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With over 37,000 locations in more than 100 countries, Subway is one of the most omnipresent restaurant chains in the world!
Since its rise, dozens of chains have come along hoping to mimic its success. But did you know the brand’s story originally started in 1965 when a broke 17-year-old bootstrapper tried to find a way to fund his college education?
With the simple words, “Let’s open a submarine sandwich shop,” a 35-year-old nuclear physicist changed the boy’s life forever. And although the kid had never run a business (or even made a sub!), he soon became an accidental sandwich tycoon!
Want to learn more about Fred DeLuca’s story?
Start Small Finish Big: Fifteen Key Lessons to Start - and Run - Your Own Successful Business [book]
Sources
Fred DeLuca
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_DeLuca
franchisesales.co.uk/resources/articles/subway-franchise-the-story-of-fred-deluca-and-subway
theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/careers-leadership/subways-fred-deluca-the-accidental-sandwich-tycoon/article14052931
indiatoday.in/food-drink/food/story/subway-founder-fred-deluca-birthday-biggest-fast-food-chain-lifefd-344617-2016-10-03
entrepreneur.com/article/313130
yahoo.com/lifestyle/subway-founder-unfortunate-piece-left-144600570.html
inc.com/magazine/201305/burt-helm/how-i-did-it-fred-deluca-subway.html
Jared Fogle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Fogle
Milad Mirg
youtube.com/c/MiladMirg
Subway
subway.com/en-US/AboutUs/History
entrepreneur.com/article/219062
youtube.com/watch?v=DWRLZtYrH8E&t
restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/subway-loses-its-sandwich-dominance
thetakeout.com/subway-not-exactly-on-a-roll-plans-to-close-500-stores-1825570305
thetakeout.com/subway-wants-25-percent-more-payment-from-franchisees-1846982858
nypost.com/2017/12/13/struggling-subway-is-now-facing-a-franchisee-revolt
elisabethdelucaopenletter.com
eatthis.com/news-subway-ignores-franchisees-open-letter
thehustle.co/the-rise-and-demise-of-subways-5-footlong-promotion
youtube.com/watch?v=1rb3bMvDdX4
With over 37,000 locations in more than 100 countries, Subway is one of the most omnipresent restaurant chains in the world!
Since its rise, dozens of chains have come along hoping to mimic its success. But did you know the brand’s story originally started in 1965 when a broke 17-year-old bootstrapper tried to find a way to fund his college education?
With the simple words, “Let’s open a submarine sandwich shop,” a 35-year-old nuclear physicist changed the boy’s life forever. And although the kid had never run a business (or even made a sub!), he soon became an accidental sandwich tycoon!
Want to learn more about Fred DeLuca’s story?
Start Small Finish Big: Fifteen Key Lessons to Start - and Run - Your Own Successful Business [book]
Sources
Fred DeLuca
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_DeLuca
franchisesales.co.uk/resources/articles/subway-franchise-the-story-of-fred-deluca-and-subway
theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/careers-leadership/subways-fred-deluca-the-accidental-sandwich-tycoon/article14052931
indiatoday.in/food-drink/food/story/subway-founder-fred-deluca-birthday-biggest-fast-food-chain-lifefd-344617-2016-10-03
entrepreneur.com/article/313130
yahoo.com/lifestyle/subway-founder-unfortunate-piece-left-144600570.html
inc.com/magazine/201305/burt-helm/how-i-did-it-fred-deluca-subway.html
Jared Fogle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Fogle
Milad Mirg
youtube.com/c/MiladMirg
Subway
subway.com/en-US/AboutUs/History
entrepreneur.com/article/219062
youtube.com/watch?v=DWRLZtYrH8E&t
restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/subway-loses-its-sandwich-dominance
thetakeout.com/subway-not-exactly-on-a-roll-plans-to-close-500-stores-1825570305
thetakeout.com/subway-wants-25-percent-more-payment-from-franchisees-1846982858
nypost.com/2017/12/13/struggling-subway-is-now-facing-a-franchisee-revolt
elisabethdelucaopenletter.com
eatthis.com/news-subway-ignores-franchisees-open-letter
thehustle.co/the-rise-and-demise-of-subways-5-footlong-promotion
youtube.com/watch?v=1rb3bMvDdX4
