<P> As of 2017, the Subway Group of companies is organized as follows . Subway IP Inc. is the owner of the intellectual property for the restaurant system . Franchise World Headquarters, LLC leads franchising operations . FWH Technologies, LLC owns and licenses Subway's point of sale software . Franchisors include Doctor's Associates Inc. in the U.S.; Subway International B.V.; Subway Franchise Systems of Canada, Ltd.; etc . Advertising affiliates include Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, Ltd.; Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, B.V.; Subway Franchisee Canadian Advertising Trust; etc . </P> <P> Subway's international headquarters are in Milford, Connecticut, with five regional centers supporting the company's international operations . The regional offices for European franchises are located in Amsterdam (Netherlands); the Australian and New Zealand locations are supported from Brisbane (Australia); the Asian locations are supported from offices in Beirut (Lebanon) and Singapore; and the Latin American support center is in Miami . </P> <P> In 1965, Fred DeLuca borrowed $1,000 from friend Peter Buck to start "Pete's Super Submarines" in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and in the following year, they formed Doctor's Associates Inc. to oversee operations of the restaurants as the franchise expanded . The holding company derives its name from DeLuca's goal to earn enough from the business to pay tuition for medical school, as well as Buck's having a doctorate in physics . Doctor's Associates is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, any medical organization . In 1968, the sandwich shop was renamed "Subway". </P> <P> The first Subway on the West Coast was opened in Fresno, California, in 1978 . The first Subway outside of North America opened in Bahrain in December 1984 . The first Subway in the United Kingdom was opened in Brighton in 1996 . In 2004, Subway began opening stores in Walmart supercenters and surpassed the number of McDonald's locations inside U.S. Walmart stores in 2007 . </P>

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