#257: Panda Express – Orange is the New Chicken
In 1972, Andrew Cherng’s father had the Panda Inn. It was Andrew that started Panda Express and it now has over 2,500 locations. Dave Young: Welcome to The Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not so secret techniques that took famous businesses from mom and pop to major brands. Stephen Semple is a marketing consultant, story collector, and storyteller. I’m Stephen’s sidekick and business partner, Dave Young. Before we get into today’s episode, a word from our sponsor, which is, well, it’s us, but we’re highlighting ads we’ve written and produced for our clients. So here’s one of those. [AirVangtage Heating & Cooling Ad] Dave Young: Welcome back to The Empire Builders Podcast. Dave Young here, Stephen Semple is here as well and he just whispered the name of today’s subject into my ear as the countdown timer was going down and I’m stalling because all I got is orange chicken. Stephen Semple: Hold that thought. We are going to come- Dave Young: Orange chicken. Stephen Semple: We are going to come back to orange chicken. Yeah, absolutely. Hold that thought. Dave Young: So we’re talking about Panda Express today and really all I know about it is I don’t mind eating there. It’s like, oh shoot, there’s a Panda Express. Maybe that’s where we should go. Or you’re in the mall and hey, there’s the Panda… It’s like, yeah, it’s an innocuous, nice middle ground choice. Stephen Semple: Yeah. That’s- Dave Young: And it’s been a really good choice, like even during not just pandemic, but now everybody does a lot more Uber Eats and that kind of stuff. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave […]
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