<P> International brands dominant in North America include McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's, the number three burger chain in the USA; Dunkin' Donuts, a New England - based chain; automobile oriented Sonic Drive - In's from Oklahoma City; Starbucks, Seattle - born coffee - based fast food beverage corporation; KFC and Taco Bell, which are both part of the largest restaurant conglomerate in the world, Yum! Brands; and Domino's Pizza, a pizza chain known for popularizing home delivery of fast food . </P> <P> Subway is known for their sub sandwiches and are the largest restaurant chain to serve such food items . Quiznos a Denver - based sub shop is another fast - growing sub chain, yet with over 6,000 locations it is still far behind Subway's 34,000 locations . Other smaller sub shops include Blimpie, Jersey Mike's Subs, Mr. Goodcents, Jimmy John's, and Firehouse . </P> <P> A&W Restaurants was originally a United States and Canada fast food brand, but it is currently an International fast food corporation in several countries . </P> <P> In Canada the majority of fast food chains are American owned or were originally American owned but have since set up a Canadian management / headquarters locations such as Panera Bread, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Five Guys, and Carl's Jr...Although the case is usually American fast food chains expanding into Canada, Canadian chains such as Tim Hortons have expanded into 22 states in the United States, but are more prominent in border states such as New York and Michigan . Tim Hortons has started to expand to other countries outside of North America . The Pita Pit franchise originated in Canada and has expanded to the United States and other Countries . The Canadian Extreme Pita franchise sells low fat and salt pita sandwiches with stores in the larger Canadian cities . Other Canadian fast food chains such as Manchu Wok serve North American style Asian foods; this company is located mainly in Canada and the USA, with other outlets on US military bases on other continents . Harvey's is a Canadian - only burger restaurant chain, present in every province . </P>

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