History and Milestones
Our Jollibee Group was founded in 1975 by Tony Tan Caktiong. With the help of his wife Grace, his family, and in-laws, they started everything with a small family business selling ice cream in the streets of Manila. Three years after starting, the family saw the opportunity for hot meals. They converted the ice cream parlors into the Jollibee brand we know today.
Tony always saw the huge potential for his business and dreamt big. He put faith in hard work, passion, and focus, to turn his then-small business into one of the biggest companies in the Philippines, Asia and now, the world.
Today, that dream has brought us from a single brand into a restaurant group with 17 well-loved brands and over 5,800 stores in 34 countries. Through our mission of bringing the joy of eating to everyone, we aim and continue to work to become one of the top five restaurant companies in the world.
Swipe through the years to see our milestone from past to present
1975
Tony Tan Caktiong, together with his wife Grace, his family, and in-laws, start an ice cream business in Manila, Philippines
1978
Jollibee Foods Corporation (Jollibee Group) is born
1987
Jollibee Group makes it to the Philippines’ Top 100 Corporations
1993
Jollibee Group lists its shares on the Philippine Stock Exchange, with an initial offering of PHP 9/share
1993
Jollibee Group is cited as one of the leading companies in Asia by the Far Eastern Economic Review
1994
Jollibee Group acquires Greenwich Pizza Corporation
2000
Jollibee Group acquires Chowking
2002
Jollibee Group Chairman and CEO Tony Tan Cacktiong is named Management Man of the Year by the Management Association of the Philippines
2003
For the sixth straight year, Jollibee Group is named as the Philippines’ Leading Company by the Far Eastern Economic Review
2004
Jollibee Group acquires its first international brand Yonghe King, a restaurant chain in China
2004
Jollibee Group establishes the Jollibee Group Foundation
2004
Jollibee Group Chairman and CEO Tony Tan Cacktiong is named the 2004 World Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young
2004
Jollibee Group opens Zenith Foods Corporation, the largest commissary in Asia, with an initial investment of PHP 1.5 Billion
2005
Jollibee Group acquires Red Ribbon Bakeshop
2006
Jollibee Group establishes Jollibee Worldwide Services
2006
Jollibee Group is chosen as the Most Admired Compay in the Philippines by the Asian Wall Street Journal
2008
Jollibee Group completes its purchase of Hong Zhuang Yuan, a chain of congee restaurants located mostly in Beijing
2010
Jollibee Group acquires 70% of Mang Inasal
2011
Jollibee Group acquires a majority stake in the Burger King Philippines franchise
2011
Jollibee Group builds the Jollibee Foods Processing Commissary in China
2012
Jollibee Group completes its acquisition of SuperFoods Group, which owns and operates Highlands Coffee and PHO24
2012
Jollibee Group was included among the 26 enterprises from ASEAN countries that were conferred with the “Most Admires ASEAN Enterprise” Award by the ASEAN Business Advisory
2013
Jollibee Foundation is renamed Jollibee Group Foundation
2013
Jollibee Group breaks into Forbes Asia’s Fab 50, Asia-Pacific’s Best 50 Big Listed Companies
2013
Jollibee Group inaugurates the Jollibee Group distribution center, the Philippines’ largest automated quick service restaurant logistics facility
2013
Tony Tan Caktiong, Jollibee Group’s Chairman & CEO, is named Global Filipino Executive of the Year at the Asia CEO Awards
2014
Ernesto Tanmantiong assumes the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Jollibee Foods Corporation
2014
Jollibee Group and Ateneo team up to establish JFC University
2015
Jollibee Group acquires 40% of
US-based Smashburger
2015
Jollibee Group Chairman Tony Tan Caktiong is awarded Entrepreneur of the Year at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards
2015
Jollibee Group is one of only two Filipino companies that rank in Forbes Asia’s Fab 50
2016
Jollibee Group acquires the remaining 30% stake in Mang Inasal, making it the 100% owner of the brand
2016
Jollibee Group completes the transfer of assets in Happy Bee Foods Processing Pte. Ltd. (Happy Bee), making Jollibee Group the 100% owner of Happy Bee Foods Processing in Anhui Province in China
2016
Jollibee Group Chairman Tony Tan Caktiong in 2016’s MVP Grand Bossing Awardee
2017
Cargill and Jollibee officially inaugurate the Cargill Joy Poultry Meats Production plant. The plant has a processing capacity of 45 million chickens per year
2017
Jollibee Group increases its ownership interest in the SuperFoods Group to 60%. SuperFoods Group is the holding company of Highlands Coffee and PHO24
2018
Jollibee Group increases ownership in Smashburger to 85%
2018
Jollibee Group enters into a business venture with award-winning Chef Rick Bayless to build a Mexican fast-casual restaurant business in the United States
2018
Jollibee Group discloses plans to invest up to 45 million Singapore Dollars in Titan Dining LP, a private equity fund that has executed (through a wholly-owned subsidiary) a binding agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the Asia Pacific master franchise holder of Tim Ho Wan brand, Tim Ho Wan Pte. Ltd. and its affiliate Dim Sum Pte. Ltd.
2018
Jollibee Group announces the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture with Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. to bring Panda Express restaurants to the Philippines.
2018
Jollibee Group wins the ASEAN Business Award for Priority Integration Sector — Food & Beverage
2018
Jollibee Group wins AGROW Award for Inclusive Business
2019
Jollibee Group acquires the remaining 15% stake in Smashburger, making it the sole owner of the Smashburger business
2019
Jollibee Group acquires The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (c), its largest and most multi-national acquisition to date
2020
The Gallup Organization awards Jollibee Group with the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, making it the first-ever Philippine-based corporation to receive such distinction
2020
USD 600 Million in Guaranteed Senior Perpetual Capital Securities (Securities) was issued by JWPL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jollibee Group, and listed in the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.
2020
Amid the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jollibee Group allocates PHP 1 Billion as an emergency fund for employees and donates PHP 240 Million in aid to frontlines and affected families.
2020
Jollibee Group CEO Ernesto Tanmantiong is named as one of the A100 Most Impactful Asians
2020
Jollibee Group embarks on a Business Transformation aimed at adapting to changing consumer habits, accelerating profit recovery, and emerging stronger from the pandamic
2020
Jollibee Group CEO Ernesto Tanmantiong is named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Asia Leaders Awards
2020
Jollibee Group is one of only three Philippine-based companies awarded on Forbes’ List of World’s Best Employers
2021
Jollibee Group announces that it will establish a 50/50 joining venture to expand Yoshinoya, one of the largest and most recognized Japanese restaurant brands globally, in the Philippines
2021
Jollibee Group lists its first-ever preferred shares on the Philippine Stock Exchange – a first for the Jollibee Group and the Philippine Food Service Industry
2021
Jollibee Group is cited in Forbes’ List of World’s Best Employers for the second consecutive year
2021
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2022
Dr. Tony Tan Caktiong is named the 2022 Ramon V. Del Rosario Awardee for Nation-Building