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The sandwich lawsuit that put Subway’s ruler on trial

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A little financial fraud is fine until someone pulls out a measuring tape. Subway faced a massive class-action lawsuit and a PR nightmare when an Australian teenager simply laid a ruler next to his sandwich and exposed it as merely 11 inches. This minor shrinkage saved millions in hidden bread costs globally, but proved that consumers will tolerate mystery meat, but they will not tolerate bad math.

The sandwich lawsuit that put Subway’s ruler on trial
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