SPOTTED | Monaco princess photographed holding a Jollibee toy

Princess Gabriella, one of Monaco's youngest royalties, was photographed holding a Jollibee toy during the Sainte Devote ceremony last January 26.

Image Courtesy: Palais Princier de Monaco

The princess was with her parents Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene and her twin brother Prince Jacques.

If you'd take a closer look at the image above, Princess Gabriella was holding what seemed to be a Jollibee toy from the Jollibee Musical Band collection that came with the Jolly Kiddie Meals last year. 

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It's humbling to see a Filipino brand extend its reach up to western Europe and, to a lot of people's surprise, to looked-up-to royals. It would really let one wondering how the Jollibee toy ended in the hands of a princess.

Jollibee Foods Corp. has biggest fast-food chain in the Philippines

Believe it or not, this fast food company is the largest in the Philippines in terms of number of stores managed; it also has notable food brands under its helm. Jollibee Foods Corp., the company operating the biggest and most sought-after fast food chain in the country (Jollibee), now has 2,022 stores of different brands in the Philippines.

The Jollibee group operates the country's largest fast food network of stores of Jollibee (756), Chowking ( 385); Greenwich (201), Red Ribbon (207), Mang Inasal (448), and Burger King (25) - all of which are popular brands.

Aside form its home base network, JFC also operates 524 stores abroad under its Chinese and local brands. This tallies all of Jollibee Foods Corp.'s stores to 2,546 worldwide.

And not only that, JFC's flagship store Jollibee turned out to be featured on the list of the best fast-food chains in the world compiled by Yahoo's Travel+Leisure. It also got shortlisted in list of great fast-food chains created by different newspapers and other media outlets.

Jollibee buys new food businesses, establishes presence in Asia

Fast-food king Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) has completed a buy-in deal with a regional food group that manages a chain of Highlands Coffee, Hard Rock Cafe stores and Pho24 restaurants, thus raising its expansion rate in Asia..

Through subsidiary Jollibee Worldwide Pte. Ltd., JFC declared the consummation of its acquisition of 50 percent of the businesses of SuperFoods Group, which comprise of a 49-percent stake in Vietnam-based SF Vung Tau Joint Stock Co. and a 60-percent share in Hong Kong-based Blue Sky Holding Ltd.

The deal will cost JFC $25 million for the 50 percent stake in SuperFoods alone. But, inclusive in the deal is an extension of a $35-million loan to its partner Viet Thai International Joint Stock Co. (VTI) through their joint venture in SuperFoods. Furthermore, JFC has also released in advance $5 million to the SuperFoods group.

Earning $30 million in annual sales, the SuperFoods Group operates 56 Highlands Coffee stores in Vietnam, and Pho24 stores in Vietnam (48), Indonesia (11), Hong Kong (4), Japan (3), the Philippines (2), and Cambodia (1). It also handles a number of Hard Rock Cafe-franchised stores in Macau, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

The key leading player in the Philippine quick-service restaurant industry, JFC which is increasingly heightening its operations abroad, now has a total of 2,003 restaurants in the Philippines and 2,471 restaurants worldwide.

With supporting reports from Inquirer.net