Pizza Hut
The first-ever Pizza Hut was opened in 1958 in Kansas by Frank and Dan Carney with only $600. They decided on the name after discovering that the sign they had could only feature up to 9 letters in total. They wanted the word pizza in it and eventually, they decided that Pizza Hut would do the trick. At first, they sold a 13-inch pizza as well as a 10-inch pizza. The thicker “Pan Pizza” was only introduced in 1980. Today, they sell everything from pizza to chicken wings and even pasta.
Pizza Hut
Subway
Subway was first opened in 1965 in Bridgeport, CT. It was originally named Pete’s Super Submarines, after Dr. Peter Buck who was a physicist and the one who loaned Fred DeLuca $1,000 to start the restaurant. He opened it hoping to be able to pay his way through college. Little did he know the place would blow up the way it did and become a massive success. A year later, the name was changed to Subway.
Subway
