40 Facts About Subway Sandwiches

Subway Sandwiches was founded by 17-year-old Fred DeLuca and financed by Peter Buck in 1965 as Pete's Super Submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Subway Sandwiches serves an array of topping choices, allowing the customer to choose which toppings are included in their sandwich.

In 2004 Subway began opening stores in Walmart supercenters, and surpassed the number of McDonald's locations inside U S Walmart stores in 2007.

Since 2007, Subway Sandwiches has consistently ranked in the Entrepreneur Franchise 500.

In 2016, Subway closed hundreds of restaurants in the U S, experiencing a net loss in locations for the first time.

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In July 2017, Subway Sandwiches unveiled redesigned restaurants, dubbed "Fresh Forward", with a new company logo.

In January 2018, Subway Sandwiches invested $25 million in a re-branding campaign targeting young consumers to revitalize its image and boost sales.

In December 2020, Subway Sandwiches partnered with ezCater to offer a new online catering platform.

In November 2009, Subway Sandwiches signed a deal to serve exclusively Seattle's Best Coffee coffee as part of its breakfast menu in the US.

Subway Sandwiches was first in "Top Service" and "Most Popular" rankings.

In September 2018, Subway Sandwiches debuted the Chipotle Cheesesteak sandwich for a limited time.

At their peak, twelve kosher Subway locations were open in the U S, including Kansas City and 5 in New York.

Subway Sandwiches opened its first restaurant in India in 2001 in New Delhi.

In 2011, Subway Sandwiches introduced gluten-free bread and brownies to some locations in Texas.

Subway Sandwiches is the second-biggest fast food advertiser in the United States, behind only McDonald's.

In 2005, Subway Sandwiches scrapped its "Sub Club" stamp promotion, citing a growing number of counterfeit stamps due to online auction sites and the increasing availability of high-quality printers.

Subway Sandwiches has used "instant win" games, based on the game Scrabble.

Subway Sandwiches ran a product placement campaign in the US TV series Chuck since its first season.

Subway Sandwiches attributed between one-third and one-half of its growth from 1998 to 2011 to Fogle, the equivalent of a tripling in size.

In December 2015, following the removal of Fogle from its marketing, Subway Sandwiches introduced a new marketing campaign, "Founded on Fresh".

Subway Sandwiches sponsored the Subway Sandwiches Super Series ice hockey tournament from 2009 to 2014.

In 2008, Subway began to offer all foot-long submarine sandwiches for five dollars, in the continental United States and Canada, as a "limited time only" promotion.

From June 2014 to the end of that year, some Subway Sandwiches locations began discontinuing the $5 dollar promotion.

In September 2018, Subway Sandwiches announced that they were going to discontinue the $5 footlong promotion.

In early 2017, Subway Sandwiches introduced its Italian Hero and advertised it with a campaign describing it as an authentic Italian[-American] sandwich.

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In July 2021, Subway Sandwiches debuted its "Refresh" campaign featuring: Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Serena Williams, and Megan Rapinoe.

Subway Sandwiches franchisees requested Rapinoe be pulled from the ads following the 2020 Olympics, claiming her testimonial caused sales to dip and harmed the stores' reputation.

Subway Sandwiches was awarded $10 million in an out-of-court settlement in 2001.

Subway Sandwiches had been deployed to support Operation Enduring Freedom in March 2005, three years after buying his first restaurant.

Batie alleged Subway had violated the U S Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

Subway Sandwiches filed a federal lawsuit against Subway, which was dismissed.

Subway Sandwiches then filed suit in state court in Dallas County, Texas.

In June 2012, Subway launched the "Toast the Tax" campaign to put pressure on the government to drop VAT on toasted sandwiches, as it has done for hot savouries.

Subway Sandwiches has attempted to register it with the United States Patent and Trademark Office twice.

In 2021, a lawsuit was filed against the company alleging that the ingredient Subway Sandwiches bills as "tuna" was a mixture of "various concoctions that do not constitute tuna, yet have been blended together by defendants to imitate the appearance of tuna".

Subway Sandwiches has called CBC's report "absolutely false and misleading" and demanded that it be retracted.

Meanwhile Subway Sandwiches Canada stated that it was investigating with its supplier to ensure that the proportion of soy protein was as per expectations.

The CBC's Emma Bedard stated that Subway Sandwiches has not provided an alternative explanation for the DNA test results obtained by the CBC.

Subway Sandwiches responded by introducing a rolling audit of franchisee employment records and commented that franchise agreements could be terminated if franchisees failed to meet Australian workplace laws and Subway Sandwiches's internal standards of operation.

Latest reports indicate that Subway Sandwiches has closed its operations in all its outlets in Russia.