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How Firehouse Subs hit record sales this summer

This week’s episode of the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” features Don Fox, CEO of the sandwich chain. By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 12, 2020

Firehouse Subs’ sales are on fire.

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast “A Deeper Dive” features Don Fox, CEO of the Jacksonville, Fla.-based sandwich chain, talking about the company’s strong sales coming out of the pandemic.

Firehouse has about 1,200 locations in 45 states and Fox as CEO has helped guide the chain’s growth.

In this podcast, Fox helps explain why Firehouse has been able to generate sales growth when it has few drive-thrus. It’s a good discussion on how the industry is coming out of the pandemic.

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Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants.
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