It’s a jolly day for Filipinos in the United Kingdom.
Fast-food chain Jollibee shared on Twitter earlier today, a photo of its famous mascot (A jolly bee, duh) posing with British Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce at the British Embassy Manila in Taguig.
Why? Looks like it’s a teaser for the very first Jollibee branch in the U.K.
The tweet reads: “It’s a jolly morning here at the British Embassy! Even bumped into my old friend, Ambassador Daniel Pruce!”
The tweet also included the hashtags #JollibeeLondon and #1stJollibeeInUK.
It’s a jolly morning here at the British Embassy! Even bumped into my old friend, Ambassador @DanielPruce! #JollibeeLondon #1stJollibeeInUK pic.twitter.com/pjbnTiejcg
— Jollibee (@Jollibee) September 18, 2018
Pruce retweeted the photo on his official Twitter and said: “Delighted to see @Jollibee in the Embassy. Good luck with #JollibeeLondon! #1stJollibeeInUK”
Delighted to see @Jollibee in the Embassy. Good luck with #JollibeeLondon ! #1stJollibeeInUK https://t.co/ybQt4kHaKI
— Daniel Pruce 🇬🇧 (@DanielPruce) September 18, 2018
Last year, Pruce told ANC that the first Jollibee store in the UK would be opening in 2018. However, there are no updates yet on the specific opening date.
It’s been a generally good year for Jollibee’s plans for world domination.
It opened its first Europe outlet in Milan in March to much fanfare and in June, Jollibee’s Chief Executive Officer Ernesto Tanmantiong announced that the fast-food chain plans to open 100 stores in Canada, following the successful opening of its Winnipeg branch in 2016.
However, it hasn’t been smooth sailing for the fast-food joint domestically. In May, Jollibee was tagged by the Department of Labor and Employment as one of the companies with the most number of contractual employees, an illegal practice in the Philippines.
Following this labor issue, some Filipinos have already called to boycott the restaurant.
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