There's huge access to information. If you need to learn something, you can go on the Internet and learn very quickly. You can reach across miles and miles to find companies that can assist you. Fred DeLuca accessassistcompany Change image and share on social
Six months after we started, in 1964, there was a day when we sold only seven sandwiches. If we'd taken all the money from the register, we couldn't have paid an employee, much less the food or the rent or all that. It could have been a turning point. We could have given up. Fred DeLuca dayemployeefood share on social
We find that no matter what country we're in, if we hit the right economic notes and appeal to the mass market, we're able to build the business very, very rapidly. Fred DeLuca appealbuildbusiness Change image and share on social
If I'm spending time on something, I may as well do good as opposed to average. Fred DeLuca averagegoodoppose Change image and share on social
I don't think I ever dreamt of going into business. No one in my family was in business. Fred DeLuca businessdreamfamily Change image and share on social
If you have company-owned stores, you make 100 percent of the profit from each one, but you have less entrepreneurial spirit. Fred DeLuca companyentrepreneurialmake Change image and share on social
Back in the early days of international, everybody wanted to customize the menu for every place. Fred DeLuca backcustomizeday Change image and share on social
To a large extent, we're working hard to fulfill the consumer demand for Subway sandwiches. Fred DeLuca consumerdemandextent Change image and share on social
In some markets, we don't have a lot of room to expand. We've done studies of store density and essentially found our more dense markets have more than one store per 15,000 people. Fred DeLuca 000densedensity Change image and share on social
When we first started the company, I didn't have any thoughts of franchising. We just had company-owned stores. Fred DeLuca companyfranchiseown Change image and share on social
