Subway, the world's biggest restaurant chain: By the numbers

Who knew? The self-appointed "healthy" fast-food outlet now has more outlets worldwide than McDonald's (even if its annual revenue is still considerably smaller)

Cause for sandwich celebration: Subway surpasses fast food giant McDonald's in number of worldwide outlets, even if the latter is represented in more countries.
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The hamburger has long been America's most iconic player on the international culinary stage, but that's changing. The Subway sandwich chain now has more outlets worldwide than any other chain restaurant, even McDonald's. Here, a brief guide, by the numbers, to Subway's global domination:

33,749

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