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Subway IP LLC, [8] trading as Subway, is an American multinational fast food restaurant franchise that specializes in submarine sandwiches (subs) and wraps.It was founded by Fred DeLuca and financed by Peter Buck in 1965 as Pete's Super Submarines [9] in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. Alma mater. Bowdoin College (BS) Columbia University (MS, PhD) Occupation (s) Businessman. Co-founder of Subway. Peter Buck (December 19, 1930 – November 18, 2021) was an American physicist, restaurateur, and philanthropist who co-founded the Subway fast-food restaurant chain alongside Fred DeLuca.
Fred DeLuca. Frederick Adrian DeLuca (October 3, 1947 – September 14, 2015) was an American businessman, who was the co-founder and president of the Subway franchise of fast food restaurants with Peter Buck. During his tenure, Subway grew into the largest franchise in the world.
Subway was founded in 1965 when nuclear physicist Dr. Peter Buck loaned then-college freshman Fred DeLuca $1,000 to help him open a sandwich shop. Until this deal, the company was family owned.
Subway. Chick-fil-A. Sonic was founded as a drive-in in Oklahoma in 1953, and today it's still the most popular fast food in the state, even if it's a huge corporation now.
Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI) is a Canadian-American multinational fast food holding company. It was formed in 2014 by the $12.5 billion merger between American fast food restaurant chain Burger King and Canadian coffee shop and restaurant chain Tim Hortons, and expanded by the 2017 purchase of American fast-food chain Popeyes.
Yum! Brands, Inc. (sometimes called simply Yum!), formerly Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., is an American multinational fast food corporation listed on the Fortune 1000. Yum! operates the brands KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, except in China, where the brands are operated by a separate company, Yum China.
In April 1986, the New York City Transit Authority began to study the possibility of eliminating sections of 11 subway lines because of low ridership. The segments are primarily located in low-income neighborhoods of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, with a total of 79 stations, and 45 miles of track, for a total of 6.5 percent of the system.