SUBWAY Timeline
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Updated: 14 Nov 2017
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First SUBWAY store opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut. First known as "Pete's Super Submarines' Founded by Fred DeLuca and Peter Buck, who offered to help DeLuca pay his college tuition by opening a sandwich shop together.Name changed to Pete's SUBWAYBy 1974, the duo owned and operated 16 submarine sandwich shops throughout Connecticut. Realizing they would not reach their 32 store goal in time, they franchised the company.200th SUBWAY restaurant300th SUBWAY restaurantFirst international restaurant in Bahrain500th SUBWAY restaurant and first restaurant in Puerto RicoFirst location in Canada1000th SUBWAY restaurant2000th SUBWAY restaurant5000th SUBWAY restaurantFirst SUBWAY restaurants in Japan and Saudi ArabiaMajor globalization of brand as SUBWAY restaurants open in China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Honduras, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, TaiwanSUBWAY restaurants open in Columbia, Denmark, Guatemala, Kuwait, Martinique, Nicaragua, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, VenezuelaCurrently, there are more than 44,000 SUBWAY restaurants around the world.Becomes fast food franchise with most locations, overtaking McDonalds.10000th SUBWAY restaurantHas locations in 102 countries
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