Panda
Express
National chain of
fast-food Chinese restaurants.
Headquarters:
1683 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, CA 91770
Employees: 13,000+
CEO: Tom Davin
Privately held
Website:
http://www.pandaexpress.com/
Career Site
The Panda Restaurant Group is the largest
Asian restaurant company in the United States. The company's
restaurants include:
Panda Express
- offers fast-service Chinese food cooked by woks including Orange
Chicken, fried rice, lo mein and egg rolls. Launched in 1983,
there are currently more than 1,000 Panda Express locations in
34 states throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and Japan.
Panda Inn
- offers gourmet Mandarin and Szechuan cuisine in an upscale,
full-service dining atmosphere. Panda Inn has five Southern California
locations in Glendale, La Palma, Ontario, Pasadena and San Diego.
Hibachi-San
is a quick-service restaurant featuring Japanese grill favorites
including bowls with chicken and rice or noodles. Hibachi-San
has more than a dozen locations throughout Arizona, California,
Georgia, Minnesota, Maryland, Nevada and Oregon.
The family owned and operated company is
run by the original founders, Andrew and Peggy Cherng, who are
co-chairmen. The company's 2005 sales exceeded $800 million and
is profitable. Same store sales have increased every year since
1996 including 6.2% in 2005. In addition, Panda Express added
139 new locations throughout the United States in primarily street
venues with drive thru access in 2005.
History
Andrew Cherng entered the restaurant business
with his father who immigrated to the U.S. from China. Using
their savings, the two in 1973 started a sit-down restaurant
called Panda Inn in Pasadena, CA. In 1983, Andrew opened the
first Panda Express in the Glendale Galleria mall.
By 1993, Panda Express would open its 100th
location.
In 2001, Panda Restaurant Group bought
a 40 percent ownership stake in FoodBrand, L.L.C, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Mills Corporation, one of the nation's leading
shopping center developers.
Benefits
- Competitive base
- Annual Bonus
- Stock Options (Offered to Manager & Above Associates)
- 401(k) Plan with Company match
- Paid Time Off
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
- Basic Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability Insurance (Offered to Exempt Associates)
- Company Fitness Center
- Meal Discount
Updated February 29, 2008
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