“Our customers are our family and during this hard time we are here to support those who are being impacted the hardest by improving access to food,” said Bernard Acoca, President & Chief Executive Officer at El Pollo Loco. In light of recent world events, El Pollo Loco is growing the number of participating restaurant locations from 83 to 105 in the Los Angeles and Orange County area to provide better availability to nourishing food for CalFresh recipients. (“El Pollo Loco” or “Company”) (Nasdaq: LOCO), the nation’s leading fire-grilled chicken restaurant chain, today announced its increased commitment to the communities it serves by expanding its participation in the CalFresh food assistance program to make it easier for eligible customers to access food to take care of themselves and their families. COSTA MESA, Calif., Ma(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - El Pollo Loco, Inc. 'After 15 Years, the Fosters Freeze Franchise is Ready to Expand'. 'Former Burger King Franchisees Inject Life into Fosters Freeze'.

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'Fosters Freeze acquired by investment group'. Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat, Volume 1. Archived from the original on 28 February 2006. 'Wienerschnitzel parent Galardi Group Gobbles up Tastee-Freez'. 'Staying Cool: New Owners Are Expanding Small but Resilient Fosters Freeze Chain'. 'Offbeat L.A.: A Cherry on Top – Fosters Freeze, the History of California's Original Soft Serve'. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020.

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^ Fosters Freeze International, LLC (12 March 2020).The Fosters Freeze in Atwater Village, Los Angeles appeared in the movie Pulp Fiction.The Beach Boys song ' Fun, Fun, Fun' was inspired by the Fosters Freeze location in Hawthorne, California.Īs of June 2023, there are 63 Fosters Freeze locations, all in California. As of 2021, the company plans to add locations for the first time since 2006. It modernized the brand and operations sales have increased every year since then. In 2015, a restaurant franchise investment group bought Fosters Freeze. The Santa Cruz location is listed in the city's historic building survey.

In 2006, residents of Menlo Park presented their city council a petition with about 400 signatures to prevent the demolition of their local Fosters, although it finally closed in 2015. The historical significance of Fosters Freeze restaurants attracts patrons and has united community members to preserve them. In 2002, 163 El Pollo Loco locations sold Fosters Freeze products, and their overall sales increased by three to six percent. A Fosters Freeze restaurant in Lompoc, CaliforniaĮl Pollo Loco signed a master franchise contract with Fosters Freeze in 1994, allowing service of Fosters Freeze soft-serve ice cream in El Pollo Loco locations. By 1987, it had been reduced to 189 locations.

(The apostrophe was later dropped.) In 1951, he sold the chain's 360 locations for $1 million. So instead, in 1946, Foster opened a restaurant named after himself, Foster’s Old Fashion Freeze. However, state laws protecting the dairy industry prevented the use of “dairy” in restaurant names. George Foster moved to California after World War II to open outlets for Dairy Queen, since he owned the development rights in the state. History Foster's Freeze ice cream stand in Cloverdale, California, 1991 Its marketing slogan is 'California's Original Soft Serve.' Its mascot is Little Foster, a smiling ice cream cone. The chain's name refers to its soft-serve ice milk and milkshakes. Its first location, on La Brea Avenue in Inglewood, California, was opened by George Foster in 1946 and is still operating. Neal Dahya ( President), Nimesh Dahya (Head of global business development), Sanjay Patel ( Chief marketing officer) įosters Freeze is a chain of fast-food restaurants in California.

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