Subway might be dealing with a troubling trend involving its footlongs, but it is still the largest fast food chain in the United States.

And when you have that title, you also have some big bucks to go with it.

But Roark Capital, which owns Subway, is going to have $1 billion less of those bucks in the short-term because it has reportedly closed a deal to buy Dave’s Hot Chicken.

According to reports, the popular fried chicken chain currently operates about 310 locations, but there are plans for rapid expansion. Yahoo!finance reported that Dave’s has sold rights to “more than 1,000 franchise locations across the US, Middle East and Canada,” and has plans to open more than 155 new locations this year.

That’s a lot of hot chicken.

Yahoo reported it’s a power play for Roark, whic

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