Pollo Campero, a Guatemalan fast-food chain specializing in fried chicken, opened its first location in Bakersfield on ...

Pollo Campero aims to open 25 more restaurants in the U.S. in 2024. About 16% of U.S. locations are franchised, and the rest are corporate-owned. By 2026, the chain hopes to lift that number to 30%.

Pollo Campero, founded in 1971, is a fried-chicken chain with a cult-like following in Guatemala.; The brand, backed by a family worth $3 billion, is accelerating its US expansion. I tried Campero ...

Rafael and Lucia Garcia, of San Fernando in Los Angeles County, carry more than 85 pieces of Pollo Campero fried chicken on their Feb. 13, 2020, Avianca flight from El Salvador to LAX.

One-hour-plus lines have descended on Pollo Campero, the Guatemalan-based fried chicken chain that recently opened at the Brickyard Shopping Center in the Mont Clare neighborhood. So wanting to exp… ...

Pollo Campero may be a well-established participant in the restaurant business. Starting as a small restaurant in Guatemala with a single location back in 1971, it has since expanded internationally.

WHO’S IN CHARGE In early 2001 when I was flying back from assignment in El Salvador, the aroma of fried chicken wafted through the cabin. In overhead bins and under seats, passengers had stuffed ...

Today, Pollo Campero has 350 locations worldwide, including 100 restaurants in the United States. The chain is in the midst of a rapid expansion in the U.S. market, with additional new locations ...