Editing Panda Express

{{Short description|American fast food restaurant chain}}{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Panda Express
| logo = Panda Express logo.svg
| logo_size = 100px
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2014
| image = Panda Express Storefront (48128044623).jpg
| image_caption = Panda Express location, [[Midtown Manhattan]]
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| founders = {{unbulleted list|[[Andrew Cherng]]|[[Peggy Cherng]]}}
| area_served = United States (including Puerto Rico & Guam), Mexico, Canada, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Aruba, Philippines, Germany, Latvia
| key_people = Andrew Cherng ([[Chief executive officer|Co-CEO]])
Peggy Cherng ([[Chief executive officer|Co-CEO]])
| industry = Food service
| genre = [[American Chinese cuisine]]
| products = [[American Chinese cuisine]]
| services =
| revenue = 3 billion (2012)<ref name="revenues">{{cite web|url=http://www.pandaexpress.com/Company#!/careers/landing-2 |title=The Tao Of Panda - Panda Express Chinese Restaurant |work=Panda Express |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802080938/http://www.pandaexpress.com/company/ |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref>
| net_income =
| assets =
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| owner =
| num_employees = 39,000 (2012)<ref name="revenues"/>
| parent = [[Panda Restaurant Group]]
| divisions =
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.pandaexpress.com/|pandaexpress.com}}
| footnotes =
| intl =
| foundation = {{start date and age|1983|10}}<br>In [[Glendale, California]], U.S.
| location_city = 1683 Walnut Grove Avenue, [[Rosemead, California]], U.S.<ref name="address">{{cite web|url=http://www.pandarg.com/About |title=About Us |work=Panda Restaurant Group |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725103829/http://www.pandarg.com/About/ |archive-date=July 25, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref>
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| locations = 2,400 (2022)
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'''Panda Express''' is an American [[fast food restaurant]] chain that specializes in [[American Chinese cuisine]]. With over 2,400 locations,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Lisa |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Panda Express lends rooftops to 5G expansion |url=https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/technology/panda-express-lends-rooftops-5g-expansion |website=Restaurant Business Online}}</ref> it is the largest Asian-segment restaurant chain in the United States,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.qsrmagazine.com/reports/qsr50-2013-asian-segment-breakdown |title=The QSR 50 Asian Segment |first=Sam |last=Oches |date=2013-07-29 |magazine=QSR magazine |access-date=2016-05-21}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Hannon|first=Kerry|date=2018-03-22|title=For Panda Express Owners, It's About Family (Published 2018)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/business/panda-express-owners.html|access-date=2021-03-04|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and is mainly located in North America and Asia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rd.com/content/the-success-story-of-panda-express/|title=Positive Thinkers|last=Bartiromo|first=Maria|date=November 2007|author-link=Maria Bartiromo|magazine=[[Reader's Digest]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205005156/http://www.rd.com/content/the-success-story-of-panda-express/|archive-date=December 5, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy}}</ref> Panda Express restaurants were traditionally located in shopping mall [[food court]]s, but the chain now operates units in many other environments and formats, including stand-alone restaurants, as well as universities, casinos, airports, military bases, amusement parks and other venues.

The chain offers a variety of American-Chinese dishes, including [[orange chicken]], sweet fire chicken breast, Beijing beef, grilled [[teriyaki chicken]], and [[Kung Pao chicken]], with certain premium dishes such as honey walnut shrimp and black pepper Angus steak having additional costs for the patron. The company is headquartered in [[Rosemead, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pandaexpress.com/contact/ |title=Contact Us |work=Panda Express |access-date=February 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212204232/http://www.pandaexpress.com/contact/ |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref> The Panda Express brand is a casual, fast-food variation of corporate sibling [[Panda Inn]], which is a chain of upscale, table service restaurants.<ref name=":1" />

== History ==
[[Image:Pandaexpressrestaurant.jpg|thumb|left|A stand-alone Panda Express restaurant in [[Oakland, California]] with drive-through window]]
[[File:Panda Express at Ala Moana Center.jpg|thumb|right|A mall [[food court]] Panda Express at the [[Ala Moana Center]] in [[Hawaii]]]]
[[File:Typical Panda Meal.jpg|thumb|A typical Panda Express meal: [[Kung Pao chicken]], [[orange chicken]], chow mein and steamed vegetables]]
[[File:Panda Express restaurant Fort Worth, TX.png|thumb|A typical Panda Express, [[Fort Worth, Texas]] (2014)]]
[[File:Panda Express.svg|thumb|150px|Logo used from 1983 to 2009]]
The [[Panda Restaurant Group]], parent company of [[Panda Inn]], Panda Express, and [[Hibachi-San]], was founded by [[Andrew Cherng]], [[Peggy Cherng]] and Andrew's father, Master Chef Ming Tsai Cherng.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pandarg.com/aboutPRG/corpOverView.asp |title=Panda Restaurant Group History |work=Panda Restaurant Group |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310175101/http://www.pandarg.com/aboutPRG/corpOverView.asp |archive-date=March 10, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref>  Andrew Cherng and his father are Chinese born, while Peggy was born in Burma and raised in Hong Kong.<ref name="Eng">{{cite news |last1=Eng |first1=Dinah |title=How Panda Express brings Chinese food to the mall |url=http://fortune.com/2013/02/05/how-panda-express-brings-chinese-food-to-the-mall/ |access-date=28 June 2015 |magazine=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=5 February 2013}}</ref> Both Andrew and Peggy Cherng are alumni of [[Baker University]] in [[Baldwin City, Kansas]] (where they first met).<ref name="Greenfeld">{{cite news |last1=Greenfeld |first1=Karl Taro |title=General Tso, Meet Steven Covey |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/10_48/b4205098143983.htm |access-date=28 June 2015 |work=[[Bloomberg BusinessWeek]] |publisher=Bloomberg, L.P. |date=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bakeru.edu/images/pdf/Alumni/BakerPride_Spring08.pdf |title=Cherngs honored for contributions in L.A. area |magazine=Baker Pride alumni magazine |publisher=[[Baker University]] |location=Baldwin City, Kansas |date=Spring 2008}}</ref>

Andrew went into business with his father in the United States in 1973, opening their first Panda Inn restaurant in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref name="Eng" /><ref name="Greenfeld" /> At the beginning, business was lacking to the degree that Andrew had to offer special deals and freebies so that customers would dine at Panda Inn.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Tao of Panda Express |url=http://www.lamag.com/longform/tao-panda/ |magazine=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles Magazine]] |access-date=2015-12-10 |date=April 20, 2015 |first=Ed |last=Leibowitz}}</ref> In 1982, Peggy joined Andrew in the restaurant business.<ref name="Eng" />  While operating Panda Inn, Andrew became acquainted with then-UCLA head football coach [[Terry Donahue]], as well as Terry's brother Dan, who happened to be in the real estate business.<ref name="Eng" />  It was because of this connection that in 1983, Donahue Schriber Real Estate, the manager of the [[Glendale Galleria]], invited the Cherngs to develop a fast-food version of Panda Inn for the Galleria's food court, and Panda Express was launched that October.<ref name="lat-2001oct08">{{cite news |first=James |last=Flanigan |title=Cooking Up a Powerhouse of Chinese Fast Food |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 8, 2001 |page=C1 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-08-fi-54655-story.html}}</ref> A second location was opened two years later at the [[Westside Pavilion]] in 1985.<ref name=ct-2008aug25>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/08/25/panda-express-owner-keeps-early-years-fresh/ |title=Panda Express owner keeps early years fresh: Fear of no customers keeps Andrew Cherng focused at family-owned fast-food chain |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=August 25, 2008 |first=Jerry |last=Hirsch}}</ref> The chain has steadily expanded across the United States since then. Chef Andy Kao claims to have developed the original Chinese-American [[orange chicken]] recipe at a Panda Express in [[Hawaii]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite episode |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/30/560822270/orange-chicken-panda-express-gift-to-american-chinese-food-turns-30 |title=Orange Chicken, Panda Express' Gift To American Chinese Food, Turns 30 |date=October 30, 2017 |first=Mandalit |last=del Barco |network=[[NPR]] |series=[[All Things Considered]]}}</ref>

At first, Panda Express restaurants were found solely in food courts in major shopping malls.<ref name="Eng" />  During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Cherngs began experimenting with [[supermarket]]-based branches, through a deal with [[Vons]], and then stand-alone restaurant locations.<ref name="Eng" />  In 1997, the company opened its first stand-alone, [[drive-through]] restaurant, in [[Hesperia, California]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bruce |first=Haring |title=Panda gains higher visibility for chain amid shift from malls, food courts |newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News |date=August 9, 2004 |page=6 |url=https://business.highbeam.com/409700/article-1G1-120533352/panda-gains-higher-visibility-chain-amid-shift-malls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821053449/https://business.highbeam.com/409700/article-1G1-120533352/panda-gains-higher-visibility-chain-amid-shift-malls |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 21, 2016  |url-access= }}</ref>  Today less than 2% of its restaurants are in malls.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Kate|title=DEATH OF THE FOOD COURT: Iconic mall chains like Cinnabon, Sbarro, and Panda Express are transforming to survive|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/death-of-the-mall-food-court-2017-2|access-date=10 March 2017|work=[[Business Insider]]|date=9 March 2017}}</ref>

In the late 2000s, the Cherngs began implementing play areas, known as the Panda Express Play Places, which had been developed in the late 90's by their business partner, Reginald Schwaab. The Play Places were a major success, primarily on the East Coast of America, where the chain continued to succeed. Due to COVID and increased costs regarding upkeep, the play places were removed from the chain in August of 2020.

Because Peggy had worked for several years as a software designer and engineer for defense contractors like [[McDonnell Douglas]], Panda Express computerized its operations early on.<ref name="Eng" /><ref name="Greenfeld" />  Peggy also brought a [[systems analysis]] perspective to the business and worked through the logistics and standardization issues necessary to scale up the concept.<ref name="Eng" /><ref name="Greenfeld" />

In 2005, Panda Express began to open units in food courts on college campuses, some of which participate in the residential student meal plans.<ref name="bw-2005dec07">{{cite press release |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20051207005225/en/Panda-Express-Brings-Fresh-Wokked-Dishes-College-Campuses |title=Panda Express Brings Fresh-Wokked Dishes to College Campuses; Restaurant Chain Expands in Non-Traditional Venues Including Six New University Locations in 2005 and More on the Way |work=[[Business Wire]] |date=December 7, 2005 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref> In 2008, the Cherngs were the recipients of the City of Angels Award, given by the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laxcoastal.com/ |title=LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce - Home |work=LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222112937/http://laxcoastal.com/ |archive-date=February 22, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref> for their contributions to the greater [[Los Angeles]] area.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_8/ai_n24253738 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710200941/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_8/ai_n24253738 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |title=Andrew and Peggy Cherng of Panda Restaurant Group Receive City of Angels Award Honoring Contributions to the Los Angeles Area |work=[[Business Wire]] |date=February 8, 2008 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref> As of 2007, the company's highest revenue location, bringing in over {{US$|4 million|link=yes}} annually, was located at the [[Ala Moana Center]] food court in [[Honolulu]], Hawaii.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://starbulletin.com/2007/01/17/features/story01.html|title=Orange Chicken on the house|last=Shimabukuro|first=Betty|date=January 17, 2007|newspaper=[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]|access-date=January 17, 2007|archive-date=October 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024015918/http://starbulletin.com/2007/01/17/features/story01.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On the [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] TV program ''[[Nightline]]'', April 18, 2011, there was a feature segment on Panda Express and its success. The segment described how Andrew Cherng encourages his workers and management to go through self-help programs emphasizing [[Landmark Education]].<ref>{{cite episode |last1=Berman |first1=John |last2=Rosenberg |first2=Sarah |name-list-style=amp |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/panda-express-ceo-hosts-motivational-forums-employees/story?id=13387246 |title=Panda Express: Self-Help Courses and Zumba Are Recipe for Success? CEO Says Motivational Forums, Not Orange Chicken, Make His Business Successful |network=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |series=[[Nightline]] |date=April 18, 2011}}</ref>

In 2011, a suit was filed by the [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]] against Panda Express because it was reportedly treating its Hispanic employees differently than Asian employees.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/8-17-11b.cfm|title=Panda Express Sued By EEOC For National Origin Bias|last1=E.E.O.C|website=U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> In June 2013, it was announced that the restaurant chain will pay $150,000 to settle another EEOC action on behalf of at least three female teenagers who were allegedly sexually harassed between 2007 and 2009 by one male kitchen supervisor in [[Kauai|Kauai, Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite press release |work=U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |title=Panda Express Agrees to Early Settlement with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to Resolve Sexual Harassment Suit |url=http://www.natlawreview.com/article/panda-express-agrees-to-early-settlement-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-eeo |access-date=June 20, 2013 |via=[[The National Law Review]] |date=June 3, 2013 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref> In addition to the fines, Panda Express revised its policies and was required to provide anti-discrimination and sexual harassment training for employees.

Later that year, Panda Express opened its first location in the western Pacific, opening a location in [[Guam]].<ref name=aj-2013nov28>{{cite news |url=http://asianjournal.com/news/panda-express-expansion-continues-with-guam-opening/ |title=Panda Express Expansion Continues with Guam Opening |website=Asian Journal |date=November 28, 2013 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |access-date=August 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807154157/http://asianjournal.com/news/panda-express-expansion-continues-with-guam-opening/ |archive-date=August 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The first location in the state of [[Alaska]] was later opened in December 2015.<ref name=adn-2015dec17>{{cite news |url=http://www.adn.com/business/article/panda-express-honors-first-alaska-restaurant-community-celebration/2015/12/18/ |title=Alaska gets its first Panda Express, with 9 more locations in the works |newspaper=[[Alaska Dispatch News]] |date=December 17, 2015 |first=Suzanna |last=Caldwell}}</ref>

As of 2017, the Panda Restaurant Group had annual sales of over $3 billion and close to 39,000 employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pandarg.com/aboutPRG/corpOverView.asp |title=Panda Restaurant Group information page |work=Panda Restaurant Group |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310175101/http://www.pandarg.com/aboutPRG/corpOverView.asp |archive-date=March 10, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref> The Cherngs also opened Panda Innovation Kitchen in Pasadena with their daughter, Andrea Cherng, overlooking a majority of the restaurant's business.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=How Panda Express Grew From Family Business to Global Empire |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/panda-express-innovates-family-business-global-empire-n367721 |website=[[NBC News]] |access-date=2015-12-10 |first=Vanessa |last=Hua |date=June 8, 2015}}</ref> The idea for Panda Innovation Kitchen is to experiment with new flavours and ingredients to come up with new menu items. In addition, they also opened a tea bar to introduce Taiwanese drinks such as [[boba milk tea]] and new drinks like the Fortune Cookie Shake.<ref name=":2" />

In December 2017, Panda Express had opened the chain's 2,000th location, which is located in [[New York City]] near [[Columbia University]].<ref name="prn-2017dec04">{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/panda-express-celebrates-milestone-opening-of-2000th-restaurant-worldwide-300566008.html |title=Panda Express Celebrates Milestone Opening Of 2,000th Restaurant Worldwide: America's favorite Chinese kitchen offers commemorative gift to first 2,000 guests at opening of location in Manhattan |work=[[PR Newswire]] |date=December 4, 2017 |first=Panda |last=Express}}</ref>

In February of 2022, Panda Restaurant Group filed a U.S. trademark application for the name PANDAVERSE for "downloadable virtual goods, namely, food items and beverages for use in virtual worlds" and "virtual food and beverage products." The filing marked an intention to expand the Panda Express brand into the Metaverse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mekiplaw.com/the-trend-of-verse-trademarks-applications-for-the-metaverse/|title=The Trend of "Verse" Trademark Applications for the Metaverse.|website=www.mekiplaw.com|access-date=2022-02-23}}</ref>

== International ==
Panda Express also operates in Canada, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, El Salvador, the Philippines, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates. The first location in Mexico opened in [[Mexico City]] in September 2011.<ref name="sgvt-2011sep08">{{cite news |url=http://www.sgvtribune.com/business/20110908/panda-express-expands-with-new-location-in-mexico-city |title=Panda Express expands with new location in Mexico City |newspaper=[[San Gabriel Valley Tribune]] |date=September 8, 2011 |first=Kevin |last=Smith}}</ref>

In October 2013, the first Panda Express located in Canada opened on [[Hunt Club Road]] in [[Nepean, Ontario]],{{citation needed|date=August 2016|reason=Unable to locate any reference that would support claim.}} but has since closed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Panda+Express/@45.3021475,-75.8680759,12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cce07b821e14b81:0xb68808b07fd4ad1e!8m2!3d45.3384516!4d-75.7147528?shorturl=1|title=Panda Express|website=Panda Express|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref> The first location in [[Calgary]] was opened in October 2016.<ref name="dh-2016oct28">{{cite news |url=http://dailyhive.com/calgary/panda-express-calgary |title=Panda Express opens first Calgary location |website=Daily Hive |date=October 28, 2016 |first=Lindsay |last=William-Ross}}</ref>

On May 26, 2014, it was reported by [[Arabian Business]] news that Panda Express would be opening a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gourmet Gulf set to launch Panda Express in UAE |url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/gourmet-gulf-set-launch-four-new-f-b-brands-551638.html |magazine=Arabian Business |first=Andy |last=Sambidge |date=26 May 2014}}</ref> The first Panda Express restaurant in the [[Middle East]] was opened in [[Dubai]] in November 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scoopempire.com/food-review-panda-express-u-s-now-dubai/ |title=Food Review: Panda Express from the U.S. Now in Dubai |website=Scoop Empire |date=November 11, 2014 |first=Hattem |last=Mattar}}</ref>

The first location in South Korea was opened in Seoul in September 2014 as a joint venture with Seoul-based SF Innovation Co.<ref name=kh-2014sep05>{{cite news |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140905000930 |title=Panda Express opens in Seoul |newspaper=[[Korea Herald]] |date=September 5, 2014 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref>

In July 2016, Panda Express opened its first location in Guatemala, in [[Guatemala City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publinews.gt/gt/tendencias/2016/07/12/sabor-panda-express-llega-guatemala-quedarse.html |title=El sabor de Panda Express llega a Guatemala para quedarse |work=Publinews |date=July 12, 2016 |language=es |trans-title=The flavor of Panda Express arrives in Guatemala to stay |quote=Panda Express es una franquicia americana de comida china reconocida a nivel internacional y por primera vez llega a Guatemala.}}</ref>

In September 2017, Panda Express opened its first location on the [[Dutch Caribbean]] country of [[Aruba]] at the [[Queen Beatrix International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/ArubaAirport/posts/great-news-panda-express-and-freshii-are-now-open-to-serve-you-at-gates-45/1606737476015249/'  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/114550875233924/1606737476015249 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Great news! Panda Express and Fresh II are now open to serve you at gates 4/5! |date=September 29, 2017 |work=[[Queen Beatrix International Airport]] |via=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Although it is unknown when Panda Express opened its first restaurant in [[Saudi Arabia]], a second Panda Express in Saudi Arabia opened in [[Riyadh]] in January 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1233726/corporate-news |title=Panda Express opens 2nd Saudi restaurant in Riyadh |date=January 26, 2018 |first=Afifa |last=Jabeen |newspaper=[[Arab News]]}}</ref> Both Saudi Arabian restaurants, as well as the ones in United Arab Emirates are operated by Gourmet Gulf.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/526637/BUSINESS/Panda-Express-opens-its-2nd-restaurant-in-Riyadh |title=Panda Express opens its 2nd restaurant in Riyadh |date=January 21, 2018 |newspaper=[[Saudi Gazette]]}}</ref>

In July 2018, Panda Express entered El Salvador for the first time by opening two locations in the capital city of [[San Salvador]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://elmundo.sv/franquicia-panda-express-abre-dos-restaurantes-en-el-salvador/ |title=Franquicia Panda Express abre dos restaurantes en El Salvador |newspaper=[[El Mundo (El Salvador)|El Mundo]] |date=July 6, 2018 |first=Uveli |last=Alemán |language=es |trans-title=Franchise Panda Express opens two restaurants in El Salvador}}</ref>

[[File:Panda_Express1.jpg|thumbnail|right|A Panda Express outlet at [[SM City Pampanga]] in [[San Fernando, Pampanga]], Philippines]]
[[File:Panda_Express_Interior_Drive_Thru2.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Drive-through]] sign]]
In September 2018, Panda Express announced its joint venture with [[Jollibee Foods Corporation]] to bring its stores in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lopez |first1=Elyssa Christine |date=27 September 2018 |title=Jollibee Foods to Bring America's Panda Express to PH |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com.ph/news-and-events/jollibee-foods-to-bring-america-s-panda-express-to-ph-a00178-20180927 |access-date=24 December 2018 |website=[[Entrepreneur (magazine)|Entrepreneur Philippines]] |archive-date=April 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409020750/https://www.entrepreneur.com.ph/news-and-events/jollibee-foods-to-bring-america-s-panda-express-to-ph-a00178-20180927 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A year later, in December 2019, the first Panda Express restaurant in the Philippines opened at [[SM Megamall]] in [[Mandaluyong]].<ref name="abs-cbn-2019dec02">{{cite news |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/02/19/panda-express-philippines-opens-on-dec-12 |title=Panda Express Philippines opens on Dec. 12 |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=December 2, 2019 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref> More branches were opened, all located in the [[Greater Manila Area]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pandaexpress.com.ph/en/userlocation|title=Panda Express Locations|accessdate=June 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.spot.ph/eatdrink/the-latest-eat-drink/104653/panda-express-drive-thru-store-in-pacita-san-pedro-laguna-a3412-20230502|website=Spot.ph| title=Here's Where Panda Express Is Opening Its Second Drive-Thru in The Philippines| date=May 2, 2023|first=Bea|last=Faicol|accessdate=June 15, 2023 }}</ref>

The first Panda Express in [[Russia]] opened in [[Moscow]] in September 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.the-village.ru/village/food/opening/324415-otkrytiya |title=Открытия недели: Panda Express, китайский ресторан в "Азимуте" и Burger & Pizzetta |date=September 7, 2018 |work=The Village (Moscow) |trans-title=Opening this week: Panda Express, a Chinese restaurant in Azimuth and Burger & Pizzetta |language=ru}}</ref> However, in March 2022, Panda Express has ceased all corporate support, including operations, marketing, and supply chain in response to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian war against Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Panda Express latest QSR ceasing Russian support |url=https://www.qsrweb.com/news/panda-express-latest-qsr-ceasing-russian-support/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=www.qsrweb.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How US restaurant chains are responding in Russia |url=https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/us-restaurant-chains-russia/620248/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=Restaurant Dive |language=en-US}}</ref>

Panda Express previously had eight sites in Japan that were operated under a franchise agreement that later lapsed.<ref name=lat-2001oct08 /> In November 2016, the company returned to the country by opening a new restaurant in [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]].<ref>{{cite news |title=We checked out Panda Express Kawasaki (so you don't have to) |url=https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/blog/we-checked-out-panda-express-kawasaki-so-you-dont-have-to-112816 |magazine=Time Out Tokyo |first=Shiori |last=Kotaki |date=28 November 2016}}</ref> This restaurant is operated as part of a joint partnership with [[Ippudo]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Panda Express Is Taking Its Orange Chicken to Japan |url=http://www.eater.com/2016/9/30/13108876/panda-express-japan-expanding |magazine=Eater |first=Dana |last=Hatic |date=30 September 2016}}</ref> As of August 2022, were nine restaurants in the country.<ref name="Panda Express Locations Japan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.pandaexpress.jp/ja/userlocation |title=Panda Express Locations |access-date=June 24, 2019 |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230112948/https://www.pandaexpress.jp/ja/userlocation |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In October 2020, the ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' reported that a fake Panda Express restaurant in the southwestern Chinese city of [[Kunming]] had been reported for trademark infringement, and was closed during an investigation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3106671/us-panda-express-says-its-black-and-white-eaterie-bearing |title=US' Panda Express says it's black and white: eaterie bearing resemblance in China is fake |website=The NY Times |date=2020-10-22 |access-date=2020-10-22}}</ref> The reportedly fake restaurant used the same Panda Express logo, and its menu reportedly included the same Kung Pao Chicken and Tangerine Peel Chicken as the company's restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Largest US Chinese Restaurant Chain Panda Express Enters China|url=https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/largest-us-chinese-restaurant-chain-panda-express-enters-china|access-date=2020-10-16|website=www.yicaiglobal.com|language=en}}</ref>

In August 2022, Panda Express opened its first European site in Kaiserslautern Military Community Center food court, [[Ramstein Air Base]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramstein Air Base: Lagardère launches Panda Express in Europe |url=https://www.food-service.de/international/int-news/ramstein-air-base-lagardre-launches-panda-express-in-europe-52723 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=food-service.de |language=en}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==
In 1999, Panda Express launched Panda Cares to "give back to the community". They provide funding, food, and volunteer services to children in need and disaster relief efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pandaexpress.com/OurFamilyStory|title=Our Family Story - Panda Express Chinese Restaurant|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=<!--undated-->|website=Panda Express|access-date=2015-12-10}}</ref> The company installed donation boxes in all the Panda Express restaurants in 2010. The charity has raised $107 million, with $89 million coming from in-store donation boxes, and $41 million has been donated to "The Leader In Me", a program to teach leadership and life skills rolled out to 865 elementary schools in 39 states. The organization has also donated $37 million to [[Children's Miracle Network Hospitals]], to support medical costs for poor children and disaster relief efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferwang/2018/05/01/from-fast-food-to-philanthropy-panda-express-cofounder-on-donations-to-caltech-underserved-kids/#2be4611446d8 |title=From Fast Food To Philanthropy: Panda Express Cofounder On Donations To Caltech, Underserved Kids |website=forbes.com |date=2018-05-01 |access-date=2018-05-02}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Chinese restaurants]]
* [[PF Chang's]]

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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* {{cite news |last=Flanigan |first=James |url=http://www.asianweek.com/2001_11_30/biz_panda.html |title=Fast Food Powerhouse |magazine=[[AsianWeek|Asian Week]] |date=December 6, 2001 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403015354/http://www.asianweek.com/2001_11_30/biz_panda.html |archive-date=April 3, 2007 |df=mdy }}
* {{cite web |magazine=Foodservice Equipment & Supplies (FE&S) magazine |url=http://www.fesmag.com/archives/2006/04/chain-profile.asp |title=Panda Express Profile |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302112320/http://www.fesmag.com/archives/2006/04/chain-profile.asp |archive-date=March 2, 2007 |df=mdy }}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929100549/http://www.asiasocietysocal.org/index.php?id=407 Andrew Cherng Profile]}}- [[Asia Society]], Southern California.
* {{cite interview|subject-last1=Cherng|subject-first1=Andrew|interviewer=Tavis Smiley|url=http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200611/20061114_cherng.html|title=Andrew Cherng interview|website=[[The Tavis Smiley Show]]|date=November 14, 2006|access-date=April 29, 2020|archive-date=February 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225100254/http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200611/20061114_cherng.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}
* Jennings, Lisa, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080104092408/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_31_39/ai_n14918454 "Having words with Peggy Tsiang Cherng: chief executive and co-chair, Panda Restaurant Group"], Nation's Restaurant News, August 1, 2005.
* [https://storesurvey.onl/pandaexpress-com-feedback/ "panda express feedback"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814220601/https://storesurvey.onl/pandaexpress-com-feedback/ |date=August 14, 2022 }}, @Mizzou, [[University of Missouri]], Alumni Association magazine, January 2004.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090103230953/http://www.pandarg.com/default.asp?nav=about Panda Restaurant Group Corporate Data]- from Panda Restaurant Group website
* {{cite news |last=Hirsch |first=Jerry |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-13-fi-panda13-story.html |title=Chinese fast-food chain Panda Express thrives on a diet of orange chicken Now celebrating its 25th year |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 13, 2008 }}
* Bernstein, Charles, 'Manchu Leads the Working Race,' Restaurants & Institutions, August 1, 1994, p.&nbsp;30.
* Cebrzynski, Gregg, 'Panda Express Breaks TV Ad Campaign as Test to Raise Brand Awareness,' Nation's Restaurant News, August 9, 1999, p.&nbsp;11.
* Farkas, David, 'Fast and Friendly,' Chain Leader, March 2000, p.&nbsp;72.
* Glover, Kara, 'Success on Oriental (Food) Express,' Los Angeles Business Journal, September 25, 1995, p.&nbsp;21.
* Krantz, Matt, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101104040622/http://pandaexpress.com/images/pdf/USAToday_2006-09-10.pdf "Panda Express Spreads Chinese Food Across USA"], ''USA Today'', September 11, 2006
* Marchetti, Michele, and Alisson, Lucas, 'Creating Panda-monium,' Sales & Marketing Management, January 1996, p.&nbsp;14.
* Martin, Richard, 'Panda Express: Bullish about the Bear,' Nation's Restaurant News, May 16, 1994, p.&nbsp;86.
* ------, 'Top Chi-Chi's, El Torito Execs Tackle Panda Push,' Nation's Restaurant News, August 7, 1995, p.&nbsp;18
* {{cite news |last=Walkup |first=Carolyn |title=Panda Express Promo Targets Takeout Business |newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News |date=February 28, 1994 |page=7}}
* {{cite web |url=http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news_stories/2011/02/panda-founders-25-million.html |title=Panda Restaurant Group Founders Pledge $2.5 Million to Collins College |magazine=Polycentric |publisher=[[California State Polytechnic University, Pomona]] |date=February 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305094117/http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news_stories/2011/02/panda-founders-25-million.html |archive-date=March 5, 2011 |df=mdy }}
* {{cite news |last=Gordinier |first=Jeff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/dining/panda-express-takes-a-second-run-at-new-york.html |title=Panda Express Takes a Second Run at New York |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 22, 2015 }}
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|https://www.pandaexpress.com/}}
* [http://www.hoovers.com/panda-restaurant-group/--ID__47673--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Hoover's Financial Data on the Panda Restaurant Group]

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