And the company wants to go even further this year.

CEO David Karam recently toldRestaurant Business Magazinethat Sbarro expects to open as many as 120 new locations in 2023.

It reached a peak size of more than 1,000 locations during the 2000s.

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Sbarro’s restaurant count alsoshrunk significantlyin the years that followed its bankruptcy.

A little over a year ago, it was operating 640 locations globally,QSR Magazinereported.

These efforts seem to be paying off.

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Sbarro isn’t the only major restaurant chain with some big expansion plans on the horizon.

Subway announced in June that it anticipates opening awhopping 9,000 new restaurantsacross the globe.

Popular regional chicken tender chain Raising Cane’s alsoplans to open 100 new restaurantsin 2023 alone.6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e