First Quizno's Restaurant Opens in Japan

DENVER (February 11, 1999) -- The Quizno's Corporation announced it opened its first QUIZNO'S Classic Subs restaurant at Yurakucho Train station in the heart of Tokyo's Ginza district on January 28.

The opening is the first of many QUIZNO'S restaurants planned in Japan over the next ten years under a Master franchise Agreement granted late last year to KMN U.S.A., LLC, based in California. KMN sub-licensed the agreement to Quizno's Japan Corporation.

Japan represents the second international development underway by the growing QUIZNO'S restaurant concept. In addition to some 450 QUIZNO'S Classic Subs open in 35 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, another 35 QUIZNO'S are open in British Columbia and Toronto under a national Canadian Master Franchise Agreement held by Quizno's Canada Corporation.

QUIZNO'S is an Italian deli-style restaurant that serves signature oven baked Classic Subs. The chain consisted of 18 restaurants in 1991 when Schaden, a former franchisee, took the helm.

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