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Subway expects to add 25,000 jobs this year

January 11, 2012

The Subway restaurant chain, based in Connecticut, projects it will add 25,000 full- and part-time jobs by the end of 2012.

The estimate comes after the company announced it expects to open 2,500 new outlets this year.

The 2012 forecast is similar to the chain's 2011 accomplishments, in which it opened more than 2,400 restaurants worldwide and created approximately 24,000 new foodservice jobs. Early in the year, Subway surpassed McDonald's to become the largest global QSR chain in the world.

The jobs projection for 2012 does not include ancillary fields, such as construction, logistics, equipment manufacturing, food processing and maintenance.

"Although we have become the world's largest restaurant chain this past year, it's more about the opportunities than the numbers," said Don Fertman, chief development officer. "With each new Subway restaurant that opens, there is an entrepreneur that wants to own and operate his own small business and provide great food, exceptional customer service and job opportunities in his or her community."

Subway is 100-percent franchised. The brand exists in 98 countries.

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