18 articles
Food
Panda Express test runs ‘Spicy Wagyu Beef Dumplings’ at California location
Panda Express is offering a menu item with 100% wagyu beef for the first time, but only at one location. Called the Spicy Wagyu Beef Dumplin...
Bryan Ke
Business
Sweet or sour? Panda Express teams with Uprisers for Chinese takeout-inspired fashion
Panda Express and Asian American and Pacific Islander-owned streetwear brand Uprisers are collaborating on a new limited-edition collection...
Khier Casino
Writer who has never heard of Panda Express amuses Twitter with article on the popular chain
Lincoln Anderson, editor and owner of Manhattan community newspaper The Village Sun, became a trending topic on Twitter after excerpts from...
Ryan General
Panda Express launches plant-based Orange Chicken in all 2,300 US locations
Panda Express launched Beyond The Original Orange Chicken on Wednesday in all 2,300 locations across the U.S. Co-developed with Beyond Mea...
Carl Samson
News
Panda Express announces $1 million grant to help TAAF change the narrative of AAPI representation
Restaurant chain Panda Express announced a $1 million grant to nonprofit The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) on Tuesday to support its eff...
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....
Celine Pun
Panda Express chef on the appeal of orange chicken and why American Chinese is its own regional cuisine
Across 2,200 stores, Panda Express has become a staple of Chinese American fast food, and central to questions about cultural and culinary ...
Sarah Yukiko
Panda Express Launches $10 Million Program for AAPI Organizations, Other Marginalized Groups
Panda Express, the nation’s largest family-owned and operated dining concept, kicks off the first phase of its $10 million community i...
Former Panda Express Employee Allegedly Forced to Strip During ‘Cult-Like’ Trust-Building Exercise
A former employee of a Panda Express branch in Southern California’s Santa Clarita Valley has claimed in a lawsuit that she was pressu...
Panda Express Launches Heartwarming Film on Sharing Lunar New Year Traditions
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, Panda Express released a short film that highlights the importance of keeping cultural traditions aliv...
Panda Express is the ‘Safest Place’ to Eat at, Researchers Say
One restaurant chain has been deemed by a recent national survey as the safest in the food and beverage industry in the United States. Surve...
Panda Express Worker Suspended for Mocking Chinese Accent While Speaking to Customer
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with a statement from Panda Express clarifying that Carlos is not the employee in question. A P...
Feature
Panda Express Donates $2 Million in Face Masks to Frontline Healthcare Workers
Andrew and Peggy Cherng, the founders of Panda Express, are donating $2 million dollars worth of protective equipment to front-liners battli...
USC Graduate from Malaysia Holds Photo Shoot at Panda Express
A recent graduate at the University of Southern California (USC) skipped the usual campus spots and instead chose to have his celebratory gr...
Lifestyle
Panda Express Unveils Mexican-Chinese Mashup With Orange Chicken Burrito
Panda Express has put a Mexican twist on its orange chicken by wrapping the menu item in a burrito. The outer shell is made entirely of a sc...
Panda Express Settles Fortune-Cookie Dispute With The Killers in the Classiest of Ways
When The Killers discovered that the popular fast food chain Panda Express had sold fortune cookies with a known phrase from one of the band...
Uncategorized
Panda Express Wants to Adopt This Ridiculous Way To Eat Chinese Food
Panda Express is reportedly making an intriguing choice of cutlery which may soon revolutionize how Chinese food is eaten in the U.S. In a r...
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 th...
Editorial Staff
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