Subway at 40,000: Fast Food's Global King Keeps Growing

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The world’s biggest fast-food chain just got a little bigger.

Subway has opened its 40,000th outpost worldwide. The sprawling chain has already added 1,761 outlets since the start of 2013 and plans to add another 10,000 new locations by 2017, says Don Fertman, the sandwich giant’s chief development officer. McDonald’s, the world’s second-biggest fast-food chain, currently counts around 34,700 restaurants.