{"id":394559,"date":"2026-07-11T08:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/394559\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T08:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:06:05","slug":"the-worlds-largest-fast-food-chain-is-now-open-in-the-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/394559\/","title":{"rendered":"The world&#8217;s largest fast-food chain is now open in the Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mixue, the world\u2019s largest fast-food chain, just opened its first location in the Bay Area, and is holding its grand opening this weekend in Sunnyvale.<\/p>\n<p>Tucked inside the Shoppes at Homestead shopping center in Sunnyvale, the storefront was abustle with eager customers Friday, the first day of its grand opening. Customers hovered over self-service kiosks, while staff members distributed boba drinks and expertly swirled soft-serve cones.<\/p>\n<p>The grand opening runs through Sunday, July 12, and during that time, Mixue is offering a free soft-serve cone to anyone who buys a drink.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Staff members prepare orders at Mixue in Sunnyvale on July 10, 2026. Mixue, the world's largest fast-food chain by unit, has opened its first Bay Area location in Sunnyvale. (Kate Bradshaw\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"1280\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJM-L-MIXUE-0710-02.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"12975710\" \/>Staff members prepare orders at Mixue in Sunnyvale on July 10, 2026. Mixue, the world&#8217;s largest fast-food chain by unit, has opened its first Bay Area location in Sunnyvale. (Kate Bradshaw\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The good news \u2014 the beverage won\u2019t set you back much at all. This shop has unheard-of-for-the-Bay-Area prices: Nothing on the menu is over $5. The menu lists $1.59 for a cone of soft-serve, $3.49 for an affogato latte, $3.99 for peach oolong tea or $4.99 for strawberry jasmine tea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe price is very good,\u201d says shop manager Joyce Lu.<\/p>\n<p>The boba and soft-serve eatery operates over 53,000 locations worldwide, primarily in China, well over the number of Starbucks or McDonald\u2019s locations globally, making it the largest food and beverage chain, by unit, around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-food-beverage-asia-mixue-c04140204473b59558ea3d9279420877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">company\u2019s name<\/a>, Mixue Bingcheng, means \u201cHoney Snow Ice City\u201d in Chinese, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors Zi Han and Zi Jia were there to try the chain\u2019s soft-serve ice cream because they\u2019d heard about it in China. Han compared the taste to White Rabbit, a Chinese milk candy with a creamy vanilla flavor.<\/p>\n<p>Another Bay Area location is in the works at South B Street in downtown San Mateo, but the opening date isn\u2019t available yet.<\/p>\n<p>Details: Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily at 1641 Hollenbeck Ave., Sunnyvale; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mixue.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">instagram.com\/mixue.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mixue, the world\u2019s largest fast-food chain, just opened its first location in the Bay Area, and is holding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,421,1533,181,23,100,182,412,88,90,89,198,200,203,420],"class_list":["post-394559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-food-and-drink","tag-keywee","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pm-report","tag-restaurants","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay","tag-sunnyvale","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}