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to ensure we have the capacity and contingency to support that growth .”
Working under a relationship agreement with the Subway brand headquarters , which sets out how EIPC operates with the brand and does business , Attwood and his team have secured the services of global corporations , such as Unilever to supply soup and hot drinks , Coca- Cola has been a drinks partner in Great Britain for some years now and Bidvest 3663 is the GB distribution supplier .
Brand synergy In 1965 the company began when Fred DeLuca opened a sandwich shop to earn some additional money for his studies in Connecticut , USA , and by 1974 there were 36 stores and that is when the Subway brand founder started franchising .
From there the brand grew exponentially , and today has over 42,000 stores globally and DeLuca is still President of the group .
Attwood said : “ At the end of the financial year anything left over goes back to the franchisees in the form of a dividend . We ( EIPC ) have about 80 staff altogether , 63 based in the UK and the others based around Europe .
Subway has about 43,000 stores glo
“ There ’ s lot of cross-team collaboration and continuous improvement training ; three people in the Netherlands and UK are in my team so we are always travelling for that very purpose .
“ We go to a lot franchisees ’ meetings across Europe and present what we ’ re working on , services , food prices , what the future is looking like in the industries which affect our business
18 February 2015