Per capita, California has probably founded more successful chains than any other state or country in the world. If you’re looking for a “fast food city”, it doesn’t get much better than that. As well as being the city that hosted the first Panda Express, it was also where Baskin-Robbins was founded and where the IHOP headquarters are currently based. In fact, even if you narrow it down to Glendale, a city of around 200,000 people, there are a few major fast food connections. As well as the chains with over 2,000 locations mentioned at the top of this page, this is also where Del Taco, Carl’s Jr. and many other chains were founded and still flourish. This state is a gold mine for restaurant brands. We have already discussed how Panda Express is just one of the many chains that was founded in the Golden State. But it wasn’t until the 2010s that they finally began to venture into the international marketplace. Over the next couple of decades Panda Express expanded into all 50 US states. They opened their first stand-alone restaurant some 15 years after founding the chain. Most of their locations were in shopping malls, taking advantage of the high levels of foot traffic. It tool them two years before they opened their second location, and the chain grew steadily from there. It focused on similar dishes and on the same cuisine, but with an emphasis on fast food. This changed in 1983 when the first Panda Express location was opened. But this wasn’t fast food and it wasn’t particularly popular either. They had experience with a restaurant known as the Panda Inn, which opened in 1973. It was founded by a husband, wife and father, all of which were born and raised in China.
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