Subway Grows Its UK Territory

Subway has announced plans to expand across Kent and Surrey by opening 35 more stores.

Leading sandwich franchise, Subway, is putting down major roots in Kent and Surrey as it has pledged to open 35 more outlets in the next two years. In fact, 15 of these stores are set to open by the end of 2018 with the remaining 20 opening their doors in 2019 and 2020. About 23 of the total new stores will be in Kent and the other 12 will be in Surrey, creating a two third Kent and one third Surrey split.

These new franchises will create more than 350 new jobs for people across the region. They will join the other 900 Subway employees across Kent and Surrey.

The region is already home to 61 outlets, and about 70% of new stores are opened by existing franchisees.

“We believe there is still plenty of room to grow the Subway brand in Kent and Surrey, with great locations available now”, explains Hemina Haque, Subway’s regional development agent. She continues, “to succeed, we need the right people with the right blend of team work, leadership and work ethic to become new franchisees and help us deliver the ambitious growth target”.

Subway does, indeed, have a vigorous growth strategy. It has announced plans to increase its stores to 3,000 across the UK by 2020. If it manages to pull this off, it would open up 5,000 more jobs for people around the country.

The brand is popular for a number of reasons. Not only does it serve delicious, affordable and convenient sandwiches on the go, it gives its franchisees a huge amount of support to grow. Franchisees are given excellent training and support whenever they need it. The system is also well established, and they each follow strict procedures to ensure all franchisees offer the same high levels of service. This encouragement provides the right incentive for people to back the company and help expand the brand by opening new stores with confidence. It clearly works – there are more than 44,000 outlets around the world.