<P> Jollibee's core product is its fried chicken, which is branded as Chickenjoy . </P> <P> Jollibee started with five branches in 1978 . The JFC has Jollibee branches outside the Philippines in locations in other countries in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, the Middle East, and North America . </P> <P> As of December 2016, Jollibee operates 1,100 stores, 950 of which are in the Philippines, its country of origin, and 150 are situated in foreign markets . </P> <P> JFC has publicly expressed plans to open its first Jollibee store in Europe due to popular demand, but stated at that time that such plans were not then prioritized . However, it was later reported in March 2015 that Jollibee planned to expand to Europe through an unspecified country in 2017 - 2018 . Plans to enter the Australia and Japan markets were also entertained by the company . </P>

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