Jollibee Group frontliners get vaccinated at QC's Bakuna Nights

“Getting our economy back on track will be a true team effort from all sectors. We’rethankful   for   the   Quezon   City   LGU   for   this   innovative   initiative   to   get   more   peoplevaccinated.   By  making  the vaccination available  at  night, the  free  vaccination getsextended   to   people   who   have   to   work   during   the   day.   This   will   be   a   boost   to   thecountry’s efforts to help keep people safe and more protected, and we are happy tosupport this.” ~Jose Miñana, Jr., Jollibee Group Chief Sustainability and Public Affairs Officer

The Jollibee Group partnered with the Quezon City Local Government to have its economic frontlinersvaccinated against COVID-19 through the QC Bakuna Nights initiative.

The Jollibee Group recently partnered with the Local Government of Quezon City to provide free COVID-19 vaccines for almost 200 economic   frontliners   from   its   restaurants   including   Jollibee,   Greenwich,   Chowking, Burger King, Red Ribbon, and Panda Express. The inoculation is part of Quezon City’s “Bakuna   Nights”   initiative   which   seeks   to   encourage   more   vaccinations   by accommodating workers at night from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Some 200 economic fronliners from the Jollibee Group received COVID-19 vaccines through the Quezon City Local Government's Bakuna Nights initiative, which seeks to accommodate essential workers hoping to be vaccinated after regular office hours.

This June, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) approved the deployment of vaccines to people under the A4 prioritygroup,   which   includes   workers in  fast  food   establishments  and  other   private   sector employees who are required to work outside their places of residence.

The   Jollibee   Group   is   also   partnering   with   other   local   government   units   to   help vaccinate more members of its store teams, as well as to optimize the available supply of vaccines in the country.

Some 200 economic fronliners from the Jollibee Group received COVID-19 vaccines through the Quezon City Local Government's Bakuna Nights initiative, which seeks to accommodate essential workers hoping to be vaccinated after regular office hours.

The company is also ready to roll out its own Vaccination Program for its employees inthe Philippines, as well as employees’ dependents and extended family and household members.   It   has   also   extended   the   vaccine   sourcing   for   employees   of   its   partner employers and franchisees. The Jollibee Group’s vaccination program will cover team's from Jollibee, Chowking, Mang Inasal, Greenwich, Burger King, Red Ribbon, PandaExpress, PHO24, commissaries, distribution centers, support functions, and the JollibeeGroup Foundation.

About Jollibee Group

Jollibee Group is one of the fastest-growing Asian restaurant companies in the world. It operates in 33 countries, with over 5,800 stores globally with branches in the Philippines, United States, Canada, the People’s Republic of China, United Kingdom, Italy, Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Panama, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, and India. It has eight wholly-owned brands (Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal, Yonghe King, Hong Zhuang Yuan, Smashburger), five franchised brands (Burger King, Panda Express, and PHO24 inthe Philippines, Dunkin’ Donuts and Tim Ho Wan in certain territories in China), 80% ownership of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and 60% ownership in the SuperFoods Group that owns Highlands Coffee and PHO24 brands. 

Jollibee Group is a significant investor in Titan Dining LP, a private equity fund and the ultimate holding entity of the Tim Ho Wan(THW) Brand and has a joint venture with the THW Group to open THW restaurants in Mainland China. It also has a business venture with award-winning Chef Rick Bayless for Tortazo, a Mexican fast-casual restaurant business in the United States. The Group will also establish a 50/50 joint venture to operate and expand Yoshinoya in the Philippines. Yoshinoya is one of the largest and most recognized Japanese restaurant brands globally. 

Jollibee Group was named the Philippines’ most admired company by the Asian Wall Street Journal for ten years. It was also honored as one of Asia’s Fab 50 Companies and among the World’s Best Employers by Forbes. In 2020, Gallup awarded the Jollibee Group with the Exceptional Workplace Award, making it the first Philippine-based company to receive the distinction. 

Jollibee Group has grown brands that bring delightful dining experiences to its customers worldwide, in line with its mission of serving great tasting food and spreading the joy of eating to everyone.