Did Subway just clapback at the haters in response to fake tuna charges?
In the interest of context, we all know this isn’t the first time the restaurant has had everyone raising their eyebrows about food.
Last October, so yep, pretty recent, the Irish Supreme Court had ruled that the bread purveyed by the chain contains so much sugar that it cannot legally be considered bread.
And now the next phase of Subway’s supposedly questionable food offerings doesn’t come from what ‘bread’ they use to make their sandwiches, but rather, what is actually going in them.
As reported by the Washington Post, a lawsuit has now been filed against Subway, and alleges that the ingredient which they call tuna, actually has no tuna in it at all.
The lawsuit claims that, “Consumers are consistently misled into purchasing the products for the commonly known and/or advertised benefits and characteristics of tuna when in fact no such benefits could be had, given that the products are in fact devoid of tuna.”
As per the lawsuit, the attorney for one of the plaintiff alleges that, “based on independent lab tests”, the tuna is “a mixture of various concoctions that do not constitute tuna, yet have been blended together by defendants to imitate the appearance of tuna.”
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A Subway representative has responded to the claims, stating that they “are without merit.” And also that majority of the tuna used in Subway sandwiches is “wild-caught”.
And the Subway chain is handling this is quite a peculiar way. It’s definitely not seeming like they want this one to fade away quietly. No, instead, they’ve hit back at the claims, slapping a 15% discount code: ITSREAL, front and centre of their website.
The code is also accompanied by a message which states, “100% real wild caught tuna 100% delicious.”
What do you think?
