juan francisco ochoa was the founder of el pollo loco.
juan francisco ochoa was the founder of el pollo loco.
who is the founder of el pollo loco?
juan francisco ochoa
el pollo loco, spanish for "the crazy chicken", is the name of two independent restaurant chains that are controlled by different companies, u.s.-based el pollo loco, inc. and mexico-based el pollo loco, s.a. de c.v. both companies specialize in mexican-style grilled chicken and were founded by juan francisco ochoa. ochoa established the first el pollo loco restaurant in guasave, sinaloa, mexico in 1974 and then expanded his chain into the united states in 1980. ochoa then sold his u.s. restaurants in 1983, which became el pollo loco, inc., while keeping the ones in mexico, which became el pollo loco, s.a. de c.v. both companies have since occupied non-overlapping global territories, and have offered different fare.
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el pollo loco signed a master franchise contract with fosters freeze in 1994, allowing service of fosters freeze soft serve ice cream in el pollo loco locations. mark hardinson, the director of marketing for the grilled-chicken chain, stated that sales increased from three percent to six percent at el pollo loco's co-branded locations that served fosters freeze's soft-serve desserts. in 2002, there were 122 fosters freeze branches, not including the 163 el pollo loco restaurants serving fosters freeze products. over half of el pollo loco's locations serve fosters freeze products.
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