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2017 Top 500: Mexican

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 08, 2017

The Mexican category overall saw sales increase by 0.9% to $18 billion and units by 4.1%, to 12,656.

The Week in Franchising, May 18, 2012

 By Peter Romeo on May 18, 2012

A new look for a coffee brand, a new growth specialist for two Latino concepts, and deals, deals, deals for several new and established franchisors.

Taco Cabana: From street to plate

By Patricia Cobe on Aug. 01, 2012

From their headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, Taco Cabana’s culinary team—Diego Galicia, R&D coordinator, and Walter “Smokey” Waters, executive...

Fiesta Restaurant Group’s profit jumps 20.8 percent in Q2

By Kelsey Squire on Jul. 31, 2015

Comp sales also rose at the company’s Taco Cabana and Pollo Tropical brands.

Egg shortage hurts Taco Cabana’s a.m. traffic

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 30, 2015

Meanwhile, a deluge in Florida kept some Pollo Tropical customers away, says the parent of both brands, Fiesta Restaurant Group.

Fiesta Restaurant Group to divide its two brands

By Kelsey Squire on Feb. 25, 2016

As separate businesses, Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana will no longer compete for resources, execs said.

Pollo Tropical expands exec team to up innovation

By Kelsey Squire on Jun. 14, 2016

The chain has hired a vice president of marketing and a new executive chef.

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

Taft announces exit from Fiesta, triggering a strategic review

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 26, 2016

The parent of Taco Cabana and Pollo Tropical said it will review its strategic direction, including a pending split of the brands.

'For sale' sign gone, Taco Cabana and Pollo Tropical get new CEO

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 27, 2017

Parent company Fiesta Restaurant Group has reached into fine-dining for its new chief.

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