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== History ==
[[File:Panda Express restaurant Fort Worth, TX.png|thumb|left|A typical Panda Express in [[Fort Worth, Texas]] (2014)]]
The [[Panda Restaurant Group]], parent company of Panda Inn, Panda Express, and Hibachi-San, was founded by [[Andrew Cherng]] and Peggy Cherng and Andrew's father, Master Chef Ming Tsai Cherng.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pandarg.com/aboutPRG/corpOverView.asp |title=Panda Restaurant Group History |work=Panda Restaurant Group |date= |author= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310175101/http://www.pandarg.com:80/aboutPRG/corpOverView.asp |archivedate=March 10, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref> Andrew Cherng and his father are from the [[Yangzhou]] region of [[China]]'s [[Jiangsu]] province, while Peggy was born in Burma and raised in Hong Kong.<ref name="Eng">{{cite news |last1=Eng |first1=Dinah |title=How Panda Express brings Chinese food to the mall |url=http://fortune.com/2013/02/05/how-panda-express-brings-chinese-food-to-the-mall/ |accessdate=28 June 2015 |magazine=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |publisher=Time Inc. |date=5 February 2013}}</ref> Both Andrew and Peggy Cherng are alumni of [[Baker University]] in [[Baldwin City, Kansas]] (where they first met).<ref name="Greenfeld">{{cite news |last1=Greenfeld |first1=Karl Taro |title=General Tso, Meet Steven Covey |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/10_48/b4205098143983.htm |accessdate=28 June 2015 |work=[[Bloomberg BusinessWeek]] |publisher=Bloomberg, L.P. |date=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bakeru.edu/images/pdf/Alumni/BakerPride_Spring08.pdf |title=Cherngs honored for contributions in L.A. area |magazine=Baker Pride alumni magazine |publisher=[[Baker University]] |location=Baldwin City, Kansas |date=Spring 2008}}</ref> Peggy Cherng received her B.S. degree in applied mathematics from [[Oregon State University]] in 1971, and her M.S. in Computer Science and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the [[University of Missouri|University of Missouri-Columbia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater/issues/Stater0012/assocnews.html |title=OSU ALUMNI FELLOWS 2000: OSU honors veterinarian, animal nutrition researcher and president of Panda Management |magazine=Oregon Stater Association News |publisher=Oregon State University |date=2000 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928184814/http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater/issues/Stater0012/assocnews.html |archivedate=September 28, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> Andrew Cherng also received his M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Missouri.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fremont.edu/advisors/andrew-cherng |title=Profile: Andrew Cherng |work=[[Fremont College]], Board of Advisor |date= |author= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104041917/http://fremont.edu:80/advisors/andrew-cherng |archivedate=January 4, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>
In 1973, when Andrew's parents moved to the United States, Andrew went into business with his father and opened their first Panda Inn restaurant in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref name="Eng" /><ref name="Greenfeld" /> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Tao of Panda Express |url=http://www.lamag.com/longform/tao-panda/ |magazine=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles Magazine]] |accessdate=2015-12-10 |date=April 20, 2015 |first=Ed |last=Leibowitz}}</ref> In 1982, Peggy joined Andrew in the restaurant business.<ref name="Eng" /> 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.<ref name="Eng" /> 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.<ref name=lat-2001oct08>{{cite news |first=James |last=Flanigan |title=Cooking Up a Powerhouse of Chinese Fast Food |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 8, 2001 |page=C1 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/08/business/fi-54655}}</ref> A second location was opened two years later at the [[Westside Pavilion]] in 1985.<ref name=ct-2008aug25>{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-08-25/business/0808240283_1_panda-inn-panda-restaurant-group-andrew-cherng |title=Panda Express owner keeps early years fresh: Fear of no customers keeps Andrew Cherng focused at family-owned fast-food chain |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=August 25, 2008 |first=Jerry |last=Hirsch}}</ref> The chain has steadily expanded across the United States since then.
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