MILFORD, Conn. -- Thanks to the popularity of its $5 Footlong promotion and continued development across the globe, the year 2008 marked one of the most successful periods in the history of the Subway restaurant chain, the company said.
During first-quarter 2009 (January 1 to March 31), the submarine sandwich franchise opened 484 new locations spanning 42 countries, 39 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces, bringing the total number of Subway restaurant around the world to more than 30,800.
Subway restaurants are individually owned and operated by independent franchisees. [image-nocss] With an average crew of 10, new Subway restaurants, opened during the first quarter of this year, have provided jobs for nearly 5,000 men and women. The total number of filled positions, chainwide, comes to about 300,000, said the company.
Also, within the first three months of 2009, the Subway chain crossed the 8,600 mark for international locations. This number includes regional milestones such as 2,400 restaurants in Canada; 1,300 in the UK; 1,100 in Australia; 700 stores in Germany; 200 in Brazil; 100 in Ireland; and 50 Russia. The chain also saw the premier of its first outlet in Macau.
Domestically, the Subway chain has reached the 22,000 store milestone for locations open and operating, including 1,700 just within the state of Texas.
Because of the Subway chain's minimal equipment and space requirements, the number of Subway restaurants in the nontraditional category has increased to more than 7,100 locations in places such as convenience stores, gas stations, airports, amusement parks, college campuses, department stores, train stations and health clubs. This ongoing ability to remain flexible equates to Subway restaurants operating inside 3,600 convenience stores, truck stops and highway rest areas; 1,600 park and recreational facilities, tourist attractions and entertainment venues; 1,600 retail business, including select Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowes stores; 260 military bases; 150 hospitals; and 95 grocery stores throughout the world.
The following is a breakdown of some of the chain's most recent c-store, truckstop, travel center, and other retail store openings:
ampm C-Store, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. BP C-Store, Cape Coral, Fla. BP C-Store, Ella Bell, Ga. BP C-Store, Baltimore. BP C-Store, Warren, Ill. BP C-Store, Fair Oaks, Ind. BP C-Store, Cornell, Wis. BP C-Store, Kenosha, Wis. BP C-Store, Martinsburg, W.Va. Byrne Dairy C-Store, Skaneateles, N.Y. Chevron C-Store, San Diego, Calif. Chillerz C-Store, Abilene, Texas. CITGO C-Store, Attica, N.Y. Condon Oil C-Store, Randolph, Wis. Exxon C-Store, Daphne, Ala. Exxon C-Store, Sevierville, Tenn. Exxon C-Store, Goliad, Texas. Family C-Store, Greenport, N.Y. Handy Mart C-Store, Princeton, N.C. JM Speed Stop C-Store, Pierz, Minn. Killarney Coop C-Store, Killarney, Manitoba. Kum & Go C-Store, Rochester, Iowa. Love's Truckstop, Ontario, Ore. Love's Truckstop, Shartlesville, Pa. Lowell C-Store, Lowell, N.C. Marathon C-Store, Malta, Ill. Mobile C-Store, Queensbury, N.Y. Pantry C-Store, Garner, Fla. One Stop Mart C-Store, Burlington, Mass. Peppers C-Store, Paonia, Co. Pilot C-Store, Guernsey, Iowa. Pik Quick C-Store, Las Cruces, N.M. Pride C-Store, Westfield, Mass. Rebecca Truck Plaza & Casino, Schreiver, La. Richdale C-Store, Melrose, Mass. Satnam Petroleum C-Store, San Jose, Calif. Scotchman C-Store, Wilmington, N.C. (pictured). Shell C-Store, Tipton, Calif. Shell C-Store, Detroit. Shell C-Store, Alexandria, Minn. Shell C-Store, Oklahoma City. Shell C-Store, Nashville, Tenn. Speedy Stop C-Store, Round Rock, Texas. Sudden Service C-Store, Clarksville, Tenn. Taylor Petroleum C-Store, Memphis, Tenn. The Pantry C-Store, Charlotte, N.C. The Pantry C-Store, Fayetteville, N.C. The Pantry C-Store, Gaffney, SC. Union 76 C-Store, Detroit. Walters Dimmick C-Store, Mendon, Mich.
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