At the time, Subway hadn't commented on the  controversy.  But they did over the weekend, with a statement that's a P.R.  NIGHTMARE.--First, they responded to the  person in Australia who posted the first photo.  They admitted that the sub  was, quote, "slightly undersized" and blamed it on the bread not being baked to  their standards.  

--That ignores EVERYONE ELSE who has posted photos of  11-inch subs.  So Subway ALSO said, quote, "FOOTLONG is a registered  trademark as a descriptive name . . . and not intended to be a measurement of  length." --That's right:  They  have no idea why you would expect a Subway footlong to be a foot  long.

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