A right pickle: Subway lose court case and must ensure their sandwiches are measured before sale

Have you ever gone into a Subway store and ordered yourself a nice footlong sub, only to go outside, take out your measuring tape and realise that the sandwich is not actually 12 inches long? Nope. Me neither.

One disgruntled Australian teenager did though, and it has caused a lawsuit to be taken against the world famous sandwich company. His picture of a '12-inch' sub alongside a ruler showed that it was only 11 inches long, and it sparked hundreds of complaints from customers all over the world. Hundreds also took legal action against the company, and following a pledge to make sure that all sandwiches would be the correct size, Subway agreed to pay $1000 compensation to each complainant.

They have now agreed to start measuring their subs before they go on sale in an attempt to prevent further disgruntlement amongst customers.