September 2, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — The Jollibee Group is exploring strategic collaboration alternatives to strengthen its provide chain community in Canada in addition to improve the nation’s function in its world sourcing actions.
The group stated that it continues to prioritize Canada as each a key development market and sourcing accomplice as a part of its broader world technique.
With the assist of Canada’s agriculture and commerce sectors, it goals to unlock new alternatives for collaboration, innovation and sustainable development within the meals service business.
“Canada stays a invaluable and strategic marketplace for the Jollibee Group — not just for increasing our retailer community, but in addition as a key accomplice in strengthening and localizing our provide chain,” Jollibee Group World president and CEO Ernesto Tanmantiong stated.
The group’s flagship model Jollibee has grown its footprint in Canada to twenty-eight shops throughout 5 provinces.
Its community consists of 12 shops in Ontario, eight in Alberta in addition to further places in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
The Jollibee Group’s model for higher burger Smashburger additionally has six shops in Canada.
“We’re grateful for the chance to collaborate extra intently with the Canadian authorities in exploring new alternatives that may permit us to serve extra prospects and communities worldwide,” Tanmantiong stated.
Jollibee Group lately hosted Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Meals Heath MacDonald and a delegation of senior Canadian authorities officers in its Manila headquarters.
Through the assembly, the delegation and Jollibee Group executives explored potential areas of collaboration akin to leveraging Canada’s high-quality agricultural merchandise, figuring out sourcing alternatives for key substances and enhancing logistics partnerships to assist the corporate’s increasing footprint in North America and past.
“Jollibee has made its manner into the hearts of so many Canadians. We’re grateful that you’ve chosen Canada to be one in all your world enlargement hubs and for contributing to the colourful culinary business in our nation,” MacDonald stated.
As of finish June, the Jollibee Group’s retailer community elevated by 45.5 % to 10,119 in comparison with a yr in the past. Its community consists of three,424 shops within the Philippines and 6,695 branches overseas.
