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*SUBWAY Restaurants
Passes McDonald�s in U.S.


Milford, Conn. � There are now more places in this country to buy a B.M.T than a Big Mac.

Subway Restaurants, the privately held chain of sandwich shops, has eclipsed McDonald�s as the largest restaurant chain in the country. The Milford-based chain operates 13,247 stores in the United States, 148 more than McDonald�s as of Dec. 31. Subway, started by Fred DeLuca in 1965, opened 904 units last year, while McDonald�s opened 295.

"We knew that we were getting close to McDonald�s, but we had to wait until McDonald�s released its information," said Les Winograd, a Subway spokesman.

The numbers include satellite locations � shops at gas stations, schools, sports arenas and other smaller outlets.

Winograd said Subway usually doesn�t include the satellites in the count, but wanted to make sure its numbers were comparable to fourth-quarter figures reported by McDonald�s, which included satellites.

McDonald�s spokeswoman Anna Rozenich declined to comment on the number of stores, but did point out that in 2001, systemwide sales rose to $40.63 billion from $40.18 billion.



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