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· Celine Pun
Panda Express worker’s viral TikTok roast of early morning customers has fast-food employees chiming in
A 15-second video posted to TikTok by @isaiahafk shows a Panda Express worker expressing his dismay at the chain’s early-morning customers. While many in the video’s comments section offered up their arguments as to why some might want to purchase orange chicken at 10 a.m.,…
· Editorial Staff
How Two Chinese Immigrants Built a Billion-Dollar Fast-Food Empire More Successful Than In-N-Out
Panda Express, the beloved fast-casual dining restaurant, was founded by Chinese immigrants who believe treating their employees right is the key to building their now billion dollar empire. The Chinese-American fast food chain made $2 billion in sales in 2015 — three times that…
· Ryan General
Trader Joe’s Ex-President Launches Grocery Store That Sells Healthy Food at Fast-Food Prices
It looks like your common boutique supermarket, and with its aisles brimming with fresh produce and friendly staff assisting customers, it has nearly everything you would find in your typical suburban food store. But under the Whole Foods facade of carrot crates and egg carton…
· Michelle De Pacina
Burger King Thailand introduces ‘real cheeseburger’ with 20 cheese slices, no meat
Fast-food chain Burger King has added a burger with 20 slices of cheese and no meat to its menu in Thailand. About the burger: On Sunday, Burger King Thailand introduced its new menu item “The Real Cheeseburger.” The sandwich notably features 20 sheets of American cheese.
· Isa Peralta
Domino’s Japan’s latest pizza is perfect for pickle lovers
Domino’s Japan is making headlines with a new pizza that features pickles. About the pizza: The fast food chain announced its “Pickles Pizza” on Monday.
· Editorial Staff
Pizza Hut Japan brings back popular pizzas from the ’90s
Pizza Hut Japan is bringing back popular pizzas from the past to celebrate its 50th year in Japan. About the release: On June 19, the fast-food chain announced that it will offer specialty pizzas that were popular on its menus in the 1990s, such as the Idaho Special, the…
· Michelle De Pacina
Jack in the Box now offering boba tea in 3 Southern California cities
The fast-food chain restaurant Jack in the Box is currently offering three flavors of boba tea for a limited time in selected locations in California. Boba tea craze: As the Western palate has grown to become more diverse and boba drinks have risen in ubiquity, three cities in…
· Editorial Staff
Pizza Hut Japan introduces ‘Wiener Coffee Pizza’
Pizza Hut Japan recently released an eyebrow-raising pizza that combines sausages and coffee. On May 26, the fast-food pizza chain first announced its new product called “Wiener Coffee Pizza.”
· Michelle De Pacina
Filipino queer community defends McDonald’s ad featuring lesbian couple
In recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, McDonald’s Philippines released a sapphic commercial that immediately went viral online, garnering praise from the Filipino LGBTQ+ community. The advertisement features a woman on a longboard who circles around a McDonald’s drive-thru three…
· Ryan General
Filipino aunt’s clever ‘Jollibee prank’ makes nephew enjoy his vegetables
A Filipino aunt recently went viral on social media for her harmless “fake Jollibee prank” on her nephew. Maricris Soriano Hungriano, a 29-year-old woman from the province of Aurora, cleverly made her 4-year-old nephew John Cedrick eat vegetables by making it look like a meal…
· Michelle De Pacina
SCOTUS to decide whether comedian Jeff Ross’ roast of a convicted murderer can be used to sentence him to death
The Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) will rule on whether comedian Jeff Ross’ roast of a convicted murderer can be used to sentence him to death. Gabriel Paul Hall was convicted in 2015 for the murder of a retired Texas A&M University professor and his disabled wife, Edwin and…
· Michelle De Pacina
Popeyes returns to S. Korea for round 2 against Korean fried chicken
U.S. fried chicken chain Popeyes will be returning to South Korea next month after a nearly two-year hiatus. The company is set to open its first new location by Gangnam Station in southern Seoul in December. The store will begin its employee training on Monday next week.…
· William Yuk
Meet BGYO, the P-pop boy band with a sound that’s ‘originally Filipino’
Since their debut in January, the quintet have taken the Filipino music scene by storm, accumulating millions of streams across multiple platforms and becoming one of their home country’s most recognizable P-pop boy bands. Diversity has been a key factor in the group’s success,…
· Ryan General
Man gets Jollibee tomb in memory of his love for Chicken Joy
The Relleve family commissioned two local artists in the Philippines to paint their late father’s tomb with the logo and mascot of Jollibee, his favorite fast-food chain, in preparation for All Saints' Day. According to the man’s daughter, Angelle Roa Relleve, loved Jollibee and…
· Isa Peralta
Burger King Japan announces ‘Spy x Family’-inspired peanut butter burgers
Burger King Japan has announced its new lineup of peanut butter burgers inspired by the hit manga and anime series “Spy × Family.” Starting on Friday, the fast-food chain will offer three “Peanut Butter Royale” burgers: the Peanut Butter Royale & Chicken, the Peanut Butter…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘Great taste is universal’: Behind the scenes of Times Square’s Jollibee flagship store
The six-foot-tall, red-and-yellow statue of a smiling bee has made its way to the heart of New York. On Aug. 18, shortly after being named the “best chain fried chicken” in the U.S. by Vox Media’s food website Eater, Filipino fast-food restaurant chain Jollibee opened a flagship…
· Chandler Treon
Japanese tourist in Wisconsin captivated by lakes, cheese and monster trucks in viral TikTok video
A Japanese tourist traveling across the U.S. has gone viral on TikTok for his video explaining why Wisconsin is an underrated destination. The tourist is George Japan, a popular Japanese YouTuber who rose to fame for his videos explaining Japanese culture and reacting to poorly…
· Carl Samson
Asian woman, 71, hit in the head in violent robbery outside California restaurant
Enelia Perez, 71, fell victim to a violent robbery outside a Jollibee in Vallejo, California, on Sunday night. Perez was reportedly exiting the fast food restaurant when a man tried to grab her purse, resulting in a struggle. He then hit Perez in the back of her head with a…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘This ain’t India’: Man recorded verbally attacking, spitting on Indian man in a California Taco Bell
Krishnan Jayaraman was at a Fremont, California, Taco Bell on Grimmer Boulevard when another customer began to verbally attack him on Aug. 21. In an 8-minute video recorded by Jayaraman, the man can be heard spewing anti-Hindu speech. Jayaraman believes that the attacker is also…
· Michelle De Pacina
Jollibee’s Chickenjoy crowned ‘best fried chicken in America’ over 15 other chains’ chicken in taste test
Filipino fast-food restaurant chain Jollibee’s fried chicken has been named the “best chain fried chicken” in the U.S. by Vox Media’s food website Eater. In Eater’s piece, titled “Which Chain Makes the Best Fried Chicken?” writers and editors pitted 16 fast-food restaurants in…
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