Restaurant News Resource - Subway Restaurants Restaurant Industry News

Through the opening of more than 2,400 restaurants worldwide, including 1,100 new locations just in the U.S. and Canada alone, the SUBWAY® restaurant chain created approximately 24,000 new foodservice job and career opportunities in 2011.

The SUBWAY® submarine sandwich and salad chain has announced that Joe Chaves will head-up operations for the 35,500-plus restaurant chain as Director of Operations, while Rebecca Audet has been named the brand's Director of Worldwide Training.

In a still-struggling economy, the chain that set the industry standard with $5 foot-long subs is throwing down yet another gauntlet that's certain to raise industry eyebrows and lure deal-seeking customers.

The SUBWAY® Café concept, is still in a test stage

MasterCard Worldwide announced that SUBWAY®, the world's largest submarine sandwich franchise, will accept MasterCard®PayPass™ contactless payments at more than 7,000 U.S. locations by the end of the first quarter of 2012.

All of these new eco-restaurants reflect the brand's commitment to social responsibility and sustainability.

Chain now features calcium and vitamin D fortified bread

SUBWAY® Non-Traditional Development Hits 8,000-Store Milestone

With more than 2,000 franchisees actively searching for locations, the SUBWAY® sandwich chain has an aggressive growth strategy for 2011.

The sandwich chain, which with 34,433 units has more locations globally than McDonald’s, todaywill announce plans for a significant reduction in sodium at its U.S. stores that could ultimately nudge much of the fast-food industry to follow.