The biggest chain of restaurants in the world - it's not McDonald's, and Subway





At the beginning of 2011, the restaurant chain Subway, which sells sandwiches, McDonald ousted from the throne, becoming the world's largest network: 35606 restaurants in 96 countries. This success was largely facilitated by the fact that, unlike its main competitor, the network Subway franchise operates on the principle: anyone can buy a franchise and open a restaurant.





A few interesting facts about the Subway:

1. Subway belongs to the "Association of Physicians» (Doctor's Associates Inc.). Quite a strange name for a private company engaged in fast food. The origin of the name is explained by the history of Subway - the first restaurant was opened in 1965. Fred DeLuca, a 17-year old student of American Medical Colleges, which needed the money to pay for education. Together with another student, they decided to sell sandwiches at a kiosk, and it went so well that by the end of college, Fred, it was decided to remain seized of the restaurant business, not medicine.

2. Subway is everywhere, for example, on US military bases, including in Iraq, several restaurants and two restaurants in the building of the Pentagon. Moreover, one of the Pentagon Subway, took the 8th place in the list of the best fast food restaurants in the world.

3. Unlike other known networks, Restaurants Subway only represented the Russian Far East: Vladivostok has 2 restaurants.





via factroom.ru

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