Editing Subway (restaurant) (section)

===Foundation and early years===
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In 1965, [[Fred DeLuca]] borrowed $1,000 from his friend [[Peter Buck (restaurateur)|Peter Buck]] to start "Pete's Drive-In: Super Submarine Sandwiches" at 3851 Main Street<ref name="channel5">{{cite web |title=Subway: How Do they Really Do It? |url=https://www.channel5.com/show/subway-how-do-they-really-do-it |website=My5 |publisher=[[Channel 5 (British TV channel)]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], and in the following year, they formed Doctor's Associates Inc. to oversee operations of the restaurants as the franchise expanded.<ref name="Subway Timeline">{{cite web |url=https://www.subway.com/en-US/AboutUs/Timeline |title=SUBWAY® Timeline |date=2019 |publisher=Subway |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225130148/https://www.subway.com/en-US/AboutUs/Timeline |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |access-date=January 13, 2020 }}</ref><ref name=WashingtonPost>{{cite web |author= Bhattarai, Abha |date= April 27, 2018 |title= 'It's just not what people want anymore': Subway to close hundreds of U.S. stores |newspaper= [[The Washington Post]] |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/04/26/its-just-not-what-people-want-anymore-subway-to-close-hundreds-of-u-s-stores/?tid=a_mcntx |access-date= April 29, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180430012002/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/04/26/its-just-not-what-people-want-anymore-subway-to-close-hundreds-of-u-s-stores/ |archive-date= April 30, 2018}}</ref> The holding company derives its name from DeLuca's goal to earn enough from the business to pay tuition for medical school, as well as Buck's having a doctorate in physics.<ref name="BOWDOINLHD">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080908035958/http://www.bowdoin.edu/events/commencement/honorands.shtml 2008 Honorary Degree Recipients (Bowdoin, Office of Events and Summer Programs)] (archived 2008)</ref> In 1968, the sandwich shop was renamed Subway.<ref name="Subway Timeline" /> In 1976, a franchise operation began with a restaurant in [[Wallingford, Connecticut]].<ref name="entr_Howa" />

The first Subway on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] was opened in [[Fresno, California]], in 1978.<ref name="Subway Timeline" /> The first Subway outside of North America opened in [[Bahrain]] in December 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://world.subway.com/countries/frmmainpage.aspx?cc=can |title=Subway Restaurants International Homepage |work=Subway.com |access-date=September 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319183029/http://world.subway.com/countries/frmmainpage.aspx?cc=can |archive-date=March 19, 2013}}</ref> The first Subway in Canada opened in [[St. John's, Newfoundland|St. John's]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title=Subway Canada to Overhaul Locations |url=https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2019/11/subway-canada-to-overhaul-locations-with-new-offerings-and-retail-design/#:~:text=The%20first%20Subway%20location%20in,currently%203%2C200%20Canadian%20Subway%20restaurants.|website=retail-insider.com | date=November 4, 2019 |access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref> The first Subway in the United Kingdom opened in [[Brighton]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.subway.co.uk/business/franchise/facts_and_history.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302160532/http://www.subway.co.uk/business/franchise/facts_and_history.aspx |archive-date=March 2, 2010 |title=FACTS AND HISTORY |publisher=subway.co.uk |access-date=May 15, 2015}}</ref>

In 1989, Subway acquired Cajun Joe's, a [[Boston, Massachusetts]]-based chain which sold [[fried chicken]] and [[Cajun cuisine]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/795091381/ | title=Cajun Joe's opens first restaurant in Alabama | work=Birmingham Post Herald | date=December 8, 1990 | accessdate=May 1, 2024 | pages=D10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/373841768/ | title=Roundup | work=Hartford Courant | date=December 13, 1989 | accessdate=May 1, 2024 | pages=B2}}</ref> The venture proved unsuccessful, and most were closed by the end of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/77406119/ | title=Spicy Mike's brings Cajun downtown | work=Herald and Review | date=May 14, 1999 | accessdate=May 1, 2024 | pages=C1}}</ref>