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3 Reasons to Avoid LOCO and 1 Stock to Buy Instead
El Pollo Loco’s shares have sunk to $10.96, producing a disappointing 5.8% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 7.1% gain ...
El Pollo Loco’s New Quesadillas Deliver Bold Flavor to Satisfy Your Cravings
El Pollo Loco is reimagining the quesadilla just in time for summer. The brand is filling them with their famous fire-grilled white meat chicken, pairing them with a side of handmade guacamole (at no ...
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El Pollo Loco opening locations in six states this year. Here's where.
Where is El Pollo Loco opening new locations in 2025? So far in 2025, El Pollo Loco has opened two new locations, both of them in California: one in Los Banos and another in Lompoc.
Idaho Statesman1mon
El Pollo Loco plans Boise-area locations in Nampa, Meridian | Idaho ...
Planning restaurants in the Boise area, California chicken chain El Pollo Loco leased property in Nampa and filed papework with the city of Meridian.
MediaPost1mon
El Pollo Loco Turns 50, CMO Adams Talks Brand Refresh
El Pollo Loco, the QSR best known for its fire-grilled chicken, turns the big 5-0 this year, and is embracing the semicentennial with a new brand revamp. Refreshed stores, colors, fonts ...
Marketing Dive1mon
Why El Pollo Loco’s rebrand invites diners to ‘Get Loco’
Why El Pollo Loco’s rebrand invites diners to ‘Get Loco’ CMO Jill Adams shares how a new tagline serves as a call to action and a play to engage with consumers around their passions.
SFGate2mon
The beloved Calif. chain that gave Brad Pitt his first big break
In January, Ochoa — who still operates Mexico’s El Pollo Loco locations with his family — showed up to that very first restaurant location back in Sinaloa, on the site of his former shoe store.
The Gazette2mon
El Pollo Loco is coming to roost in Colorado Springs
El Pollo Loco, based in Orange County, Calif., is known for its grilled chicken and fast-casual Tex-Mex menu offerings. The chain is opening a location on East Fillmore Street in Colorado Springs.
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El Pollo Loco: Turnaround Postponed, But There's Plenty Of Upside Ahead
El Pollo Loco's Q1 FY 2025 earnings met expectations. Read more to see why I maintain a Buy rating but lower the price target for LOCO stock.
Los Angeles Magazine3mon
El Pollo Loco Faces Unsolicited Takeover
Sardar Biglari wants all the chicken. Nation’s Restaurant News reports that the Texas mogul made an unsolicited offer to acquire Costa Mesa-based El Pollo Loco through his hedge fund Biglari ...
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El Pollo Loco: Exploiting Restaurant Shutdowns For Nationwide Growth Of ...
79% of LOCO locations are in CA w $20 minimum fast food wage and immigration and employment issues in its core customer and labor base: “There are 495 El Pollo Loco restaurants in the United ...
Redding Record Searchlight4mon
El Pollo Loco finally coming to Redding? Old 44 Vintage store update
El Pollo Loco would join a crowded chicken restaurant market. In 2021, El Pollo Loco announced it was interested in developing the Chico-Redding.market.