2007年是全球第三大的速食餐廳,次于百勝(34,000間分店)和麥當(dāng)勞(31,000間分店)。到2011年3月7日已經(jīng)超越百勝及麥當(dāng)勞,成為全球最多分店的快餐店,有34,218間。
SUBWAY起源于美國,全球加盟店超過26000家,遍布于八十余國,已成為國際速食業(yè)大軍的一個領(lǐng)先者。近幾年皆被美國「企業(yè)家」雜志評選為第一名的連鎖加盟系統(tǒng)。
弗雷德·德盧卡(Fred Deluca),“SUBWAY”三明治和沙拉店的創(chuàng)始人之一,當(dāng)時他還是一名17歲的高中畢業(yè)生。巴克博士曾在緬因州老家見過一家生意興旺的三明治倉品店,他覺得這種生意可以為這個熱情洋溢的學(xué)生打下創(chuàng)業(yè)基礎(chǔ)。1965年8月,弗雷德向巴克博士借了1,000美元,在康涅狄格州(Connecticut--CT)的布里波特辦起了第一家小店,出售新鮮的三明治。
加盟店數(shù)目標(biāo)達(dá)到200家之后,弗雷德宣布了他的最新最宏偉的目標(biāo);到1994年開辦經(jīng)營5,000家加盟店,僅在1991年他們就達(dá)到并超過了這一目標(biāo)。并在1995年達(dá)到10,000家,“SUBWAY”連鎖加盟店的總數(shù)于己超過15,000家,并且發(fā)展速度仍未減緩。事實(shí)上,我們以十一年開辦11,000多家“SUBWAY”連鎖加盟店的驚人業(yè)績寫下了一部加盟店的發(fā)展史,同時“SUBWAY”也將努力發(fā)展成為全球第一的連鎖加盟餐飲店。
Subway is the world’s most successful sandwich restaurant franchise. It was started in 1965 by Fred DeLuca who wanted to make extra cash selling sandwiches to finance his dream of becoming a doctor. They started franchising the Subway name and the company achieved quite remarkable growth. Today, it has almost 35,000 restaurants in 92 countries. It is the world’s second-largest restaurant chain. The principles of DeLuca in 1965 are the same today and a reason for its continued success. DeLuca believed in the “importance of serving a well-made, high quality product, providing excellent customer service, keeping operating costs low and finding great locations”. Several design and operating features are common to most stores – one is a map of the New York Subway, and another is employees called “Subway Sandwich Artists”.