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Financing

Subway plans to remodel 10,500 locations

The company and its vendors are providing more than $100 million in grants to operators to spur remodels by the end of 2020.

Food

Subway is testing Halo Top shakes

The chain is testing the item in 1,000 locations this summer as it works to bolster its menu.

Food

Subway is testing subs made with King's Hawaiian bread

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 04, 2019

The chain becomes the latest fast-food brand to use the popular bread to generate consumer excitement.

Financing

U.S. senator scrutinizing federal loans to Subway, Dickey’s franchisees

By Jonathan Maze on May 23, 2019

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto sent a letter to the Small Business Administration asking about loans the agency made to operators in struggling franchise systems.

Top 500 Chains

Subway

May 03, 2019

Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

Workforce

Restaurants find themselves unwitting agents of the measles outbreak

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 25, 2019

Reports of new cases routinely cite eating places as the source of the contamination, but an alarm has yet to sound.

Financing

Subway and McDonald’s have struggled to evolve beyond value

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 31, 2019

Both chains have lost customers since shifting away from popular discounts, says RB’s The Bottom Line. Maybe that’s a good thing.

Financing

Subway closed 1,100 restaurants last year

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 28, 2019

The company has fewer than 25,000 locations in the U.S., the lowest level since 2011.

Operations

The top 9 restaurant trends of 2018

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 18, 2018

A challenging year brought fundamental shifts in the market and a white-elephant sale of troubled concepts.

Operations

The top restaurant news developments of 2018

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 18, 2018

Here's a look back at the news eruptions that shaped the restaurant industry in 2018.