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Panda Express

Operations

How Panda Express is luring convenience-focused diners

 By Heather Lalley on Aug. 24, 2021

The nearly 40-year-old fast casual, known for its hot foods serving line, is eyeing new store formats and upgraded tech to shorten the “customer journey” to its heaping plates of orange chicken.

Food

Panda Express transforms its signature Original Orange Chicken into a plant-based dish

 By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 14, 2021

Beyond The Original Orange Chicken is debuting at select locations in New York and California.

Food

Menu favorites get tweaked and seasonal specials return

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 19, 2021

Taste Tracker: Boston Market launches a chicken sandwich, Panda Express brings back a Chinese New Year signature, Panera adds two new flatbreads and wings take off in new flavors and formats.

Food

Big flavors come onto menus at full speed

By Patricia Cobe on Oct. 13, 2020

Taste Tracker: New items bet on pumpkin and spice beyond lattes, accents from around the world, and the bolder the better.

Financing

With sales increasing and dining rooms reopening, chains push hiring

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 19, 2020

McDonald’s, Subway, Dunkin’ and Panda Express have all said they’re adding thousands of workers as operators take advantage of high unemployment.

Food

Value is a strong motivator for consumers’ menu choices

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 02, 2020

Deals are a draw in both quick service and casual dining, finds Technomic.

Top 500 Chains

Panda Express

Apr. 21, 2020

Panda Express has quietly established itself as a fast-casual stalwart, posting another year of double-digit sales growth (12%).

Food

Health competes with indulgence and whimsy in recent LTOs

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 28, 2020

New menu launches tap into diet-friendly fare, Super Bowl promotions and more.

Top 500 Chains

Panda Express

May 03, 2019

Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

Food

Asian cuisine evolution

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 18, 2019

Niche cuisines are driving chain menu development in the Asian segment.

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