Jollibee Slates 200 New Outlets, Three Commissaries

Jollibee Foods Corp. will roll out 200 new stores in the Philippines this year, about 20% fewer than the 249 restaurants in opened in 2015. But Asia’s largest foodservice company says it also plans to build three new commissary facilities in Luzon, expand the capacity of its biggest commissary in Laguna, and set up two new distribution warehouses in Luzon. Its foreign business reported a 10.5% growth in systemwide sales in the first quarter, prompting Jollibee’s continued expansion around the world; in the U.S., it just opened the first of several planned restaurants in the Chicago area, and is planning to enter Canada, Italy, Malaysia, Oman, and the United Kingdom.