Red Ribbon Bakeshop is a popular fast-food chain and bakery in the Philippines and the United States, offering a wide range of cakes and pastries. The chain began in the Philippines in 1979 in Quezon City along Timog Avenue and started franchising in 1999. In 1984, they opened their first US branch in West Covina, California. Today, there are more than 200 branches all over the Philippines, and there are now 32 stores all over California, two in Las Vegas, two in New Jersey (Jersey City and Bergenfield), one in metro Phoenix,[1],one in New York and one in Virginia Beach, Virginia.[2] Other expansion plans continue to be worked out.[3][4]
In 2005, Red Ribbon was acquired by Jollibee Foods Corporation, a conglomerate of popular fast-food chains in the Philippines.[5]