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Become an El Pollo Loco Franchisee

Looking for information on how to become an El Pollo Loco Franchisee? Included on this article is information about El Pollo and learn more on how this restaurant boosts up all throughout the years.

It all started in year 1975 when Juan Ochoa used the street and starts a chicken stand in Guasace, Mexico and called it El Pollo Loco.

This restaurant on the roadside served chicken the way that Ochoa’s mother serves on their own table, using family recipe and hand marinating. With its great taste the restaurant has gained its popularity and expanded to 85 restaurants for over 4 years in Northern Mexico. Its popularity invaded United States and opens his first restaurant in Los Angeles in 1980.

On the next coming years, El Pollo Loco added other menus which include burritos, tacos and salads and of course Ochoa family’s chicken. In year 1995, the restaurant entered into a combined business enterprise with Foster’s Freeze to offer soft serve delicacies at El Pollo Loco.

In any restaurant the taste of the food is very important; obviously El Pollo Loco’s success came from the great tasting food. The menu has a wide and profound customer approval in broad span of demographic and socioeconomic area and has vigorous options than a conventional food chain.

The Crazy Chicken, this is the famous brand name of the roadside chicken restaurant in Mexico which is a featured family recipe - fresh chicken marinated with herbs and spices, citrus juices and then grilled.

At present, the Trimaran Capital Partners own El Pollo Loco; it is a private New York based asset management firm. As years goes by El Pollo Loco continued to expand in different areas with over 340 restaurants, there are 146 restaurants that are owned and operated by the company and 194 are franchise.

El Pollo Loco provide a top-notch support, with experienced management team and a dedicated franchise support staff to guide you in starting and in management operations of your new restaurant. El Pollo Loco provides the following support needed to become an El Pollo Loco Franchisee:

Franchise Operations Support

Franchise Consultant are assigned to new franchisees to assist them and keep them posted on new method and information being use to run the business.

Marketing

Marketing Plans especially on the Grand Opening of your new restaurant, this will help you attain good sales on the time you will open your El Pollo Loco Franchise.

Real Estate

Real estate expert will help out with location selection for your new business and choose the best location for your restaurant.

Training

They have 7 weeks of pre training for franchisee and managers. Training consultant also offers on-going training for staff and management. Recruiting team is also provided for training, hiring and retention of good employees.

In able for you to become an El Pollo Loco franchisee, you need to have the desire in providing an exceptional and significant product, you must also have a net worth of $1.5 million with liquidity of $750,000. You must also have the interest in expansion of your business in the next 48 months with at least 3 locations.

Start up cost is ranging from $504,980 to $1,100,000 with initial franchise fee of $40,000 and royalty fee of 4% with term of agreement of 20 years.

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  • Elaine Bernal said on July 26, 2010
    I am interested in starting an El Pollo Loco in my home town, how would a upper mid-class family find the money to start a franchise with your company. How do I get started with a franchise of my own? Do I need to propose this to city hall, with location ect. have a lot of questions? And doing this has been on my heart. Please help with any feed back you can give. Thank you, Elaine Bernal

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