The fast-food chicken chain’s sales increased last quarter, as did profits. The company is now ramping up new unit ...

The chain, pleased with last year's sales, plans to add up to 20 new stores in 2026.

The company continued to improve restaurant-level margins in the fourth quarter, while transactions at franchised restaurants ...

COSTA MESA, Calif., March 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Pollo Loco, the nation's leading fire-grilled chicken restaurant chain, today announced it is testing five new menu innovations across ...

El Pollo Loco recently passed a milestone. The Costa Mesa-based chain opened its 500th location on Oct. 17 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Two other new drive-thrus quickly followed: one in El Paso, Texas, ...

COSTA MESA, Calif., Nov. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Pollo Loco, the nation's premier fire-grilled chicken restaurant chain, announces additional measures to offer their customers even greater ...

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LOCO) today announced financial results for the 14- and 53-week periods ended December 31, 2025. Highlights for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025 ...

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. (LOCO) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $6.5 million. On a per-share basis, the Costa Mesa, California-based company said it had net income of 22 cents.

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 Capital.

COSTA MESA, Calif., Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Pollo Loco, the nation’s leading fire–grilled chicken restaurant chain, is here to prove that eating better doesn’t have to mean sacrificing ...

COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Pollo Loco, Inc. (“El Pollo Loco” or “Company”) (Nasdaq: LOCO), the nation’s leading fire-grilled chicken restaurant chain, announced today the ...