the first subway sandwich shop was opened in 1940.
when was the first subway sandwich shop opened?
1940
in 1968 ayres opened small specialty fashion shops, the sycamore shop and cygnet. the sycamore shop catered to young adults and featured traditional clothing and accessories for men and women. the cygnet shops were modern fashion stores for young women. the first sycamore shop opened in lafayette square shopping center in indianapolis; the first cygnet shop opened in terre haute, indiana. by 1971 about a dozen of these shops were operating in suburban malls in indiana, ohio, and kentucky. while the cygnet shops closed in 1975, the sycamore shops continued to expand, even after the may department stores company acquired ayres and its parent company, associated dry goods, in 1986. three ayres executives purchased the sycamore shops from the may company and continued to operate the specialty chain. by 1990 there were 160 sycamore shops operating in five states. sycamore shops later filed for bankruptcy and forced to liquidate in late 1995 and early 1996.
l. s. ayres
after the board of hawthorne wipes fires pierce, he tries to open up a sandwich shop on campus with shirley. instead, the space for the sandwich shop is rented out to subway, so pierce and shirley work together to sabotage the subway restaurant. in "curriculum unavailable," shirley delivers a speech denouncing the subway restaurant, and it is destroyed in the ensuing riot. in "introduction to finality," dean pelton then offers the space to shirley and pierce, but because there are only one signature space, pierce and shirley file suit for the rights to the sandwich shop. after an inspirational winger speech, pierce and shirley agree to own shirley's sandwich shop jointly by having jeff sign the papers, and she achieves her dream of opening her own business.
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