Panda Express
Table:
Panda Express

Company type	Private Subsidiary
Industry	Food service
Genre	Chinese cuisine
Founded	October 1983; 40 years ago (1983-10)
Glendale, California, U.S.
Founder

Andrew Cherng
Peggy Cherng

Headquarters

1683 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, California, U.S.[1]

Number of locations

2,000+ (2017)

Area served

United States (also Puerto Rico & Guam) Mexico,[2] Canada, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Aruba, Russia, Saudi Arabia
Products	American Chinese cuisine
Revenue	$3 billion (2017)[3][failed verification]

Number of employees

39,000 (2018)[4][failed verification]
Parent	Panda Restaurant Group
Website	pandaexpress.com

Consulting the table, determine whether the statement is entailed, neutral, or refuted. Give your final answer in JSON format {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

Assertion: Panda Express was founded in Europe and has locations throughout Europe.

answer: refuted