Mixue Ice Cream & Tea is a Chinese multinational restaurant chain specializing in ice cream and tea-based drinks. It was founded in 1997 in Zhengzhou by Zhang Hongchao. As of early 2025, it operated more than 45,000 stores in China and overseas, making it the world’s largest food-service chain by number of stores. Most locations are franchised and the company generates a large share of its revenue by supplying ingredients, equipment, and packaging to franchisees. Its menu emphasizes low-priced items such as soft-serve ice cream and milk tea. Mixue’s parent company, Mixue Group, is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The initial public offering raised about HK$3.45 billion and the shares rose by about 40–47% on the first day of trading. Wikipedia