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Subway Innovation Report

Subway Innovation Report

Subway is the name of a franchise fast food restaurant that mainly sells sandwiches and salads. It was founded in 1965 by Fred De Luca and Peter Buck. The corporation that owns the trademarked name of Subway is Doctor's Associates, Inc. (DAI). The company has over 28,400 franchised units in 87 countries as of September 2007 and is the fastest growing franchise in the world. It is currently the third largest fast food chain globally after YUM! Brands (34,000 sites) and McDonalds (31,000 sites).
In this Essay I will be generating my argument that Subway is an example of innovation in action through its products, processes and growth.
Subways strategy for growth lends itself to the cooperative nature of innovation. Subway has no company owned outlets, they are 100% franchised. This has allowed Subway to be a very good example of diffusion of innovation with the company being placed in the model rather than the consumers. Each subway franchise acts as its......


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