Irish sandwich chain O’Briens is on target to turn over Eu100m (£68m) this year, generating a franchise income of Eu10m (£7m).
The company has grown to 230 outlets worldwide, 120 of them in Britain.
It is a far cry from when it opened its first shop in Dublin in 1988 and customers walked out because of the prices.
The Sunday Times (Business) 15/02/04 page 12
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