Jollibee in Anaheim Is the Reason for the Season

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • November 3, 2011
Social scientists and business students needn't look further than the Filipino fast-food giant Jollibee to see what our culture has wrought on the other side of the world. The menu at the branch that just opened in Anaheim, OC's unofficial Little...
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