Rick Signs technician in a Van Ladder bucket truck servicing the illuminated channel letter storefront sign at a Panda Express Chinese Kitchen in Chicago

Panda Express

A father-son Chicago crew keeping a national restaurant brand's storefront signs lit, consistent, and on-brand across multiple locations in the metro area.

Industry

Quick Service Restaurant

Location

Chicago Metro Area

Engagement

Ongoing — Multi-Location

Sign Types

Channel Letters, Cabinet Signs

Panda Express® is a registered trademark of Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. Rick Signs & Repairs is an independent sign repair and lighting service provider and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Panda Express. See our Terms of Service for our full trademark policy.

Panda Express logo with a panda in the center and text 'Panda Express Chinese Kitchen' around it.
Close-up of the Panda Express EXPRESS channel letters with Rick Signs bucket truck during a Chicago repair
Tymothy Mough working from a bucket truck on the curved red edge of an illuminated channel letter sign — Rick Signs Chicago
Rick Signs service van with bucket truck on site at a Panda Express location in Chicago
Tymothy Mough replacing a fluorescent tube fixture during an interior commercial lighting repair — Rick Signs Chicago
Multi-Location Sign Service

A National Brand. A Local Crew. Same Look at Every Site.

Panda Express has hundreds of locations and a brand identity built around a clean, consistent storefront. When letters drop out or panels go dim, it has to get fixed the same way at every site — same color temperature, same finish, same speed. We've been the Chicago-area crew handling that work, one location at a time, with the bucket truck on hand and a direct line back to the property manager handling the dispatch.

Features

What We Do.

Component-level repairs that keep every Panda Express storefront looking like the day it opened.

Feature 1

Channel Letter Transformer Replacement

When whole letters drop out, the transformer behind the channel is usually the cause. We replace on-site with the right rating so brightness and color stay consistent with the rest of the sign.

Rick Signs technician in bucket truck repairing the EXPRESS channel letters on a Panda Express storefront in Chicago
Close-up of Tymothy Mough in safety gear holding a rolled white LED module strip used for sign retrofits — Rick Signs Chicago
Feature 2

LED Module Swap & Color Match

Individual LED modules burn out over years of nightly use. We swap modules and rebalance the panel so a fixed letter doesn't read brighter or cooler than the ones beside it.

Feature 3

Faceplate Repair & Reseal

Cracked or yellowed acrylic lets in water and lets out light. We replace just the face, reseal the channel, and the letter looks new without rebuilding the whole sign.

Tymothy Mough working from a bucket truck on the curved red edge of an illuminated channel letter sign — Rick Signs Chicago

The Result.

Every Panda Express location we service ends up looking the same way — fully lit, consistent color, no dim letters or flickering panels. The property managers running the sites know they can dispatch through the platform, hear back from us same-day, and have the bucket truck on the schedule that week.

Rick Signs service van and bucket truck arriving at a Panda Express location for a storefront sign repair in Chicago
Low-angle view of the Panda Express round logo storefront sign during a Rick Signs service call in Chicago
Tymothy Mough installing components during a sign repair job for Rick Signs in Chicago

Services We Used On This Project.

Have a multi-location brand or storefront with similar signage? Here's where this kind of work lives on the site.

Low-angle view of Rick Signs bucket truck servicing the Panda Express channel letter storefront sign in Chicago

Channel Letter Sign Repair

Storefront letters lit back to life. Transformers, LED modules, and faceplates fixed on site.

Rick Signs technician holding LED sign module — full sign repair and commercial lighting services in Chicago

LED Retrofits & Conversions

Old fluorescent or neon converted to LED, lower power bills and far less maintenance.

Rick Signs technician replacing a fluorescent tube fixture in an interior commercial lighting repair job in Chicago

Exterior Commercial Lighting

Parking lot lights, pole lights, floodlights, and building exteriors, bucket truck included.

Got A Multi-Location Brand

With Signs Going Dark?

We service nationally-branded sites across the Chicagoland area. One crew, consistent work, clean documentation back to your platform.