El Pollo Loco

Restaurants take on the meal kit boom

By Lisa White on Aug. 15, 2017

Operators are offering their own versions of meal kits, serving up bundled family meals that often have an off-premise bent.

Food

El Pollo Loco adds 4 new handcrafted bowls

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 09, 2017

The new menu items will be available for a limited time.

Food

Beefing up Mexican flavors

By Patricia Cobe on Feb. 10, 2014

A torta makes its debut, filled with slow-simmered beef accented with Mexican flavors.

Financing

3 cautionary restaurant tales from 2015

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 17, 2015

Here are 3 misjudgments from the past year that hold lessons for every operator. The common blunder: Not listening and therefore misreading the customer.

Food

Restaurant menus spotlight seafood for Lent

By Patricia Cobe on Feb. 14, 2017

Seasonal promotions for fish and shellfish dishes are accelerating at chains.

Leadership

3 questions for Stephen J. Sather

By Peter Romeo on May 18, 2017

At El Pollo Loco’s Southern California headquarters, the staff has adjusted to moving at what it calls “the speed of Sather,” says VP of Marketing Mark Hardison.

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