Maybe that’s true but it seems that bringing frivolous lawsuits and losing them is a poor way to make a name for yourself. Maybe they are hoping for a settlement as a business decision.
My daughter is a former sandwich artist at Subway. Her last day was this week.
She’s mentioned being disgusted by the tuna before but it was because the tuna/mayo mix is actually more mayo than tuna. In her own words it’s a “small packet of tuna and huge packet of mayo” mixed together. She never mentioned anything about it not appearing to be fish or tuna.
I visited a local Subway last week. I could see into the food prep area and noticed 3 large cans of Starkist tuna on a shelf.
The updated version of That’s Not Yogurt
How dusty were they?
:flees:
Better ‘n “Friskies”.
Once had a roommate who was on the large size. He’d make “healthy” tuna salad with almost a whole freakin’ jar of mayo. Yecch.
Kind of like how Breyer’s is almost ice cream?
This is a notice for people who are allergic to cherries. It’s basically saying that the same machinery is used for the Eat-More and the chocolate covered cherries. Traces of cherry could transfer.
Yes, it’s an allergy notice, but I read an article that said Lowney’s would re-use broken Cherry Blossoms in their Eat-More process. My Google skills are failing me, though.
It’s those giant catfish that dwell at the bottom of dams.
There was a local news story a few years ago of a local restaurant that found itself in quite a scandal over having “fake burgers”, they would buy $1 cheeseburgers from McDonalds, add lettuce onions and tomatoes to them and sell them as “Deluxe Burgers” for $5 each and since they were right outside the main gate of the local military base that had no burger places in the Base Exchange they made a TON of money.
Perhaps some minimal settlement, or they have some pigeons for clients who will pay the bill on a losing effort. Most likely, there is a bit more to this story that would explain things.
If Subway settled, they would give the impression that there might be something to the accusation. They absolutely can’t do that.
Definitely not saying they don’t.
If it’s not tuna, I would expect it to be a mix of tuna and other “meaty” things, like textured vegetable protein. You’d get a decent tuna flavor if it were half or 2/3 tuna and the rest was bland.
I can’t stand Subways food, and find the claim plausible. Except that they were JUST in the news for having cut their chicken with something soy-based, and it seems like dumb business practice to get caught again.
I’m guessing that the tuna falls victim to the same misperception as the tea in tea bags.
Tea bag tea isn’t necessarily the beautiful looking whole tea leaves that you see sold as looseleaf tea. It’s the other stuff- the too small, broken, etc… tea that can be put into a tea bag and still be useful. It’s like applesauce in the sense of it’s made from something that isn’t maybe up to the aesthetic standards for certain sorts of retail, but is perfectly useful in other ways.
I wonder if Subway tuna is some kind of fish that’s technically tuna, but not always considered to be “tuna”, or something like that…
In 2013, 59% of the fish sold in restaurants as tuna was something else. The most common species mislabeled as tuna was escolar, also known as “white tuna.”
I saw a Reddit thread with Subway employees discussing this yesterday. All agreed that it’s tuna.
Good quality tuna might be the single tastiest food there is. Outside of Japan, it may not be available at all. Inside Japan, the price charged for fresh fatty tuna can be eye-watering. In Canada, you’d be lucky to find a jar of tuna belly, which is still far from the best.
Fresh fish is a tough ingredient for general restaurants. Expensive. Perishable. You might not want to eat it on certain days of the weak. This does not justify mislabeling in restaurants, which might and does occur upchannel too - from the distributor or fisherfolk. But there is a reason it happens, and reasons why Red Lobster serve a lot of freeze-and-thaw seafood in its most popular platters.
Canned tuna is not at all the same league - skipjack is not sushi grade. Keeps a long time. Cheap at any store. Much cheaper in bulk, then diluted much more with mayo. Say Subway had access to something cheaper. People know what tuna tastes like. Bad publicity would hurt sales. People sue due to allergies. It’s not very credible.
To be honest, I was slightly surprised that Subway restaurants make the tuna salad in the restaurants, from canned tuna and mayo. The supermarket deli sections sell prepared tuna salad, so I expected that would be how Subway would get it as well.