employee once that the lettuce always looked like that, at which I replied then you need to change suppliers. Firehouse subs have now gotten my business. If Subway is to cheap to settle with a payment to those of us that used them, they could at least give out Subs to make up for their being so cheap.
now they are going to stop putting antibiotics in the meat as well as there paint ingredients in the bread, glad I got deprived , let Jared eat it and get sick, it taste nasty ,quit eating there years ago, the lawyers need the money to bail Jared out of trouble, we got relief now they say, huh we got the shaft is what we got and who cares if the ovens is working right and they are going to Increase penalties for non-compliance ,and what would that be?
now that’s two ways they have deprived us of our DOE!
typical
CARLOS, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! IF ENOUGH PEOPLE, AS A PERCENTAGE, OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT BY INVESTING ONE POSTAGE STAMP ON AN OBJECTION LETTER, THEN THE CASE WOULD GO BACKWARDS AND BASICALLY START OVER WITH NEW PERAMETERS.
I wonder if the lawyers are getting money on this?? Nah,,, I don’t wonder. I know.We should all object to the settlement terms.
I was thinking the same
The attorneys are getting $525,000. The lead class members are each getting $500. Scumbag lawyers prevail again!
SINCE THERE IS NO MONETARY RELIEF, CLASS MEMBERS CAN ONLY BENEFIT BY DINING ANYWHERE BUT SUBWAY…JARED APPEARS TO ALSO HAVE STAYED AWAY FROM SUBWAY FOR AWHILE AS HIS CUISINE HAS BEEN MINOR CHILDREN. WHERE IS KAZEROUNI LAW GROUP WHEN YOU NEED THEM–THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MAYBE $8 MIL FOR A SETTLEMENT FUND. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF MY !…
I have a feeling that even Jared didn’t measure 6 inches long! ;)
HA!!!
Yet another giant gets away with murder. Lawyers get millions and consumers get zilch. Why not make Subway give out coupons for free subs at least. Anyone reading this push back and object to the zero settlement, Make subway pay in some sorta way.
I completely agree! My thought also was to offer a coupon book for some FREE subs, at LEAST!!!