You really have to understand this isn’t a business where you sit in the back room and do calculations – you have to be very concerned about employees and customers, because that’s really what’s going to bring you success. Fred DeLuca Read Quote
I don’t have any interest in cashing out or leaving the business or doing something else. I just love Subway, and I want to keep focusing on the company for the benefit of all our franchise owners. So I’m kind of like married to the job. Fred DeLuca Read Quote
I know a lot of people at some point in their business careers decide they’ll just cash in and do something else, but for some reason, I’ve never had that feeling. Fred DeLuca Read Quote
Back when we started, people didn’t even know what a submarine sandwich was. The product was only sold in a few markets. Fred DeLuca Read Quote
Most of the people we sign on as development agents commit to goals they don’t believe are possible. Fred DeLuca Read Quote
If I’m spending time on something, I may as well do good as opposed to average. Fred DeLuca Read Quote
I went to school because I was supposed to. I did pre-med because my mum thought it was a good idea. Fred DeLuca Read Quote
For a franchise system to work well, you really need people with an entrepreneurial mind-set because, while you have a large, overarching system that everybody has to work with, a lot of local issues have to be handled. Fred DeLuca Read Quote
