McDonald's has ceased to be the biggest restaurant chain in the world

Fast-food chain Subway surpassed the number of restaurants of its main rivals - McDonald's - and became the largest restaurant chain in the world have Subway worldwide by the end of 2010 was opened by 33,749 sales outlets, while McDonald's - 32737. By the number of restaurants in the U.S. Subway beat McDonald's nine years ago, reports Lenta.ru. Subway opened its first restaurant outside the United States in 1984 - 27 years ago the network began selling in Bahrain. Subway now has just under 10,000 points of sale worldwide, excluding the U.S.. Their revenue is about 4.7 billion dollars a year. For comparison, the U.S. sells its Subway sandwiches to 10.5 billion dollars annually. Due to saturation of the U.S. market the local power supply is increasingly master the emerging markets, primarily in Asia. So, he plans to bring the number of Subway restaurants outside the U.S. to the U.S. level by 2020. Other Network - Starbucks - going in soon to triple the number of its stores in China. Also, the Chinese market is interested in Dunkin 'Brands: donuts seller plans to open in this country hundreds of new outlets. At McDonald's also plans to develop outside the USA. However, the network notes that are still world leaders, if judged not by the number of open restaurants, but in terms of revenue. CNN notes that all Subway restaurants operate as franchises. At McDonald's franchise operates only part of the network.