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Join the El Pollo Loco Family

We are a community focused organization with 500+ company and franchise restaurants in 10 states. We provide our franchise partners with active support in training, real estate, operations and marketing.

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The Proof is in the Pollo

At El Pollo Loco our food is a reflection of who we are, where we’re from and where we live. The perfect blend of traditional Mexican flavors and new California inspiration. It requires hard work and commitment, but the rewards are easy to taste.

Fresh chopped, steaming hot, delicious El Pollo Loco chicken.

Corporate Leadership

When you franchise with El Pollo Loco, you’ll receive support from a tenured team of restaurant professionals providing long-term stability and vision for the future.

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Learn More about Franchising

El Pollo Loco Franchisee, Roland Spongeberg

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In 1987 I signed a franchisee agreement with El Pollo Loco and a year later I built my first restaurant in Long Beach, California. Little did I know that 35 years later, I would be the largest franchisee in the system. I now operate 68 El Pollo Loco restaurants. I was able to do this because of the profitability of the brand. One by one I added restaurants with no outside capital. It truly has been a great brand.

Roland Spongberg
-President and CEO of WKS

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This advertisement is not an offering. An offering can only be made by a Franchise Disclosure Document. The following states regulate the offer and sale of franchises: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. If you are a resident of one of these states or intend to operate a franchise in any of these states, we will not offer or sell you a franchise unless and until the offering has been exempted from the requirements of, or duly registered in and approved by, such state and the required Franchise Disclosure Document has been delivered to the prospective franchisee before the sale in compliance with applicable law. If you reside in one of these states or intend to operate a franchise in one of these states, you may have certain rights under applicable franchise laws.

 

This franchise has been registered under the franchise investment law of the state of California. Such registration does not constitute approval, recommendation, or endorsement by the commissioner of business oversight nor a finding by the commissioner that the information provided herein is true, complete, and not misleading.

 

This advertisement is not an offering. An offering can only be made by a franchise disclosure document filed with the Department of Law of the State of New York. Such a filing does not constitute approval by the Department of Law of the State of New York.

 

Minnesota State Registration Number 4516.