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El Pollo Loco (Spanish for "The Crazy Chicken") is the name of three independent restaurant chains that specialize in Mexican-style grilled chicken. The Mexican and American companies were founded by Juan Francisco Ochoa while the Filipino company began as a franchisee of the American company in 1991 that later broke free of its contract and was allowed to retain its trademarks within the Philippines in 2016.

Ochoa established the first El Pollo Loco restaurant in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico in 1974. He then expanded his chain into the United States in 1980. He later sold his U.S. restaurants in 1983 while keeping the ones in Mexico. The two North American companies have since occupied non-overlapping global territories and have offered different fare.

• El Pollo Loco (Mexico) is the chain still owned by Ochoa's family and operates over 50 (as of 2017) locations within Mexico.
• El Pollo Loco (United States) operates about 500 (as of 2019) company-owned and franchised restaurants primarily in the Southwestern United States. Since 2014, the U.S.-based company has been publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker LOCO.
• El Pollo Loco (Philippines) is a subsidiary of Manila-based The Bistro Group that operated 10 (as of 2023) company-owned restaurants within the Manila metropolitan area.

See also

• List of fast-food chicken restaurants

References

1. "Our Story". Palenque Grill. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
2. Agustin, Victor C. (July 8, 2016). "Cocktales: El Pollo Loco breaks away from US parent over trademark issue". InterAksyon. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17.
3. Cantu, Gustavo (March 9, 2015). "Don Pollo Loco". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish).
4. Manjarrez, Azucena (November 9, 2006). "Sigo soñando: Juan Francisco Ochoa: En 1974, y después de varios fracasos como vendedor, abre en Guasave el primer Pollo Loco, convertido hoy en una de las cadenas más prominentes en México y EU" [I keep dreaming: Juan Francisco Ochoa: In 1974, and after several failures as a seller, opens in Guasave the first Pollo Loco, now become one of the most prominent chains in Mexico and the US.]. Editorial Noroeste (in Spanish).
5. Festejo, Guasave (January 6, 2015). "Pollo Loco celebra 40 años de vuelo: Francisco Ochoa le dice a quienes tienen la idea de emprender un negocio que no se rindan y se arriesguen a tener muchos tropiezos" [Pollo Loco celebrates 40 years of flight: Francisco Ochoa tells those who have the idea of starting a business that would not stop and take the risk to have many setbacks.]. El Debate (Mexico) (in Spanish).
6. "The Legacy of El Pollo Loco". El Pollo Loco. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25.
7. "Saboreando el éxito" [Savouring success]. Revista Clase (in Spanish). June 24, 2015. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
8. "The Denny's Inc. restaurant chain has reached an agreement..." United Press International. September 19, 1983.
9. "El Pollo Loco - Sucursales". elpolloloco.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2017.
10. "Franchising Overview". El Pollo Loco Inc. January 12, 2019.
11. Luna, Nancy (July 25, 2014). "Wall Street clamors for a taste of chicken: El Pollo Loco stock surges 60 percent on first day of trading". Orange County Register.
12. Madarang, Catalina Ricci S. (June 6, 2023). "New eats alert! El Pollo Loco now offers unlimited Spanish rice". InterAksyon.

External links

• Media related to El Pollo Loco at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website for American company
• Official website for Mexican company

• Fast-food Mexican restaurants
• Fast casual restaurants
• Fast-food poultry restaurants
• Restaurant franchises