El Pollo Loco (United States)
Logo since 2019 | |
Entrance to Costa Mesa headquarters | |
| El Pollo Loco | |
| Company type | Public |
| Nasdaq: LOCO | |
| Industry | Restaurants Franchising |
| Genre | Fast Casual |
| Founded |
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| Founder | Juan Francisco Ochoa |
| Headquarters | Costa Mesa, California |
Area served | California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Louisiana |
Key people | Larry Roberts (CEO, interim, CFO) Miguel Lozano (COO) Jason Weintraub (CLO) |
| Products | Fire-grilled chicken and related Mexican food |
| Revenue | US$455 million (FY 2021) |
| US$33.556 million (FY 2020) | |
| US$24.474 million (FY 2020) | |
| Total assets | US$31.669 million (FY 2020) |
| Total equity | US$277.578 million (FY 2020) |
Number of employees | 5,005 (2021) |
| Website | www |
El Pollo Loco, Inc., is a restaurant chain based in the United States, specializing in Mexican-style grilled chicken. Restaurant service consists of: dine-in and take-out, with some locations offering drive-through options. The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, and operates about 500 (as of January 2019) company-owned and franchised restaurants in the Southwestern United States.