Everybody matters. That's how our system works.

This is the most exciting time in Subway's history. With the new menu, the current advertising program, the awareness people have of Subway, the way our average unit volumes are growing ... to see our franchise owners become more and more successful, what could be more exciting than that?

We're talking about how every franchisee counts. Any franchise owner can talk to Fred and make his or her ideas known.

We're starting to make inroads in areas where it's been difficult to develop stores in the past.

We teach them to read in kindergarten, which makes a difference.

We didn't have any champagne to toast each other. But we did have some Diet Cokes up there. We lifted the Diet Cokes.