10 The world's largest Franchise

10 The world's largest Franchise

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1. Subway

Specifically Subway sandwiches are the greatest franchise in the world. Beginning with an investment of $ 1,000, Fred Deluca and his friend Peter Buck opened the store Pete'Super submarines in 1965. But they changed the name into the Subway a few years later and officially changed in 1974. for 43 years, Subway sandwich shop franchise has become the largest in the world and has a 30.000 restaurants in 87 countries

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2. McDonald's

At age 52, Ray Kroc spawned the idea to open up some fast food restaurants to the brothers Dick and Mac McDonald, owner of McDonald's hamburger stand in San Bernardino, California. With their consent, Ray Kroc opened the first franchise restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1995. current retail fast food outlets has a 30.000 in over 100 countries

3. Liberty Tax Service

In 1997, after selling Jackson Hewitt Inc., a tax service company he founded 15 years ago, John Hewitt managed to get a tax franchisor from Canada and founded the Liberty Tax Service. A year later, Hewitt expand its operations into the United States with the opening of five branches and at the end of 2008 the number of Liberty Tax Service franchise has reached 2500

4. Sonic Drive-In

Troy Sminth buy Top Hat Drive-In, a root beer stand in Shawnee Oklahoma in 1953. there, customers can buy food and eat in their cars. Smith eventually expand the concept into a restaurant with a partner holding Charlie Pappe and introduce the name of Sonic in 1959. currently valued at 3 billion dollar company that operates more than 3,000 stores throughout the United States and Mexico.

5. Intercontinental Hotel Group

In 1988, British company, Bass (founded by William Bass in tahun1777) changed its business towards the hospitality industry by buying the Holiday Inns International. The company is focused to expand its hotel properties and eventually sell the brewery business in 2000. Intercontinental Hotel Groups currently has seven brands and operates more than 4,000 hotel in nearly 100 countries

6. Ace Hardware

Ace Hardware began in 1924 when Richard Hesse along with other retailers in Chicago hardware united to increase buying power and profits. The company was formed in 1928 and 80 years later has become one of the largest hardware business in the world with more than 4600 stores in seven countries

7. Pizza Hut

Frank and Dan Carney, inspired students from Wichita Kansas to open a pizza restaurant. So they borrow money of $ 600 to their mother and opened the first Pizza Hut restaurant in 1958. currently there are about 6200 restaurants in the United States and 4000 restaurants in 100 countries

8. The UPS Store / Mail Boxes etc

Gerald Aul, Pat Senn and Robert Diaz founded the Mail Boxes etc as an alternative to the United States Postal Service in 1980 and opened their first store in Carlsbad, California. Mail Boxes Etc. in 2001 became a subsidiary of The UPS Store and currently runs about 6,000 franchises located in the United States and 40 other countries,

9. Circle K

Circle K began in 1951 when Fred Hervey purchased three Kay's network of food stores in El Paso Texas. Hervey expand retail network over the past few decades later and began to enter the international market in 1979. type franchise was introduced in 1999 and currently more than 6,000 Circle K networks worldwide.

10. Papa John's

In 1984 John Schnatter turn a storage warehouse at the back .. his father and began selling pizzas to the customers. The popularity of pizza and eventually shot John Schnatter able to open a Papa John's first restaurant in 1985. there are currently more than 3,000 Papa John's restaurants worldwide.

10 The world's largest Franchise

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