ACTIVITY

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DIRECTIONS:  Skim  for  answers  to  the  questions  as  quickly  as  possible  (without
reading  the  passage  first).

PASSAGE:  Subway
Paragraph  A
Subway  sandwich  shops  are  all  over  the  world  today,  but  they  have not  actually  
been  in  business  for  a  significant  length  of  time.  The  first Subway  shop  was  founded  
in  1965  by  Fred  DeLuca,  who  was  at  the  time only  seventeen  years  old.  Fred  created  
the  first  Subway  shop  because  he  was trying  to  find  a  way  to  finance  his  university  
education.  Other  students  his  age were  looking  for  jobs  as  salesclerks,  waitpersons,  
lifeguards,  or  camp counselors  to  help  pay  for  university,  but  Fred  took  a  very  
different  path  and decided  to  open  a  sandwich  shop.

(1) In  what  decade  was  Subway  established?

(2) How  old  was  the  founder  of  Subway  when  he  started  the  business?
(3) Why  did  Fred  start  Subway?
(4) What  were  more  normal  jobs  for  seventeen-year-olds?

PASSAGE:  Subway
Paragraph  B
Fred  opened  his  first  sandwich  shop  in  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  with  only a  
$2,000  investment  from  a  family  friend.  Family  and  friends  all  pitched  in  to try  to  
make  the  first  shop  a  success  on  a  very  limited  budget.

(5) In  which  city  did  Fred  open  his  first  shop?

(6) In  which  state  did  Fred  open  his  first  shop?
(7) How  much  money  did  Fred  have  to  start  his  first  shop?
(8) Where  did  Fred  get  the  money  to  start  his  first  shop?

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 PASSAGE:  Subway
Paragraph  C
Things  did  not  work  out  well  in  the  beginning  because  little  planning  had gone  
into  this  first  venture,  and  Fred  had  only  limited  time  to  devote  to  it. There  were  no  
processes  in  place  to  deal  with  the  finances  of  the  business,  or the  inventory,  or  the  
marketing,  and  Fred  was  by  this  time  a  student  at  the University  of  Bridgeport  who  
was  dealing  with  the  sandwich  shop  in  addition to  his  studies.

(9) How  successful  was  Fred  initially?

(10) What  were  the  reasons  for  Fred’s  initial  lack  of  success?
(11)    What  kinds  of  processes  were  lacking  initially?
(12)    Why  did  Fred  not  have  the  time  to  devote  to  the  business?

PASSAGE:  Subway
Paragraph  D
Through  a  lot  of  trial  and  error,  Fred  learned  that  it  was  important  to  have a  
business  plan  and  to  have  control  over  the  processes  that  were  part  of  the business  in  
order  to  succeed.  As  he  learned  more  about  business,  he  was  able to  open  more  
sandwich  shops.  He  had  sixteen  stores  by  1972,  and  ten  years  later he  was  operating  
200  shops.  Today  the  number  of  Subway  shops  numbers  in the  tens  of  thousands  
worldwide.

(13)  How  did  Fred  learn  about  business?

(14)  What  two  things  did  Fred  learn  that  he  needed?
(15)  What  was  Fred  able  to  do  after  he  learned  more  about  business?
(16)  How  many  shops  did  Fred  have  in  1972?
(17)  How  many  shops  did  Fred  have  in  1982?
(18)  How  many  shops  does  Fred  have  today?

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