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Where and when was the first Subway sandwich shop opened?

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Where and when was the first Subway sandwich shop opened?

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From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subway_(restaurant ) Fred De Luca borrowed $1,000 from family friend Peter Buck to start his first sandwich shop in 1965, when he was only 17 years old. He was trying to raise money to pay for college. He chose a mediocre location for his shop, but by noon on the first day of the opening, customers were pouring in. On the radio advertisement they had promoted the name as “Pete’s Submarines”, which sounded like Pizza Marines, so they changed the name to “Pete’s Subway”; eventually it was shortened to “Subway”, as it is known to this day. As of December 30, 2008, the company has 19,310 franchised locations in 87 countries and produces US$9.05 billion sales every year. In 2007, Forbes magazine named De Luca number 242 of the 400 richest Americans with a net worth of $1.5 billion. In addition to traditional restaurants, Subway operates in many non-tradit

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