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The Connecticut-based sandwich shop chain was launched in the

1960s to pay for Fred DeLuca ’ s school tuition . Peter Buck financed the project with $ 1,000 to open the first shop – the company now operates in more than 100 countries across the world . DeLuca and Buck decided to start franchising in 1974 when they realized they would not meet their goal of opening 32 stores . “ Today , the SUBWAY ®

brand is the world ’ s largest submarine sandwich chain with more than 40,000 locations around the world ,” the company says .

APRIL 2019