Similarities and Differences between Mang Inasal and Jollibee

Mang inasal and jollibee are in the fast food business and  industries which share common values, culture and local love for both of them.  Both fast food chains offer a wide range of menu and recipes. One thing which is also associated with them is that both fast food industries originated  from the Filipino land.

There are many differences shared by these brands. For example, the target market is different, jollibee is expert in chickenjoy while mang inasal is providing grilled chicken which is chicken inasal. Mang inasal was founded by Edgar “Injap” Sia II in 2003 in Iloilo City. However, Jollibee was started in 1978 in Quezon city of the Philippines by Tony Tan caktiong.

What is the history of jollibee and mang inasal partnerships?

History of partnership and association between jollibee and mang inasal can be traced back to October, 2010. Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), which is owned by Tony Tan Caktiong, decided to take over the 70% of the share from Injap Investment. This was how the partnership between Jollibee and Mang Inasal was started.

The initial deal of 70% acquisition was inked of whooping 68.8 million dollars which is equal to 3 billion pesos. This was an unprecedented move by both Mang Inasal Philippines, Inc and Jollibee Foods Corporation.

In the year of 2016, jollibee decided to take over the entire business of the mang inasal. The deal was done as per expectation. One this is remarkable to mention that Ferdinand Sia remained in the business of the mang inasal directly.

Even after the acquisition of the mang inasal by the Jollibee Foods Corporation, Senior Management remained unchanged stock holder, franchise model remained instate and . Mang inasal continued to sell its traditional recipes like mang inasal grilled chicken with unlimited rice.

The partnership remained successful for both businesses. As mang inasal was blessed with expertise of Jollibee Foods Corporation. JFC started  investing heavily in order to expand the Mang inasal business.Because of this reason, the branches of mang inasal restaurants are opened abroad. It includes Canada, Japan, USA, Saudi Arabia, UAE and many other parts of the world.

The partnership remained successful for the Jollibee Foods corporation also. As JFC has a window of opportunity to out rank the Mcdonalds, KFC and others.

What are similarities of mang inasal and jollibee for business parties?

Jollibee and Mang inasal share a range of characteristics and features. Starting from business ethics, origination and many more.

Common Cultural Recognition

Jollibee and mang inasal belong to philippines. This common reason allows to pave the way for common culture, identity and others. Thus, this commonality allows the both brands to take leverage by sharing food  strategies, expertise and many more.

Multifarious Menu offering

Jollibee and mang inasal have been offering different menus. As mang inasal is known as grilled-food restaurants because of its signature recipes like mang inasal chicken. Moreover, Mang inasal offers a wide range of recipes namely pork bbq, pork sisig, palabok and halo halo dessert.

On the other hand, jollibee offers fried chicken which is known as chickenjoy. It also sells french fries. The Filipino nation loves the taste of chicken as it is prepared in more oil. 

Limitless Presence

Mang inasal and jollibee are making progress day and night. Both companies have Diversity & Inclusion. This fact paves the way for beefing up businesses. Currently, more than 591 branches are working across the Philippines from Manila to Iloilo city. By the same token, Jollibee has been widening its business profile.

Loyal Customer Base

Mang inasal or jollibee have a strong loyal customer base. These customers are being respected and valued by the jollibee and Mang inasal. As customers have emotional and personal attachment with their popular fast food brands. 

 One can gauge from the fact that Halo Halo Summer Party has been kick started. More and more people are attending the halo halo parties where 1000 halo halo desserts are being offered free of cost.

Core Corporate Values

Mang inasal or jollibee satisfies its customers by offering quality food at economical prices. Both brands have the vision to promote cultural values of the philippines. Moreover, the visions of the brands to promote local people by offering jobs and buying products from the local suppliers.

Community Engagement

Jollibee and mang inasal are well aware of promoting local communities. Mang inasal is actively working in disaster relief programs and many others.

 Mang inasal ceo Edgar Sia has been trying to uplift the common people by eliminating hunger from the society and community. This is the reason Edgar Sia has been purchasing raw materials like chicken, bamboo,rice and others from the local suppliers.

Mang Inasal & Jollibee for Business,Wedding and Birthday Parties

Mang inasal or Jollibee are famous for providing top notch quality food services. Whether it is business parties or wedding parties or birthday parties. The core aim of jollibee and mang inasal is to value customers.

Catering Services

Mang inasal offers a wide range of food menus to its customers. There are a range of varieties of food for business parties, wedding events and birthday ceremonies. Mang inasal offers chicken inasal, palabok, pork sisig and pork barbeque.

Similarly, Jollibee provides fried chicken which is known as chickenjoy. Besides, french fries and chicken for burgers are provided to the business official, wedding attendees and birthday gatherings.

Economical Cost

Mang inasal is famous for its economical and budgeted prices for menu items. It provides quality meals for business parties, wedding gatherings and birthday gatherings.

 One can gauge from the fact that mang inasal provides unlimited rice to its customers. This is how one can understand.

Jollibee also offers best prices which come under the pocket whether it is drink, chickenjoy,french fries and burgers. For businesses, weddings and birthday events, people feel safe, secure and happy in terms of finances.

Brand awareness

Jollibee and Mang inasal are well aware of the brand awareness. Whether it is businesses or birthday or wedding related gatherings. It increases the brand visibility  as customized packaging, logo, banners and others can be served by the brands to attendees.

Venue Flexibility

 Jollibee and Mang Inasal  offer venue flexibility. Both brands allow its customers to select the place of event as per their desire. Jollibee and mang inasal always feel satisfied and respected.  In spite of this, both brands feel happy to organize the event whether it is inside, outdoor, corporate venues, conference rooms  and others.

Professional Services

Jollibee and Mang inasal provides professional services for the official,birthday and wedding ceremonies. The crew members and staff always feel proud of cleaning, dusting, organizing the event, tasks related to food ,maintaining the decorum and discipline.

What are Similarities And Differences Between Chicken of Mang inasal and Jollibee ?

Comparing the chicken of Jollibee and Mang Inasal is like comparing oranges with mangoes.  Both brands have their own style of cooking and serving. Chicken of each brand has its own pros and cons.

Chicken is a very pivotal recipe for both fast food brands. Mang inasal chicken is known as chicken inasal which is grilled with the help of special spices like annatto oil, garlic, soya sauce and chili sauce.

It is important to note that Mang inasal chicken is cooked on coals with the help of bamboo sticks. You will feel surprised that it is served to the customers on the banana leaves. People love to eat mang inasal chicken with unlimited rice and mang inasal oil.

Jollibee is famous for its chickenjoy. Many of the Filipino celebrities give a 5 star rating to the chickenjoy of the jollibee.

Jollibee chicken is tender, juicy and mouth watering internally. Extra care is taken while cooking the chicken as chicken may not remain less crunchy.

Like mang inasal chicken, Jollibee chicken is also prepared with the help of special special ingredients. It includes cornflour, milk, eggs, salt, black pepper and chicken. This is cooked in a secret method by Jollibee chefs and Jollibee kitchen staff.

One can eat chickenjoy in small pieces or large as per desire. Some people love to eat a mix, I mean small and large pieces.

Which One  is Better? Mang inasal or Jollibee for Dine in / Take away

Both brands have their own value and respect. Mang inasal is affordable and less expensive. If you have the tongue of traditional taste and have a low budget, you will choose mang inasal instead of Jollibee.

On the other hand, if you want western style of chicken, coke and soft drink, you will feel proud to visit Jollibee. It is not as economical as Mang inasal.

Jollibee and Mang inasal have their own style of dine in and take away. People feel safe and secure while dine in and take away. 

However, people face workplace issues with mang inasal. There are heavy loads of customers all the time at mang inasal. This fact causes hurdles for loyal customers to dine in.

 By the same token, people face delay for take away. Jollibee is much more efficient in this case. There is more workspace for customers as compared to mang inasal.The jollibee stores are not crowded as that of Mang Inasal because of various reasons. This is due to the reasons that  Jollibee is a home grown brand like Mcdonalds. Its stores are present on all major highways, malls, and buildings.

Why Jollibee and Mang Inasal Involved in the Other Businesses?

Jollibee and Mang Inasal have been involved in multiple businesses. For example, Edgar Sia, the Founder of the Mang Inasal, and Tony Tan Caktiong, the CEO of JFC, started a joint venture of property business under the name of Double Dragon properties.

By the same way, Hotel101 is another joint venture. Under this venture, Edgar Sia and Tony Tan Caktiong are planning to take over the hotel industries. The targeted markets are UAE,USA,Spain, India, China and many other countries of Arab and africa.

Following are the reasons for expanding the businesses.

Growth And Expansion

Growth and expansion are the key to being involved in the other businesses. It is an established fact that relying on the single fast food industry is not a good step to go. So, diversification is important in the businesses.

Revenue and Profit

Revenue and profit are the key reasons for expanding business apart from the fast food industry. The annual  revenue of mang inasal is 138.2 million dollars. By the same way, Tony Tan Caktiong and Injap just closed the deal with SPAC. This will bring unparalleled growth to the JFC.

Competition and Market Saturation

Fast food industry is saturated now. More and more competitors are gaining foot holds in the market. It is a wise step to explore new markets which are totally untapped. By the same token, new customers are key to making them strong and solid.

Strategic Goals

It is the strategic goal of the Jollibee and Mang Inasal to diversify the businesses. JFC is investing heavily in order to expand their businesses internationally. As of now, mang inasal has 591 stores in the philippines and many others abroad. This fact allows the Jollibee Foods Corporation to solidify their businesses.

What are the Menus and  Price Ranges of Jollibee And Mang Inasal?

Both Jollibee and Mang Inasal offer different types of dishes. Thus, their prices are different. Following chat will help you out in finding the best prices and menu of both Jollibee and Mang Inasal.

What are the Marketing Tactics of Jollibee and Mang Inasal?

Product Strategy

Jollibee and Mang inasal have made the unique product strategy which keeps them above their customers. Mang Inasal, for example, set its products like Mang Inasal chicken, mang inasal Soup and Mang Inasal yellow Oil. All of these products are made in a special way.  Apart from this, Mang Inasal serves the chicken inasal along with unlimited rice on the banana leaves. 

Same is the case with Jollibee. Its chicken is prepared in a special way. Eggs, corn flour, sugar, chicken wings and what not are used in order to make the chickenjoy. This is how Jollibee and Mang Inasal are planning to outrank their competitors.

Pricing Strategy

The pricing strategy of the jollibee and the mang inasal is different. 

Mang inasal targets the lower class . The cost of each item of the mang inasal is economical and budgeted. This is the reason, mang inasal is a popular fast food brand amongst the common masses of the Philippines.

However, prices of the Jollibee are somehow high. It offers western style fried chicken, french fries and burgers.

Branding

Branding plays an important role for the survival of the brands. Both Jollibee and Mang Inasal have been trying to improve the quality of their products. Both brands have their own helpline for customer care and feedback.

Digital Advertisement

Advertisement of the brand is key for the marketing of the brands. Both brands are heavily investing huge capital for social media campaigns. Digital media kit is promising for Jollibee and Mang inasal branding and advertisement.

What are the Culture and Values of the Jollibee and Mang Inasal?

Values and cultures are pivotal to the success of the brands. Cultural values mean giving respect and appreciation to the customers by offering quality food on an economical budget.

 Mang inasal offers unlimited rice and chicken inasal. This gives values to the common filipinos. Following this, people who are low budgeted can fulfill their appetite. 

Same is the case with Jollibee. Although it offers western food , it heavily depends upon local suppliers. 

Besides, as both brands are from the Philippines, people have strong social, moral and emotional bonds. They prioritize the country based fast food chain instead of western fast food chains like KFC and Mcdonalds.

What are the Career Opportunities of  Jollibee and Mang Inasal ?

Jollibee and Mang Inasal are sister companies of Jollibee Foods Corporation. They have a common mission of eradicating poverty and hunger from society.

Mang inasal offers career opportunities at different levels and scales. For example, it hires people and professionals as kitchen staff, serving staff, waiters and others. It also offers executive level jobs to the people. Currently, Mang inasal has been working with over 15000 crew members.

By the same way, Jollibee hires staff for kitchen, waiters, cashiers and others.36,314  people are working for jollibee at different capacities.

What are the Market Segments of the Mang Inasal and Jollibee?

Market segmentation is all about division of the market( customers and clients) into groups. These groups are made on the basis of interest, demographics, likes and dislikes.

It is worthy to note that Jollibee Mang Inasal and have been into the business since 2010. What is the market segmentation for Jollibee? Well, Jollibee acquired the Mang Inasal to grow the chicken Business. It is pertinent to note that Jollibee has been expanding its business and Market Value by acquiring the business.

Jollibee treats the customers by offering chickenjoy. Chickenjoy is juicy, tender and tasty. Mang inasal is a chicken fast food restaurant. People love to eat roasted Chicken at the mang inasal restaurant.

Jollibee  and Mang Inasal deals in the chicken business. Thus, the customers of Mang Inasal visit Jollibee and Jollibee’s customers visit Mang Inasal. This is due to the market segmentation as both brands deal in chicken.

What are the Dining Options of Mang Inasal and Jollibee?

Following is the chart which will help you out in finding the options and menu of Mang Inasal and Jollibee for dine-in. Some of the dine-in options of the Jollibee Mang Inasal and are given below. It is important to note that dine-in options are for jollibee and Mang Inasal vary from place to place. 

Mang Inasal DIne In Options	Jollibee  DIne In Options
Chicken Inasal	Chickenjoy Menu
Fiesta	Chicken Bucket Menu
Pork BBQ	Jolly Spaghetti
Palabok
Halo Halo
Sisig
Group Meals
Fiesta Group Meals
Lumpiang Tongue

Which Fast Food Chain is more expensive, Mang Inasal or Jollibee?

Cost and budget are the important things which directly impact the customers’ eating habits. It is hard to decide which brand is cost effective and which one is expensive. As both fast food chains deal in different products.  

Moreover, it depends upon customer taste and texture. If someone loves to eat traditional ones, he/she will visit Mang Inasal. In the same line, If he/ she wants to eat the western style chicken which should be fried, tender and others, they will visit the Jollibee.

From my personal experience, if you are low budgeted, you must visit Mang Inasal. The Mang Inasal prices are very cost effective and customer friendly.

What Makes Mang Inasal Different From Other Brands?

Mang inasal is a unique and loveable fast food brand in the entire world. This rearness comes from taste, texture, local Filipino cuisine and cost effectiveness. 

What are the other brands missing? If you trace out KFC, Mcdonalds and other fast food brands, their costs are high, promoting western cuisine in the philippines and what not.

However, Mang Inasal is based on vision. The pillar of the Mang Inasal is the local population of the Philippines. Edgar Sia has a vision to preserve the local food, Filipino cuisine and offering meals at economical prices.

Moreover, do you know why the cost of mang inasal is very friendly? As Edgar Sia wants to promote the local products. He empowers the local farmers of the philippines.

KFC, Mcdonld’s are other similar brands that acquire raw materials from outside of the Philippines and take out the profit from the philippines. But this is not the case with Mang Inasal. All of the money, profit and capital remain in the country. Thus promoting the local economy of the Philippines.

What’s so Special About Mang Inasal ?

Mang inasal stands out in the crowd because of several reasons. These are 

Menu and Prices

Mang inasal menu and its prices are special. Mang inasal cooks and serves the chicken, pork, dessert and seafood in a traditional way. I mean, the meal of the mang inasal is prepared on the coals and served on the banana leaves. This is an unusual and rare one.

By the same token, the prices of the mang inasal makes it the top food destination point.

Taste and Ambiance

Mang Inasal offers the traditional taste which every Filipino loves. Whoever wants to taste the local dishes of the philippines, he/she visits the mang inasal. People love to taste traditional mang inasal chicken, unlimited rice and free yellow soup.

Preservation and Promotion of local Dishes

Mang inasal is the preserver and protector of the local cuisine of the Philippines. Mang inasal kitchen staff cook the chicken in local spices and herbs. Thus, it preserves the local taste and dishes.

 Chicken inasal, which was the traditional dish of Iloilo city, has become the signature dish of the Philippines.

What is so Special About Mang inasal Chicken ?

Mang Inasal is famous for its signature dish i.e Mang Inasal Chicken. Mang inasal chicken is unique on its own. It has a unique and rare taste. It represents the philippines cultural taste and cuisine. 

Besides, its cooking process is different from the other chicken recipes. As it is cooked on the coals and then eaten with annatto oil cooped with unlimited rice. Thus, Mang inasal chicken enhances the taste and texture of the chicken.  I have personally experienced that mang inasal gives the best taste even if it is consumed with unlimited rice.

Moreover, it is beaded in the bamboo sticks for cooking. This gives the sense of uniqueness and tradition.

By the same way, Mang Inasal has immense benefits health wise. It has all the essential nutrients which are necessary for body growth and muscle repair. 

Very recently, the young generation of the Philippines added something new to the traditional recipes of the mang inasal. For example, young bread gets the mang inasal chicken and is used in chicken burgers, chicken rolls, chicken nuggets and many others.

This lays the foundation of new recipes which are indirectly associated with Mang Inasal chicken.

Ingredients of Mang Inasal Chicken

Mang inasal chicken is very easy to make. In order to make it, it requires the following items to cook.

• Chicken
• Annatto oil or atsuete oil 
• Calamansi juice or lemon grass chopped
• Salt
• Back pepper
• Brown sugar
• Ginger + garlic
• Coconut vinegar

Nutritional Facts of Mang Inasal Chicken

Calories	213
Fats	12g
Carbs	5g
Protein	20g

This table shows the benefits of mang inasal per serving.

What is so Special about Mang Inasal Chicken Oil?

Mang Inasal oil is known as yellow oil which is made with the help of chicken  fats.Mang inasal chicken has various and multifaceted uses. 

For example, it is used in order to marinate the chicken for some time. Thus, allowing the chicken to absorb maximum mang inasal oil.

Secondly, its uses are not confined to chicken only. It has been used with beef and pork. I personally prefer to eat mang inasal oil on fried rice. Chicken sauce is also used in order to consume mang inasal chicken.  This gives the taste which makes the taste buds dance.

It is observed that it is the most consumable item after mang inasal chicken at their stores.

What are  the Reasons Why Jollibee Became Successful?

Jollibee is a top notch brand which is home grown in the philippines. There are multiple reasons which make jollibee brands so successful.

Strong Market Knowledge

Jollibee Foods Corporation was founded on 11th of January 1978 in the Quezon city of the philippines. Its headquarter is in Malina. The foundational head is Tony Tan Caktiong. 

Tony Tan Caktion has huge knowledge of the market. Ha has immense knowledge of the fast food industry especially fast food and real estate business.

This potential market knowledge of the Tony Tan Caktion makes him ahead of its competitors like KFC, Burger kings and Mcdonalds in philippines.

Tony has deep insight into which business he should purchase and invest. This is the reason that paves the way for the success of the Jollibee. 

This fact can be established that  Jollibee Foods Corporation  owns 5933 stores on Jollibee in which it sells fried chicken known as chickenjoy.

 Partnership With Visionary Business People

Tony Tan Caktiong has a deep understanding of making relationships with visionary business people. Edgar Sia of Mang inasal is one of them. 

Edgar Sia and Tony Tan Caktiong have been working together since 2010 in order to explore the other methods.

 Double dragon, Merry Mart and many others are the brainchild projects of Edgar Sian and Tony Tan Caktiong.

This is the reason that every fast food chain which is owned by Jollibee Foods Corporation has been booming and making success. 

Reviews of Mang Inasal

Chicken and Unli Rice review Of Mang Inasal

Mang Inasal chicken is my favourite dish as it is cooked in special herbs and spices. I have been eating mang inasal chicken since my college days. Unlimited rice makes everyone full.

Very recently, I visited the Mang Inasal Manila branch where I ate 5 cups of unlimited rice in one sitting. 

The down side of the mang inasal chicken is that Mang inasal chicken is not cooked evenly. Sometimes it is over cooked and sometimes it is undercooked. By the same way, Mang inasal is alway crowded by the customers. Thus, it is hard to find a place to sit.

Halo Halo Dessert Review

Mang inasal offers the halo halo dessert which has unimaginable taste. The taste of the dessert was as expected. People love to order the Mang Inasal halo halo dessert again and again in order to fill their appetite.

Mang Inasal Crew Staff Review

Mang inasal crew staff was very friendly and diligent. How they serve the customers under pressure is unimaginable. All of this is the result of professionalism and training which is provided by the Mang Inasal.

Dining Place Experience of Mang Inasal

Mang inasal dining place was not up to the mark. How? Firstly, cooking is taking place which affects the internal temperature of the dining area. I have seen that the cooking areas of the restaurant do not affect the dining area temperature. 

Secondly, tables and chairs were messy. There were drops of soya sauce and mang inasal oil. No one from the crew staff bothered to clean it. This indicates the cleaning standard of the Mang Inasal.

Thirdly, some of the tables don’t have the soya sauce and chicken oil but most of the tables have.  People asked again and again for chicken oil and soya sauce.

Fourthly, Mang inasal is a busy place to eat. As it is budget friendly and it is the top destination for middle class people. Thus, it always remains packed and messy.

Reviews of Jollibee

Chickenjoy Review Of Jollibee

Chickenjoy is the signature dish of the jollibee.it is the unbiased feedback about Jollibee. As I am not a big fan of the Jollibee. However,  the chicken was juicy, tender and had a good texture. 

I ordered two regular sizes of chickenjoy. It was a leg piece and thigh. The meal was very nice to eat.

Dining Area Experience Review Of Jollibee

Dining area was very calm, straight, peaceful and really enjoyable. Jollibee’s dining areas are more standardised and western styled.

Menu Screen Review Of Jollibee

As I entered the jollibee store, there were multiple screens which were showing the menu of the jollibee . It was hard to read.

All in all, Jollibee colorful screens are really aesthetic and engaging.

Pricing Review Of Jollibee

Jollibee is expensive as compared to the other fast food brands like KFC and Mcdonald’s. How is it overrated and overpriced? I ordered chickenjoy, pineapple juice, Palabok fiesta and Jolly spaghetti. It cost me around $35. 

Pineapple juice cost me $2.45 at jollibee. However, it was $0.99 in other fast food branches.

Crew Staff Review Of Jollibee

Waiters and crew members of the jollibee were polite, loving and civilised. They provided me with a meal on the table. Everything on the table was organised and cleaned. 

Who are the Stockholders of Mang inasal and Jollibee ?

Jollibee Foods Corporation(JFC) is the only shareholder of both Jollibee and Mang Inasal. Since the inception of Jollibee on January 11, 1978, it has one aim and goal. To acquire potential businesses.

In October  2010, Mang Inasal was acquired by the Jollibee Foods Corporation. so  this process of acquiring mang inasal was completed in 2016, when JFC fully acquired the Mang Inasal.

However, there are multiple shareholders in the Jollibee business.  Here is the complete detail.

Name of the Business	Value of the share
Hyper Dynamic Corp.	1 976 M ₱
Tony Caktiong	248 M ₱
Honeyworth Corp.	103 M ₱
JOLLIBEE FOODS CORPORATION	67 M ₱
William Untiong	61 M ₱
Ernesto Tanmantiong	60 M ₱
Venice Corp.	36 M ₱
Centregold Corp.	25 M ₱
Clemente Capital, Inc.	13 M ₱
BlackRock International Ltd.	9 M ₱

Working Environment of Jollibee and Mang Inasal

Working environment of jollibee and the mang inasal are the same. Both of the companies are sister companies of the JFC. so their organizational structure, hierarchy and others are the same.

Working environment of the mang inasal is somehow hard as compared to jollibee. This is due to heavy load at the dinner and launch time.

Employees can share their sentiments, feelings and emotions to the other employee. Thus, Jollibee and the mang inasal are great places to share the culture.

Salaries of the employees are market competitive.Compensation, benefits and advantages of working jollibee and the Mang Inasal are limitless. There is a growth factor and opportunities are provided to pursue careers.

Jollibee and Mang Inasal provide the training to the staff and crew members. This training is helpful for personal and career. This training is also helpful for the time, load management coupled with customer dealing.

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Conclusion

In sum,Mang Inasal and Jollibee  are the top notch fast food brands of the JFC group. Both share core values, culture, goal, mission and strategy. These fast food chains offer catering services  for weddings, birthdays and other parties. Jollibee and Mang Inasal are different from each other in many respects. For example, dishes, cost, prices and menus of Jollibee and Mang Inasal are different from each other.