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<table><caption>Panda Express</caption><tbody><tr><td><p>Logo used since 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><div><p>Panda Express location, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a></p></div></td></tr><tr><th>Type</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th>Industry</th><td>Food service</td></tr><tr><th>Genre</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chinese_cuisine">American Chinese cuisine</a></td></tr><tr><th>Founded</th><td>October 1983<br/>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale,_California">Glendale</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California">California</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th>Founders</th><td><div><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cherng">Andrew Cherng</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Cherng">Peggy Cherng</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th>Headquarters</th><td><p>1683 Walnut Grove Avenue, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemead,_California">Rosemead</a>, California, U.S.<sup><a href="#cite_note-address-1">[1]</a></sup></p></td></tr><tr><th><p>Number of locations</p></th><td>2,200 (2019)</td></tr><tr><th><p>Area served</p></th><td>United States (also Puerto Rico &amp; Guam), Mexico, Canada, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Aruba, Philippines, Germany, Indonesia</td></tr><tr><th>Products</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chinese_cuisine">American Chinese cuisine</a></td></tr><tr><th>Revenue</th><td>3 billion (2017)<sup><a href="#cite_note-revenues-2">[2]</a></sup><sup>[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability"></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr><th><p>Number of employees</p></th><td>39,000 (2018)<sup><a href="#cite_note-employees-3">[3]</a></sup><sup>[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability"></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent_company">Parent</a></th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_Restaurant_Group">Panda Restaurant Group</a></td></tr><tr><th>Website</th><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Panda Express</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language">Chinese</a>: ) is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food_restaurant">fast food restaurant</a> chain that specializes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chinese_cuisine">American Chinese cuisine</a>. With over 2,200 locations,<sup><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> it is the largest Asian-segment restaurant chain in the United States,<sup><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-:1-6">[6]</a></sup> where it was founded, and is mainly located in North America and Asia (in addition to other countries and territories).<sup><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> Panda Express restaurants were traditionally located in shopping mall <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_court">food courts</a>, 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.
</p><p>The chain offers a variety of American-Chinese dishes, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_chicken">orange chicken</a>, sweet fire chicken breast, Beijing beef, grilled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teriyaki_chicken">teriyaki chicken</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Pao_chicken">Kung Pao chicken</a>, 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemead,_California">Rosemead, California</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> The Panda Express brand is a casual, fast-food variation of corporate sibling <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_Inn">Panda Inn</a>, which is a chain of upscale, table service restaurants.<sup><a href="#cite_note-:1-6">[6]</a></sup>
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<figure><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pandaexpressrestaurant.jpg"></a><figcaption>A stand-alone Panda Express restaurant in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California">Oakland, California</a> with drive-through window</figcaption></figure>
<figure><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Panda_Express_at_Ala_Moana_Center.jpg"></a><figcaption>A mall <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_court">food court</a> Panda Express at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_Moana_Center">Ala Moana Center</a> in Hawaii</figcaption></figure>
<figure><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Typical_Panda_Meal.jpg"></a><figcaption>A typical Panda Express meal: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Pao_chicken">Kung Pao chicken</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_chicken">orange chicken</a>, chow mein and steamed vegetables</figcaption></figure>
<figure><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Panda_Express_restaurant_Fort_Worth,_TX.png"></a><figcaption>A typical Panda Express, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a> (2014)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_Restaurant_Group">Panda Restaurant Group</a>, parent company of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_Inn">Panda Inn</a>, Panda Express, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibachi-San">Hibachi-San</a>, was founded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cherng">Andrew Cherng</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Cherng">Peggy Cherng</a> and Andrew's father, Master Chef Ming Tsai Cherng.<sup><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> Andrew Cherng and his father are Chinese born, while Peggy was born in Burma and raised in Hong Kong.<sup><a href="#cite_note-Eng-10">[10]</a></sup> Both Andrew and Peggy Cherng are alumni of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_University">Baker University</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_City,_Kansas">Baldwin City, Kansas</a> (where they first met).<sup><a href="#cite_note-Greenfeld-11">[11]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup>
</p><p>Andrew went into business with his father in the United States in 1973, opening their first Panda Inn restaurant in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California">Pasadena, California</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-Eng-10">[10]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-Greenfeld-11">[11]</a></sup> 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.<sup><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> In 1982, Peggy joined Andrew in the restaurant business.<sup><a href="#cite_note-Eng-10">[10]</a></sup> While operating Panda Inn, Andrew became acquainted with then-UCLA head football coach <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Donahue">Terry Donahue</a>, as well as Terry's brother Dan, who happened to be in the real estate business.<sup><a href="#cite_note-Eng-10">[10]</a></sup> It was because of this connection that in 1983, Donahue Schriber Real Estate, the manager of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Galleria">Glendale Galleria</a>, 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.<sup><a href="#cite_note-lat-2001oct08-14">[14]</a></sup> A second location was opened two years later at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westside_Pavilion">Westside Pavilion</a> in 1985.<sup><a href="#cite_note-ct-2008aug25-15">[15]</a></sup> The chain has steadily expanded across the United States since then. Chef Andy Kao claims to have developed the original Chinese-American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_chicken">orange chicken</a> recipe at a Panda Express in Hawaii in 1987.<sup><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup>
</p><p>At first, Panda Express restaurants were found solely in food courts in major shopping malls.<sup><a href="#cite_note-Eng-10">[10]</a></sup> During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Cherngs began experimenting with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarket">supermarket</a>-based branches, through a deal with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vons">Vons</a>, and then stand-alone restaurant locations.<sup><a href="#cite_note-Eng-10">[10]</a></sup> In 1997, the company opened its first stand-alone, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-through">drive-through</a> restaurant, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperia,_California">Hesperia, California</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> Today less than 2% of its restaurants are in malls.<sup><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup>
</p><p>Because Peggy had worked for several years as a software designer and engineer for defense contractors like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a>, Panda Express computerized its operations early on.<sup><a href="#cite_note-Eng-10">[10]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-Greenfeld-11">[11]</a></sup> Peggy also brought a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_analysis">systems analysis</a> perspective to the business and worked through the logistics and standardization issues necessary to scale up the concept.<sup><a href="#cite_note-Eng-10">[10]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-Greenfeld-11">[11]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 2005, Panda Express began to open units in food courts on college campuses, some of which participate in the residential student meal plans.<sup><a href="#cite_note-bw-2005dec07-19">[19]</a></sup> In 2008, the Cherngs were the recipients of the City of Angels Award, given by the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce,<sup><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup> for their contributions to the greater <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles">Los Angeles</a> area.<sup><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> As of 2007, the company's highest revenue location, bringing in over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar">US$</a>4 million annually, was located at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_Moana_Center">Ala Moana Center</a> food court in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu,_Hawaii">Honolulu, Hawaii</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup>
</p><p>On the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News">ABC News</a> TV program <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightline">Nightline</a></i>, 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Education">Landmark Education</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 2011, a suit was filed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission">Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</a> against Panda Express because it was reportedly treating its Hispanic employees differently than Asian employees.<sup><a href="#cite_note-:0-24">[24]</a></sup> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kauai">Kauai, Hawaii</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup> In addition to the fines, Panda Express revised its policies and was required to provide anti-discrimination and sexual harassment training for employees.
</p><p>Later that year, Panda Express opened its first location in the western Pacific by opening a location in the American territory of Guam.<sup><a href="#cite_note-aj-2013nov28-26">[26]</a></sup> The first location in the state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska">Alaska</a> was later opened in December 2015.<sup><a href="#cite_note-adn-2015dec17-27">[27]</a></sup>
</p><p>As of 2017, the Panda Restaurant Group had annual sales of over $3 billion and close to 39,000 employees.<sup><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup> The Cherngs also opened Panda Innovation Kitchen in Pasadena with their daughter, Andrea Cherng, overlooking a majority of the restaurant's business.<sup><a href="#cite_note-:2-29">[29]</a></sup> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boba_milk_tea">boba milk tea</a> and new drinks like the Fortune Cookie Shake.<sup><a href="#cite_note-:2-29">[29]</a></sup>
</p><p>In December 2017, Panda Express had opened the chain's 2,000th location, which is located in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City">New York City</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University">Columbia University</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-prn-2017dec04-30">[30]</a></sup>
</p><p>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.<sup><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup>
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<p>Panda Express also operates in Canada, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, El Salvador, Philippines, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia. The first location in Mexico opened in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City">Mexico City</a> in September 2011.<sup><a href="#cite_note-sgvt-2011sep08-32">[32]</a></sup>
</p><p>In October 2013, the first Panda Express located in Canada opened on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt_Club_Road">Hunt Club Road</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepean,_Ontario">Nepean, Ontario</a>,<sup>[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"></a></i>]</sup> but has since closed.<sup><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup> The first location in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary">Calgary</a> was opened in October 2016.<sup><a href="#cite_note-dh-2016oct28-34">[34]</a></sup>
</p><p>On May 26, 2014, it was reported by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Business">Arabian Business</a> news that Panda Express would be opening a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates.<sup><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup> The first Panda Express restaurant in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East">Middle East</a> was open in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai">Dubai</a> in November 2014.<sup><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup>
</p><p>The first location in South Korea was opened in Seoul in September 2014 as a joint venture with Seoul-based SF Innovation Co.<sup><a href="#cite_note-kh-2014sep05-37">[37]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2016, Panda Express opened its first location in Guatemala, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala_City">Guatemala City</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup>
</p><p>In September 2017, Panda Express opened its first location on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean">Dutch Caribbean</a> country of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba">Aruba</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Beatrix_International_Airport">Queen Beatrix International Airport</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup>
</p><p>Although it's unknown when Panda Express had opened its first restaurant in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, a second Panda Express in Saudi Arabia opened in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh">Riyadh</a> in January 2018.<sup><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup> Both Saudi Arabian restaurants, as well as the ones in United Arab Emirates are operated by Gourmet Gulf.<sup><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2018, Panda Express entered El Salvador for the first time by opening two locations in the capital city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Salvador">San Salvador</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup>
</p><p>In September 2018, Panda Express announced its joint venture with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollibee_Foods_Corporation">Jollibee Foods Corporation</a> to bring its stores in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines">Philippines</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup> A year later, in December 2019, the first Panda Express restaurant in the Philippines opened at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_Megamall">SM Megamall</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaluyong">Mandaluyong</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-abs-cbn-2019dec02-44">[44]</a></sup> More branches were opened, all located in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Manila_Area">Greater Manila Area</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></sup>
</p><p>The first Panda Express in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia">Russia</a> opened in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow">Moscow</a> in September 2018.<sup><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></sup> However, in March 2022, Panda Express has ceased all corporate support, including operations, marketing, and supply chain in response to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine">Russian war against Ukraine</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></sup>
</p><p>Panda Express previously had eight sites in Japan that were operated under a franchise agreement that later lapsed.<sup><a href="#cite_note-lat-2001oct08-14">[14]</a></sup> In November 2016, the company returned to the country by opening a new restaurant in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></sup> This restaurant is operated as part of a joint partnership with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ippudo">Ippudo</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></sup> As of August 2022, were nine restaurants in the country.<sup><a href="#cite_note-Panda_Express_Locations_Japan-52">[52]</a></sup>
</p><p>In October 2020, the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post">South China Morning Post</a></i> reported that a fake Panda Express restaurant in the southwestern Chinese city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunming">Kunming</a> had been reported for trademark infringement, and was closed during an investigation.<sup><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></sup> 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.<sup><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></sup>
</p><p>In August 2022, Panda Express opened its first European site in Kaiserslautern Military Community Center food court, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.<sup><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a></sup>
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<p>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.<sup><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></sup> 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 that has been rolled out to 865 elementary schools in 39 states. The organization has also donated $37 million to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Miracle_Network_Hospitals">Children's Miracle Network Hospitals</a>, to support medical costs for poor children, and also supports disaster relief efforts.<sup><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_restaurants">List of Chinese restaurants</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PF_Chang%27s">PF Chang's</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><cite>Flanigan, James (December 6, 2001). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070403015354/http://www.asianweek.com/2001_11_30/biz_panda.html">"Fast Food Powerhouse"</a>. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AsianWeek">Asian Week</a></i>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press">Associated Press</a>. Archived from <a href="http://www.asianweek.com/2001_11_30/biz_panda.html">the original</a> on April 3, 2007.</cite></li>
<li><cite><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070302112320/http://www.fesmag.com/archives/2006/04/chain-profile.asp">"Panda Express Profile"</a>. <i>Foodservice Equipment &amp; Supplies (FE&amp;S) magazine</i>. Archived from <a href="http://www.fesmag.com/archives/2006/04/chain-profile.asp">the original</a> on March 2, 2007.</cite></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929100549/http://www.asiasocietysocal.org/index.php?id=407">Andrew Cherng Profile</a><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Usurped/doc">[Usurped!]</a></sup>- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Society">Asia Society</a>, Southern California.</li>
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<li>Jennings, Lisa, <a href="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"</a>, Nation's Restaurant News, August 1, 2005.</li>
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<li><cite><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110305094117/http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news_stories/2011/02/panda-founders-25-million.html">"Panda Restaurant Group Founders Pledge $2.5 Million to Collins College"</a>. <i>Polycentric</i>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Polytechnic_University,_Pomona">Cal Poly Pomona</a>. February 28, 2011. Archived from <a href="http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news_stories/2011/02/panda-founders-25-million.html">the original</a> on March 5, 2011.</cite></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.hoovers.com/panda-restaurant-group/--ID__47673--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml">Hoover's Financial Data on the Panda Restaurant Group</a></li></ul>
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 Panda Express
 Logo used since 2014 
 Panda Express location, Midtown Manhattan
 Type Subsidiary   
 Industry Food service   
 Genre American Chinese cuisine   
 Founded October 1983 ; 40 years ago   
 In Glendale, California, United States   
 Founders * Andrew Cherng   
 * Peggy Cherng   
 Headquarters 1683 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, California, U.S.[1]  
 Number of locations 2,200 (2019)   
 Area served United States (also Puerto Rico & Guam), Mexico, Canada, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Aruba, Philippines, Germany, Indonesia
 Products American Chinese cuisine   
 Revenue 3 billion (2017)[2][ failed verification ]   
 Number of employees 39,000 (2018)[3][ failed verification ]   
 Parent Panda Restaurant Group   
 Website pandaexpress.com   
 

 Panda Express (Chinese: 熊貓快餐 ) is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in American Chinese cuisine. With over 2,200 locations,[4] it is the largest Asian-segment restaurant chain in the United States,[5][6] where it was founded, and is mainly located in North America and Asia (in addition to other countries and territories).[7] Panda Express restaurants were traditionally located in shopping mall food courts, 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.[8] The Panda Express brand is a casual, fast-food variation of corporate sibling Panda Inn, which is a chain of upscale, table service restaurants.[6]

 History [ edit ]

 A stand-alone Panda Express restaurant in Oakland, California with drive-through window

 A mall food court Panda Express at the Ala Moana Center in Hawaii

 A typical Panda Express meal: Kung Pao chicken, orange chicken, chow mein and steamed vegetables

 A typical Panda Express, Fort Worth, Texas (2014)

 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.[9] Andrew Cherng and his father are Chinese born, while Peggy was born in Burma and raised in Hong Kong.[10] Both Andrew and Peggy Cherng are alumni of Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas (where they first met).[11][12]

 Andrew went into business with his father in the United States in 1973, opening their first Panda Inn restaurant in Pasadena, California.[10][11] 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.[13] In 1982, Peggy joined Andrew in the restaurant business.[10] 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.[10] 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.[14] A second location was opened two years later at the Westside Pavilion in 1985.[15] 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.[16]

 At first, Panda Express restaurants were found solely in food courts in major shopping malls.[10] 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.[10] In 1997, the company opened its first stand-alone, drive-through restaurant, in Hesperia, California.[17] Today less than 2% of its restaurants are in malls.[18]

 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.[10][11] Peggy also brought a systems analysis perspective to the business and worked through the logistics and standardization issues necessary to scale up the concept.[10][11]

 In 2005, Panda Express began to open units in food courts on college campuses, some of which participate in the residential student meal plans.[19] In 2008, the Cherngs were the recipients of the City of Angels Award, given by the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce,[20] for their contributions to the greater Los Angeles area.[21] As of 2007, the company's highest revenue location, bringing in over US$4 million annually, was located at the Ala Moana Center food court in Honolulu, Hawaii.[22]

 On the 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.[23]

 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.[24] 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, Hawaii.[25] 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 by opening a location in the American territory of Guam.[26] The first location in the state of Alaska was later opened in December 2015.[27]

 As of 2017, the Panda Restaurant Group had annual sales of over $3 billion and close to 39,000 employees.[28] The Cherngs also opened Panda Innovation Kitchen in Pasadena with their daughter, Andrea Cherng, overlooking a majority of the restaurant's business.[29] 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.[29]

 In December 2017, Panda Express had opened the chain's 2,000th location, which is located in New York City near Columbia University.[30]

 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.[31]

 International [ edit ]

 Panda Express also operates in Canada, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, El Salvador, Philippines, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia. The first location in Mexico opened in Mexico City in September 2011.[32]

 In October 2013, the first Panda Express located in Canada opened on Hunt Club Road in Nepean, Ontario,[ citation needed ] but has since closed.[33] The first location in Calgary was opened in October 2016.[34]

 On May 26, 2014, it was reported by Arabian Business news that Panda Express would be opening a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates.[35] The first Panda Express restaurant in the Middle East was open in Dubai in November 2014.[36]

 The first location in South Korea was opened in Seoul in September 2014 as a joint venture with Seoul-based SF Innovation Co.[37]

 In July 2016, Panda Express opened its first location in Guatemala, in Guatemala City.[38]

 In September 2017, Panda Express opened its first location on the Dutch Caribbean country of Aruba at the Queen Beatrix International Airport.[39]

 Although it's unknown when Panda Express had opened its first restaurant in Saudi Arabia, a second Panda Express in Saudi Arabia opened in Riyadh in January 2018.[40] Both Saudi Arabian restaurants, as well as the ones in United Arab Emirates are operated by Gourmet Gulf.[41]

 In July 2018, Panda Express entered El Salvador for the first time by opening two locations in the capital city of San Salvador.[42]

 In September 2018, Panda Express announced its joint venture with Jollibee Foods Corporation to bring its stores in the Philippines.[43] A year later, in December 2019, the first Panda Express restaurant in the Philippines opened at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong.[44] More branches were opened, all located in the Greater Manila Area.[45][46]

 The first Panda Express in Russia opened in Moscow in September 2018.[47] However, in March 2022, Panda Express has ceased all corporate support, including operations, marketing, and supply chain in response to the Russian war against Ukraine.[48][49]

 Panda Express previously had eight sites in Japan that were operated under a franchise agreement that later lapsed.[14] In November 2016, the company returned to the country by opening a new restaurant in Kawasaki.[50] This restaurant is operated as part of a joint partnership with Ippudo.[51] As of August 2022, were nine restaurants in the country.[52]

 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.[53] 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.[54]

 In August 2022, Panda Express opened its first European site in Kaiserslautern Military Community Center food court, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.[55]

 Philanthropy [ edit ]

 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.[56] 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 that has been 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 also supports disaster relief efforts.[57]

 See also [ edit ]

 * List of Chinese restaurants
 * PF Chang's

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 Further reading [ edit ]

 * Flanigan, James (December 6, 2001). "Fast Food Powerhouse". Asian Week. Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007.
 * "Panda Express Profile". Foodservice Equipment & Supplies (FE&S) magazine. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007.
 * Andrew Cherng Profile[Usurped!]- Asia Society, Southern California.
 * Andrew Cherng interview, The Tavis Smiley Show, original airdate November 14, 2006.
 * Jennings, Lisa, "Having words with Peggy Tsiang Cherng: chief executive and co-chair, Panda Restaurant Group", Nation's Restaurant News, August 1, 2005.
 * "panda express feedback", @Mizzou, University of Missouri, Alumni Association magazine, January 2004.
 * Panda Restaurant Group Corporate Data- from Panda Restaurant Group website
 * Hirsch, Jerry (August 13, 2008). "Chinese fast-food chain Panda Express thrives on a diet of orange chicken Now celebrating its 25th year". Los Angeles Times.
 * Bernstein, Charles, 'Manchu Leads the Working Race,' Restaurants & Institutions, August 1, 1994, p. 30.
 * Cebrzynski, Gregg, 'Panda Express Breaks TV Ad Campaign as Test to Raise Brand Awareness,' Nation's Restaurant News, August 9, 1999, p. 11.
 * Farkas, David, 'Fast and Friendly,' Chain Leader, March 2000, p. 72.
 * Glover, Kara, 'Success on Oriental (Food) Express,' Los Angeles Business Journal, September 25, 1995, p. 21.
 * Krantz, Matt, "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. 14.
 * Martin, Richard, 'Panda Express: Bullish about the Bear,' Nation's Restaurant News, May 16, 1994, p. 86.
 * ------, 'Top Chi-Chi's, El Torito Execs Tackle Panda Push,' Nation's Restaurant News, August 7, 1995, p. 18
 * Walkup, Carolyn (February 28, 1994). "Panda Express Promo Targets Takeout Business". Nation's Restaurant News. p. 7.
 * "Panda Restaurant Group Founders Pledge $2.5 Million to Collins College". Polycentric. Cal Poly Pomona. February 28, 2011. Archived from the original on March 5, 2011.
 * Gordinier, Jeff (September 22, 2015). "Panda Express Takes a Second Run at New York". The New York Times.

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 Panda Express    Logo used since 2014      Panda Express location, Midtown Manhattan      Type  Subsidiary    Industry Food service   Genre  American Chinese cuisine    Founded October 1983In Glendale, California, United States    Founders     Andrew Cherng   Peggy Cherng       Headquarters  1683 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, California, U.S. [1]       Number of locations  2,200 (2019)    Area served  United States (also Puerto Rico &amp; Guam), Mexico, Canada, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Aruba, Philippines, Germany, Indonesia   Products  American Chinese cuisine    Revenue 3 billion (2017) [2]  [   ]     Number of employees  39,000 (2018) [3]  [   ]     Parent   Panda Restaurant Group    Website     
 Panda Express (Chinese: ) is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in American Chinese cuisine. With over 2,200 locations, [4]  it is the largest Asian-segment restaurant chain in the United States, [5]   [6]  where it was founded, and is mainly located in North America and Asia (in addition to other countries and territories). [7]  Panda Express restaurants were traditionally located in shopping mall food courts, 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. [8]  The Panda Express brand is a casual, fast-food variation of corporate sibling Panda Inn, which is a chain of upscale, table service restaurants. [6] 
 
   A stand-alone Panda Express restaurant in Oakland, California with drive-through window 
   A mall food court Panda Express at the Ala Moana Center in Hawaii 
   A typical Panda Express meal: Kung Pao chicken, orange chicken, chow mein and steamed vegetables 
   A typical Panda Express, Fort Worth, Texas (2014) 
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. [9]  Andrew Cherng and his father are Chinese born, while Peggy was born in Burma and raised in Hong Kong. [10]  Both Andrew and Peggy Cherng are alumni of Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas (where they first met). [11]   [12] 
 Andrew went into business with his father in the United States in 1973, opening their first Panda Inn restaurant in Pasadena, California. [10]   [11]  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. [13]  In 1982, Peggy joined Andrew in the restaurant business. [10]  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. [10]  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. [14]  A second location was opened two years later at the Westside Pavilion in 1985. [15]  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. [16] 
 At first, Panda Express restaurants were found solely in food courts in major shopping malls. [10]  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. [10]  In 1997, the company opened its first stand-alone, drive-through restaurant, in Hesperia, California. [17]  Today less than 2% of its restaurants are in malls. [18] 
 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. [10]   [11]  Peggy also brought a systems analysis perspective to the business and worked through the logistics and standardization issues necessary to scale up the concept. [10]   [11] 
 In 2005, Panda Express began to open units in food courts on college campuses, some of which participate in the residential student meal plans. [19]  In 2008, the Cherngs were the recipients of the City of Angels Award, given by the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce, [20]  for their contributions to the greater Los Angeles area. [21]  As of 2007, the company's highest revenue location, bringing in over US$4 million annually, was located at the Ala Moana Center food court in Honolulu, Hawaii. [22] 
 On the 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. [23] 
 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. [24]  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, Hawaii. [25]  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 by opening a location in the American territory of Guam. [26]  The first location in the state of Alaska was later opened in December 2015. [27] 
 As of 2017, the Panda Restaurant Group had annual sales of over $3 billion and close to 39,000 employees. [28]  The Cherngs also opened Panda Innovation Kitchen in Pasadena with their daughter, Andrea Cherng, overlooking a majority of the restaurant's business. [29]  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. [29] 
 In December 2017, Panda Express had opened the chain's 2,000th location, which is located in New York City near Columbia University. [30] 
 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. [31] 
 
Panda Express also operates in Canada, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, El Salvador, Philippines, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia. The first location in Mexico opened in Mexico City in September 2011. [32] 
 In October 2013, the first Panda Express located in Canada opened on Hunt Club Road in Nepean, Ontario,[   ] but has since closed. [33]  The first location in Calgary was opened in October 2016. [34] 
 On May 26, 2014, it was reported by Arabian Business news that Panda Express would be opening a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates. [35]  The first Panda Express restaurant in the Middle East was open in Dubai in November 2014. [36] 
 The first location in South Korea was opened in Seoul in September 2014 as a joint venture with Seoul-based SF Innovation Co. [37] 
 In July 2016, Panda Express opened its first location in Guatemala, in Guatemala City. [38] 
 In September 2017, Panda Express opened its first location on the Dutch Caribbean country of Aruba at the Queen Beatrix International Airport. [39] 
 Although it's unknown when Panda Express had opened its first restaurant in Saudi Arabia, a second Panda Express in Saudi Arabia opened in Riyadh in January 2018. [40]  Both Saudi Arabian restaurants, as well as the ones in United Arab Emirates are operated by Gourmet Gulf. [41] 
 In July 2018, Panda Express entered El Salvador for the first time by opening two locations in the capital city of San Salvador. [42] 
 In September 2018, Panda Express announced its joint venture with Jollibee Foods Corporation to bring its stores in the Philippines. [43]  A year later, in December 2019, the first Panda Express restaurant in the Philippines opened at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong. [44]  More branches were opened, all located in the Greater Manila Area. [45]   [46] 
 The first Panda Express in Russia opened in Moscow in September 2018. [47]  However, in March 2022, Panda Express has ceased all corporate support, including operations, marketing, and supply chain in response to the Russian war against Ukraine. [48]   [49] 
 Panda Express previously had eight sites in Japan that were operated under a franchise agreement that later lapsed. [14]  In November 2016, the company returned to the country by opening a new restaurant in Kawasaki. [50]  This restaurant is operated as part of a joint partnership with Ippudo. [51]  As of August 2022, were nine restaurants in the country. [52] 
 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. [53]  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. [54] 
 In August 2022, Panda Express opened its first European site in Kaiserslautern Military Community Center food court, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. [55] 
 
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. [56]  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 that has been 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 also supports disaster relief efforts. [57] 
 
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When pandas fly: Bao Bao heads to China via FedEx's Panda Express
2017-02-15
Bart Jansen
<div><div><p>The plane is called Panda Express, but it isn’t delivering orange chicken.</p><p>FedEx Express is flying Bao Bao, one of the giant pandas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, from Washington, D.C., to China on Tuesday.</p><p>Bao Bao, along with a caretaker and veterinarian from the zoo, are outnumbered by four pilots aboard the Boeing 777-200F flying from Dulles International Airport to Chengdu.</p><p>Preparations for the high-profile cargo called for a motorcade to the airport, roomy accommodations on the 1:30 p.m. flight and her favorite foods. After a flight planned for 16 hours and 26 minutes, Bao Bao will have a two-hour drive to the panda preserve.</p><p>“It’s going to be a long day for anybody — panda or human," said Dave Lange, managing director for FedEx Charters.</p><p>Bao Bao gets more legroom than a leather recliner in first class. A custom-built enclosure of steel and Plexiglass offers lie-flat accommodations in a container 78 inches long, 56 inches wide and 54 inches high.</p><a href="/picture-gallery/news/world/2017/02/15/bao-bao-leaves-for-china/97965278/"></a><p>A forklift loads the container, which weighs 800 pounds empty, onto the plane. Her enclosure is lashed to a standard cargo pallet and then fastened to the airframe, but Bao Bao will be able to move freely within to eat and play with toys.</p><p>FedEx provided the enclosure to the zoo a month ago. Zookeepers worked with Bao Bao daily to familiarize her with the space and reward her with honey-water for going inside, said Michael Brown-Palsgrove, a curator of giant pandas.</p><p>“She’s very comfortable in that,” he said. “She has no hesitation in entering that space.”</p><p>Bao Bao, who weighs 197 pounds, has about 50 pounds of bamboo, 2 pounds of apples, 2 pounds of cooked sweet potatoes and a 25-pound bag of leaf-eater biscuits, along with water for the flight, Brown-Palsgrove said.</p><p>“She’ll be eating, drinking and sleeping,” he said. “Bao Bao will have the opportunity to be in the yard in the morning. She’ll be in her normal routine.”</p><p>FedEx, with a panda decal on the side of its cargo plane, is no stranger to animal flights. The company has transported everything from race horses to whales.</p><p>Because racehorses are expensive, an attendant might accompany each of 24 horses possible on a flight, Lange said. A whale requires just a few attendants but is suspended in a sling with some water to avoid drying out, Lange said.</p><p>Humidity and temperature control, which can be adjusted to the tenth of a degree, are key factors to keep Bao Bao comfortable during her flight.</p><p>“We’ll make certain to the degree that the animal’s comfort is maintained, the temperature that is shared by us with the handlers,” Hunt said.</p><p>The distance from Dulles to Chengdu is nearly the same whether the plane heads west, like most passenger routes, or east. To take advantage of wind flows, the plane will head north and east over New York, Canada, the southern tip of Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Russia before arriving in China, according to Capt. John Hunt, FedEx’s 777 fleet captain who has been involved in four of the company’s panda flights.</p><p>“We’re going the fastest way, which may in fact not be shortest,” Hunt said of the flight that will be 200 miles longer but 47 minutes shorter than heading the other direction.</p><p>Regulatory hurdles for animal trips include securing rights to fly over other countries, obtaining permits to move an endangered species and health certificates required by the Fish and Wildlife Service and counterparts in China, Lange said. Pandas also require extra planning because of the attention lavished on them, he said.</p><p>“There’s a whole list of what has to go on that has to be coordinated and choreographed,” Lange said. “We have a motorcade from the zoo to the airport.”</p><p>Pandas are tightly controlled because besides being cute, they are highly endangered: About 2,000 are left in the wild and about 300 in captivity.</p><p>Bao Bao’s parents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, arrived at the zoo in 2000 under a $1 million-a-year lease. The agreement with China calls for their offspring to be returned for breeding when old enough.</p><p>Bao Bao’s brother Tai Shan was born at the zoo in 2005, and he departed for China in 2010. Bao Bao was born at the zoo on Aug. 23, 2013.</p><p>The pandas have been a popular attraction. A swarm of dozens of television cameras filmed her munching bamboo Wednesday while reporters learned about preparations for her trip.</p><p>A few zoo visitors also caught a glimpse of the independent Bao Bao and her parents in separate enclosures last week.</p><p>“I would be sad that one was leaving, but be happy that not all were leaving,” said Mason Cozzens, 6, of Great Falls, Va., who has visited the pandas a handful of times.</p><p>FedEx’s four pilots — including Capts. David Simpson, Kirk Williams and Mark Fisher — will monitor weather along the route and try to avoid turbulence, Hunt said. They will also attempt smooth takeoff and landing, with possibly a shallower climb rate, to reduce jostling, Hunt said.</p><p>Despite the relatively exclusive flight, FedEx also strives to save fuel and minimize environmental impacts through steps such as taxiing with reduced engines, he said.</p><p>“One might say, ‘My gosh, we’ve got a Boeing 777 here with a cavernous cargo environment, and yet we’re locating Bao Bao to the other side of the world in complete luxury,’” Hunt said. “That is true. However, this particular aircraft is one that is extraordinarily efficient in order to fly this route to complete this mission.”</p><figure></figure></div>||||I|||| Start the day smarter ☀️ Notable deaths in 2023 The world's largest war 2023 meteor showers
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 When pandas fly: Bao Bao heads to China via FedEx's Panda Express

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 The plane is called Panda Express, but it isn’t delivering orange chicken.

 FedEx Express is flying Bao Bao, one of the giant pandas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, from Washington, D.C., to China on Tuesday.

 Bao Bao, along with a caretaker and veterinarian from the zoo, are outnumbered by four pilots aboard the Boeing 777-200F flying from Dulles International Airport to Chengdu.

 Preparations for the high-profile cargo called for a motorcade to the airport, roomy accommodations on the 1:30 p.m. flight and her favorite foods. After a flight planned for 16 hours and 26 minutes, Bao Bao will have a two-hour drive to the panda preserve.

 “It’s going to be a long day for anybody — panda or human," said Dave Lange, managing director for FedEx Charters.

 Bao Bao gets more legroom than a leather recliner in first class. A custom-built enclosure of steel and Plexiglass offers lie-flat accommodations in a container 78 inches long, 56 inches wide and 54 inches high.

 A forklift loads the container, which weighs 800 pounds empty, onto the plane. Her enclosure is lashed to a standard cargo pallet and then fastened to the airframe, but Bao Bao will be able to move freely within to eat and play with toys.

 FedEx provided the enclosure to the zoo a month ago. Zookeepers worked with Bao Bao daily to familiarize her with the space and reward her with honey-water for going inside, said Michael Brown-Palsgrove, a curator of giant pandas.

 “She’s very comfortable in that,” he said. “She has no hesitation in entering that space.”

 Bao Bao, who weighs 197 pounds, has about 50 pounds of bamboo, 2 pounds of apples, 2 pounds of cooked sweet potatoes and a 25-pound bag of leaf-eater biscuits, along with water for the flight, Brown-Palsgrove said.

 “She’ll be eating, drinking and sleeping,” he said. “Bao Bao will have the opportunity to be in the yard in the morning. She’ll be in her normal routine.”

 FedEx, with a panda decal on the side of its cargo plane, is no stranger to animal flights. The company has transported everything from race horses to whales.

 Because racehorses are expensive, an attendant might accompany each of 24 horses possible on a flight, Lange said. A whale requires just a few attendants but is suspended in a sling with some water to avoid drying out, Lange said.

 Humidity and temperature control, which can be adjusted to the tenth of a degree, are key factors to keep Bao Bao comfortable during her flight.

 “We’ll make certain to the degree that the animal’s comfort is maintained, the temperature that is shared by us with the handlers,” Hunt said.

 The distance from Dulles to Chengdu is nearly the same whether the plane heads west, like most passenger routes, or east. To take advantage of wind flows, the plane will head north and east over New York, Canada, the southern tip of Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Russia before arriving in China, according to Capt. John Hunt, FedEx’s 777 fleet captain who has been involved in four of the company’s panda flights.

 “We’re going the fastest way, which may in fact not be shortest,” Hunt said of the flight that will be 200 miles longer but 47 minutes shorter than heading the other direction.

 Regulatory hurdles for animal trips include securing rights to fly over other countries, obtaining permits to move an endangered species and health certificates required by the Fish and Wildlife Service and counterparts in China, Lange said. Pandas also require extra planning because of the attention lavished on them, he said.

 “There’s a whole list of what has to go on that has to be coordinated and choreographed,” Lange said. “We have a motorcade from the zoo to the airport.”

 Pandas are tightly controlled because besides being cute, they are highly endangered: About 2,000 are left in the wild and about 300 in captivity.

 Bao Bao’s parents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, arrived at the zoo in 2000 under a $1 million-a-year lease. The agreement with China calls for their offspring to be returned for breeding when old enough.

 Bao Bao’s brother Tai Shan was born at the zoo in 2005, and he departed for China in 2010. Bao Bao was born at the zoo on Aug. 23, 2013.

 The pandas have been a popular attraction. A swarm of dozens of television cameras filmed her munching bamboo Wednesday while reporters learned about preparations for her trip.

 A few zoo visitors also caught a glimpse of the independent Bao Bao and her parents in separate enclosures last week.

 “I would be sad that one was leaving, but be happy that not all were leaving,” said Mason Cozzens, 6, of Great Falls, Va., who has visited the pandas a handful of times.

 FedEx’s four pilots — including Capts. David Simpson, Kirk Williams and Mark Fisher — will monitor weather along the route and try to avoid turbulence, Hunt said. They will also attempt smooth takeoff and landing, with possibly a shallower climb rate, to reduce jostling, Hunt said.

 Despite the relatively exclusive flight, FedEx also strives to save fuel and minimize environmental impacts through steps such as taxiing with reduced engines, he said.

 “One might say, ‘My gosh, we’ve got a Boeing 777 here with a cavernous cargo environment, and yet we’re locating Bao Bao to the other side of the world in complete luxury,’” Hunt said. “That is true. However, this particular aircraft is one that is extraordinarily efficient in order to fly this route to complete this mission.”

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The plane is called Panda Express, but it isn’t delivering orange chicken. FedEx Express is flying Bao Bao, one of the giant pandas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, from Washington, D.C., to China on Tuesday. Bao Bao, along with a caretaker and veterinarian from the zoo, are outnumbered by four pilots aboard the Boeing 777-200F flying from Dulles International Airport to Chengdu. Preparations for the high-profile cargo called for a motorcade to the airport, roomy accommodations on the 1:30 p.m. flight and her favorite foods. After a flight planned for 16 hours and 26 minutes, Bao Bao will have a two-hour drive to the panda preserve. “It’s going to be a long day for anybody — panda or human," said Dave Lange, managing director for FedEx Charters. Bao Bao gets more legroom than a leather recliner in first class. A custom-built enclosure of steel and Plexiglass offers lie-flat accommodations in a container 78 inches long, 56 inches wide and 54 inches high.   A forklift loads the container, which weighs 800 pounds empty, onto the plane. Her enclosure is lashed to a standard cargo pallet and then fastened to the airframe, but Bao Bao will be able to move freely within to eat and play with toys. FedEx provided the enclosure to the zoo a month ago. Zookeepers worked with Bao Bao daily to familiarize her with the space and reward her with honey-water for going inside, said Michael Brown-Palsgrove, a curator of giant pandas. “She’s very comfortable in that,” he said. “She has no hesitation in entering that space.” Bao Bao, who weighs 197 pounds, has about 50 pounds of bamboo, 2 pounds of apples, 2 pounds of cooked sweet potatoes and a 25-pound bag of leaf-eater biscuits, along with water for the flight, Brown-Palsgrove said. “She’ll be eating, drinking and sleeping,” he said. “Bao Bao will have the opportunity to be in the yard in the morning. She’ll be in her normal routine.” FedEx, with a panda decal on the side of its cargo plane, is no stranger to animal flights. The company has transported everything from race horses to whales. Because racehorses are expensive, an attendant might accompany each of 24 horses possible on a flight, Lange said. A whale requires just a few attendants but is suspended in a sling with some water to avoid drying out, Lange said. Humidity and temperature control, which can be adjusted to the tenth of a degree, are key factors to keep Bao Bao comfortable during her flight. “We’ll make certain to the degree that the animal’s comfort is maintained, the temperature that is shared by us with the handlers,” Hunt said. The distance from Dulles to Chengdu is nearly the same whether the plane heads west, like most passenger routes, or east. To take advantage of wind flows, the plane will head north and east over New York, Canada, the southern tip of Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Russia before arriving in China, according to Capt. John Hunt, FedEx’s 777 fleet captain who has been involved in four of the company’s panda flights. “We’re going the fastest way, which may in fact not be shortest,” Hunt said of the flight that will be 200 miles longer but 47 minutes shorter than heading the other direction. Regulatory hurdles for animal trips include securing rights to fly over other countries, obtaining permits to move an endangered species and health certificates required by the Fish and Wildlife Service and counterparts in China, Lange said. Pandas also require extra planning because of the attention lavished on them, he said. “There’s a whole list of what has to go on that has to be coordinated and choreographed,” Lange said. “We have a motorcade from the zoo to the airport.” Pandas are tightly controlled because besides being cute, they are highly endangered: About 2,000 are left in the wild and about 300 in captivity. Bao Bao’s parents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, arrived at the zoo in 2000 under a $1 million-a-year lease. The agreement with China calls for their offspring to be returned for breeding when old enough. Bao Bao’s brother Tai Shan was born at the zoo in 2005, and he departed for China in 2010. Bao Bao was born at the zoo on Aug. 23, 2013. The pandas have been a popular attraction. A swarm of dozens of television cameras filmed her munching bamboo Wednesday while reporters learned about preparations for her trip. A few zoo visitors also caught a glimpse of the independent Bao Bao and her parents in separate enclosures last week. “I would be sad that one was leaving, but be happy that not all were leaving,” said Mason Cozzens, 6, of Great Falls, Va., who has visited the pandas a handful of times. FedEx’s four pilots — including Capts. David Simpson, Kirk Williams and Mark Fisher — will monitor weather along the route and try to avoid turbulence, Hunt said. They will also attempt smooth takeoff and landing, with possibly a shallower climb rate, to reduce jostling, Hunt said. Despite the relatively exclusive flight, FedEx also strives to save fuel and minimize environmental impacts through steps such as taxiing with reduced engines, he said. “One might say, ‘My gosh, we’ve got a Boeing 777 here with a cavernous cargo environment, and yet we’re locating Bao Bao to the other side of the world in complete luxury,’” Hunt said. “That is true. However, this particular aircraft is one that is extraordinarily efficient in order to fly this route to complete this mission.”
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<div><div> <section> <div> <div> <div> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/alexandra-petri/"> </a> </p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/alexandra-petri/"> Alexandra Petri</a></p><p>Columnist offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day</p> </div> <p>September 17, 2012 </p></div> <article> <p><a></a> <br /> Here’s the mother. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) </p> <p>Before you accuse me of shameless attempts to pander, yes, that is exactly what this is. Bear with me. </p> <p>Pander, in its loosest definition, means to go between two individuals and urge them to mate. And that seems to be all we ever do for the pandas. The zoo has been at it for some time, urging Mei Xian to mate and produce offspring with a persistence generally shown by your grandmother at holidays. But now, at long last, our efforts have borne fruition.</p> <p>Pandas, as a species, seem to be largely decorative. But how decorative they are!</p> <p>The baby panda is approximately the size of a stick of butter, which is for once an image of scale that makes total sense to me. If people described the economy and the size of ancient civilizations in comparison to sticks of butter, I would be able to form much more detailed opinions about them. </p> <p> A regular picture is worth 1,000 words, but a picture of pandas is worth easily six times that, so this counts as possibly 18,000 words and may now be considered a <a href="http://longreads.com/">Long Read</a>. </p> <p>I know that there are many people out there with strong, negative opinions of pandas. “Now see here,” they say. “Any species with so little drive to reproduce should be allowed to go extinct in peace, even if it has a fetching color scheme and goes with all the furniture. What about all the hideous bottom-feeding species with large eyes and tentacles that bear an uncanny resemblance to Nicolas Cage on a bad day, but who might be able to solve our medical problems? We do not go to great efforts to put THEM in the mood!”</p> <p><a></a> <br /> Hanging out, in 2007. (KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS) </p> <p>“Listen,” they continue, warming to the subject, “Pandas are, from all evidence, idiots. In the continual Hunger Games of natural selection, their entire survival strategy consists of convincing humans that they are too cute to die. And what’s worse is, it’s working! Aren’t you ashamed?” </p> <p>To them I say, “Shhh! The baby panda is sleeping.”</p> <p>For more pictures, try the <a href="http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/default.cfm?cam=LP2">panda cam</a> here. </p> </article> </div> <div> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/alexandra-petri/"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/alexandra-petri/"> Alexandra Petri</a> Alexandra Petri is a Washington Post columnist offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day. She is the author of the essay collection "Nothing Is Wrong And Here Is Why." <a href="https://twitter.com/petridishes"> Follow <i></i> </a> </p> </div> </section> </div>||||I|||| * 
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 Panda! Panda panda panda! Baby panda!

 By Alexandra Petri
 Alexandra Petri
 Columnist offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day
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 September 17, 2012

 Here’s the mother. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

 Before you accuse me of shameless attempts to pander, yes, that is exactly what this is. Bear with me.

 Pander, in its loosest definition, means to go between two individuals and urge them to mate. And that seems to be all we ever do for the pandas. The zoo has been at it for some time, urging Mei Xian to mate and produce offspring with a persistence generally shown by your grandmother at holidays. But now, at long last, our efforts have borne fruition.

 Pandas, as a species, seem to be largely decorative. But how decorative they are!

 The baby panda is approximately the size of a stick of butter, which is for once an image of scale that makes total sense to me. If people described the economy and the size of ancient civilizations in comparison to sticks of butter, I would be able to form much more detailed opinions about them.

 A regular picture is worth 1,000 words, but a picture of pandas is worth easily six times that, so this counts as possibly 18,000 words and may now be considered a Long Read.

 I know that there are many people out there with strong, negative opinions of pandas. “Now see here,” they say. “Any species with so little drive to reproduce should be allowed to go extinct in peace, even if it has a fetching color scheme and goes with all the furniture. What about all the hideous bottom-feeding species with large eyes and tentacles that bear an uncanny resemblance to Nicolas Cage on a bad day, but who might be able to solve our medical problems? We do not go to great efforts to put THEM in the mood!”


 Hanging out, in 2007. (KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS)

 “Listen,” they continue, warming to the subject, “Pandas are, from all evidence, idiots. In the continual Hunger Games of natural selection, their entire survival strategy consists of convincing humans that they are too cute to die. And what’s worse is, it’s working! Aren’t you ashamed?”

 To them I say, “Shhh! The baby panda is sleeping.”

 For more pictures, try the panda cam here.

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Alexandra Petri  Columnist offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day  September 17, 2012        Here’s the mother. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)  Before you accuse me of shameless attempts to pander, yes, that is exactly what this is. Bear with me.  Pander, in its loosest definition, means to go between two individuals and urge them to mate. And that seems to be all we ever do for the pandas. The zoo has been at it for some time, urging Mei Xian to mate and produce offspring with a persistence generally shown by your grandmother at holidays. But now, at long last, our efforts have borne fruition. Pandas, as a species, seem to be largely decorative. But how decorative they are! The baby panda is approximately the size of a stick of butter, which is for once an image of scale that makes total sense to me. If people described the economy and the size of ancient civilizations in comparison to sticks of butter, I would be able to form much more detailed opinions about them.   A regular picture is worth 1,000 words, but a picture of pandas is worth easily six times that, so this counts as possibly 18,000 words and may now be considered a Long Read.  I know that there are many people out there with strong, negative opinions of pandas. “Now see here,” they say. “Any species with so little drive to reproduce should be allowed to go extinct in peace, even if it has a fetching color scheme and goes with all the furniture. What about all the hideous bottom-feeding species with large eyes and tentacles that bear an uncanny resemblance to Nicolas Cage on a bad day, but who might be able to solve our medical problems? We do not go to great efforts to put THEM in the mood!”     Hanging out, in 2007. (KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS)  “Listen,” they continue, warming to the subject, “Pandas are, from all evidence, idiots. In the continual Hunger Games of natural selection, their entire survival strategy consists of convincing humans that they are too cute to die. And what’s worse is, it’s working! Aren’t you ashamed?”  To them I say, “Shhh! The baby panda is sleeping.” For more pictures, try the panda cam here.           Alexandra Petri Alexandra Petri is a Washington Post columnist offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day. She is the author of the essay collection "Nothing Is Wrong And Here Is Why."  Follow
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