Starbucks is on track to become the world’s biggest ‘restaurant’ chain
By Sarah Sutton • January 12, 2017
Looking even further ahead, the report adds that somewhere “well beyond 2021,” it wouldn’t be shocking to see Starbucks “exceed the 50,000-store level,” a crazy-high number that would rocket it past Subway, which for some reason continues to have more locations than any other fast-food chain.