Subway agrees to start measuring sandwiches

Popular sandwich chain Subway have been sued by customers who claim they are guilty of false advertising.

According to the New York Observer, two men from New Jersey sued the sandwich giant, claiming the famous 'foot-long' sandwiches were not actually 12 inches in length.

A spate of social media posts in Australia also came from plenty of Subway customers who were not satisfied with the length of their sandwiches.

After working on a settlement for nearly two years, Subway have vowed that they will start measuring the sandwiches to make sure that they really are as long as they say they are.

The litigation states: "Instituting or maintaining a requirement that franchises 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."

Subway has also agreed to pay nearly half a million dollars in attorney fees

This is the latest in a line of public relations issues for the sandwich chain. Last year the chain announced that it would be removing an ingredient from its bread that was also found in yoga mats.

Just last week an Oregon branch of the restaurant also made headlines when a customer found a dead rat inside their sandwich, only to be handed a $6 refund.