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At what age did Fred DeLuca open his very first sandwich shop, the seed of what became Subway?
Answer
17
In 1965, 17-year-old Fred DeLuca opened a sandwich shop in Bridgeport, Connecticut, using a $1,000 loan from family friend Peter Buck, and the venture eventually grew into the global Subway chain.
💡 Did you know?
Subway founder Fred DeLuca started his first sandwich shop at age 17 with a $1,000 loan from a family friend to pay for college tuition, accidentally creating a 37,000-location empire.
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Topics
- franchising
- subway
- entrepreneurship
- 1960s
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