PH officials visit Jollibee London store
Source：inquirer.net
From：Taiwan Trade Center, Manila
Update Time：2019/01/13
A month before the schedules grand opening of Jollibee’s first-ever store in the UK, Philippine Cabinet secretaries and members were warmly welcomed with a red carpet to its flagship store by Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) chief executive Ernesto Tanmantiong and Dennis Flores, president and head of Jollibee International Business for Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia.
Coinciding with the Philippine Economic Briefing in London, where the Philippine delegation is to present their latest updates on various government programs to the UK-ASEAN Business Council, the delegation visited the store to show its support to the beloved franchise.
The delegation included Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Public Works and Highway Secretary Mark Villar, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno and Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia.
Likewise part of the delegation were Bases Conversion and Development Authority president and CEO Vivencio Dizon, Representatives Pia Cayetano and Wes Gatchalian, and Philippine Ambassador to the UK Antonio Manuel Lagdameo.
Daniel Robert Pruce, UK ambassador to the Philippines, was also present in the store as a sign of support from the British community.
Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) chief executive Ernesto Tanmantiong expressed his gratitude to all in attendance, “We are truly delighted and excited to be opening and introducing Jollibee to this part of the world. I, together with our Jollibee International and store teams, sincerely appreciate your presence in today’s event. We are sincerely humbled by your visit as we partner for economic progress and help contribute to bringing honor to our country, as we have done in other markets such as Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore and Hong Kong, we envision to successfully serve the delicious food and warm service of Jollibee not only to the Filipino community here but also to the local British people,” he said.
The Jollibee UK store, which will open on Oct. 20, is among the target overseas branches that the homegrown fast-food chain is opening abroad, Macau and New York are the next target for the remainder of the year.
With 12 brands with more than 4,000 stores across 20 countries, JFC has been Asia’s most valuable restaurant chain since 2013 and now continues to strives to be among the top five global restaurant chains.
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