Kudos to Subway as the sandwich franchise has now accumulated more restaurants worldwide than McDonald's. The world’s most popular sandwich chain surpassed the world's largest hamburger chain according to the number of stores in the U.S. in 2002 and...
The world famous coffeehouse chain Starbucks has introduced a new BlackBerry and iPhone app, which allows customers to quickly pay for Starbucks purchases through their phones.
Subway is the largest submarine sandwich franchise in the world with over 17,500 individually owned restaurants in 74 countries. In 2001, Subway displaced McDonald's as the largest fast-food chain in the United States and Canada.
Following food safety concerns recently highlighted by the largest egg recall in U.S. history, The Humane Society of the United States submitted a shareholder resolution urging Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald’s Corporation to create a plan for transitioning its U.S....
Starbucks Corp. said its aggressive push to build diverse points of distribution for its secondary Seattle’s Best Coffee brand has resulted in the coffee now being available in 30,000 locations, including Subway and Burger King restaurants.
From Monday it will offer a new kid’s breakfast meal that includes an egg-and-cheese sandwich, apple slices, calcium-fortified apple juice and a toy for $3.38. The meal contains 410 calories. While McDonald's breakfast menu doesn’t include a kids meal, its Happy Meals can contain anything from 390 to 700 calories.
Asked to name some of the biggest and most recognisable brands in the industry, the chances are a large portion of the names you came up with would be franchise operations. These businesses serve as a prime example of how to create a global business, and in some cases, provide examples of what not to do.
Subway
Founded:1965