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Fast Food

Chipotle Founder Developing Asian Fast-Casual Concept?

Steve Ells, CEO and Founder of the wildly successful Chipotle Mexican Grill chain has been anything but silent and behind the scenes lately. With the launch the NBC show America’s Next Great Restaurant starring a host of celebrity personalities alongside Ells is one of four celebrity personalities and investors who will decide which winning restaurant idea they will put their money into.

Apart from the show, an NRN article has revealed Ells possible ideas for opening an Asian fast-casual restaurant utilizing similar pricing, ingredient integrity, and general modeling that has made Chipotle so successful in the past.

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Hit-Or-Miss

Top 500 Restaurant Chains Experienced Rebounding Growth Rates in 2010

Technomic has just released an Annual Report detailing the growth rates of the top 500 largest restaurant chains in the U.S. The report compares annual sales between the years of 2009 and 2010, noticing a 1.8 percent increase in annual sales into 2010. Systemwide sales for the top 500 chains increased over $4 billion from 2009, reaching an estimated $234 billion in 2010.

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Fast Food

Panda Express Reveals “Golden Treasure Shrimp”

Panda Express looks to celebrate the beginning of March with a launch of their new entrée item, Golden Treasure Shrimp. The dish is made with crispy tempura shrimp, red and green bell peppers wok-tossed in Panda’s new zesty citrus sauce. As has become customary with new Panda Express menu offerings, the chain is offering up a free single serving of the new Golden Treasure Shrimp on March 9, 2011, though the item will see a nationwide debut on March 2nd. To get in on the free action, you simply have to “like” Panda Express on Facebook and subsequently gain access to the exclusive coupon. (PicThx BusinessWire)

 

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Deals

Panda Express Celebrating CNY With FREE Firecracker Chicken

Panda Express is ringing in the 2011 Chinese New Year with a giveaway of their Firecracker Chicken Breast item. The single serving give-away is valid with a coupon, only at participating locations, only on February 3, 2011. The above image (click it for full size) serves as the coupon, and it is also available on the Panda Express website for the time being. For those unfamiliar, their Firecracker Chicken Breast consists of marinated chicken breast, red and yellow bell peppers and onions, all wokked in a zesty firecracker sauce. No purchase necessary. Enjoy!

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News

Panda Express: New Kobari Beef Menu Item

Beginning today, Wednesday September 22nd, Chinese Fast Food chain Panda Express will intrdouce a new “Kobari” beef to its menu, with reps calling it a “sweet, smoky and spicy” Korean BBQ addition to the menu. The dish utilizes slies of marinated tri-tip beef that has been tossed with wok-seared mushrooms, freshly cut leeks, crunchy onions, and crispy red bell peppers.

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News

Panda Express: [New] Honey Walnut Shrimp

In the spirit of the season where food establishments everywhere bring to the plate entrees featuring new fish items, Panda Express is no exception. With the introduction of a new Honey Walnut Shrimp, we get to taste afresh tempura shrimp that’s wok-tossed in a gourmet honey sauce and further topped with glazed walnuts. Advertised as a nice combination of “sweet and crispy”. Can’t lie, does sound pretty tempting!

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Cravings

Craving: Panda Express Orange Chicken

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Walking around the fair yesterday I saw a Panda Express booth and it almost seemed out of place to me. But then I remembered no matter how many crazy and good tasting foods there are at the fairgrounds, sometimes a person just wants some good ol’ orange chicken and where better to get it at then Panda Express. I usually serve mine up with a whole bunch of a chow mein and teriyaki chicken with sauce.

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Panda Express Thai Cashew Chicken

Quick Chinese food mogul Panda Express has put Thai Cashew Chicken on their menu. Cashews and spicy cilantro dance in a sizzling wok with all-white meat chicken breast, red bell peppers, onions and strips of scallion. Get yourself a taste of Thailand down the street at the local shopping mall. A 5.5 ounce serving will only set you back 240 calories, 13 g fat and 18 g protein. Also, Panda Express is celebrating their 25th anniversary this Halloween. Congratulations guys! And much respect for a quarter century of putting out mad tasty Orange Chicken and Chow Mein on the cheap.