Peggy Cherng: Panda Express Empress

Peggy Cherng: Panda Express Empress book cover — Female FOODIES Peggy Cherng Panda Express Empress Rebecca Felix Checkerboard Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com

Peggy Cherng: Panda Express Empress — page 1 — Peggy Cherng Panda Express Empress Chapter 1 Panda Powerhouse You’re shopping at the mall with friends and decide to get some lunch The food court has many restaurants But there really isn’t a choice to make You and your friends always go to Panda Express It’s everyone’s favorite Your mouth waters as you wait in line One of the staff scoops steaming fried rice and wok-tossed Orange Chicken into bowls You can already almost taste the Orange Chicken’s famous tangy sauce Panda Express is a chain of American Chinese restaurants It serves traditional Chinese food with changes made to appeal to American tastes Panda Express is the largest Chinese food chain in the United States It has nearly 2,000 restaurants These restaurants are owned and overseen by two people Peggy and Andrew Cherng are the people behind Panda Express The husband and wife are both co-chair and co-CEO of the company Panda Restaurant Group In addition to Panda Express the company owns Panda Inn 4

Peggy Cherng: Panda Express Empress — page 2 — Peggy Cherng is one of the most successful Chinese-American businesswomen and Hibachi-San restaurants Panda Restaurant Group began as one small restaurant run by Andrew and his father Peggy joined the business shortly after they started opening more locations She is credited with shaping it into the successful chain it is today 5

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