Owner Cherng family Number of employees 30,000 | Revenue 2.5 billion USD (2016) Founded 1983 Number of locations 1,900 | |
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Headquarters 1683 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, California 91770 U.S. (626-799-9898), Rosemead, California Subsidiaries Panda Express, Panda Inn, CFT Developments LLC | ||
2014 restaurant neighborhood winner panda restaurant group
Panda Restaurant Group, Inc., parent company of Panda Inn, Panda Express & Hibachi-San, was founded by Andrew and Peggy Tsiang Cherng and Andrew's father, Master Chef Ming-Tsai Cherng, the family originating in the Yangzhou region of China's Jiangsu province. They started their first Panda Inn restaurant in 1973 in Pasadena, California. The group has its headquarters in Rosemead, California.
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Andrew Cherng '70 and his wife Peggy Tsiang Cherng met at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. Peggy Cherng went on to receive her B.S. degree in Mathematics from Oregon State University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri.The company debuted on Forbes' 2016 edition of America Largest Private Companies
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The Panda Restaurant Group includes Panda Express, Panda Inn, and Hibachi-San.
Panda Express, the most popular, has 1,900 locations as of 2016., making it the largest Chinese fast food chain in the United States.
Panda Inn, a sit-down restaurant chain, has 6 locations, all of which are in California, plus Wasabi, a Japanese concept.