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This article is about the Tears for Fears song. For other uses, see Mad World (disambiguation).
"Mad World"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album The Hurting
B-side
"Ideas as Opiates"
"Saxophones as Opiates" (12")
Released
20 September 1982
Format
7"
12"
Recorded
1982
Genre
New wave,[1] synth-pop[2]
Length
3:32
Label
Phonogram
Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Roland Orzabal
Producer(s)
Chris Hughes
Ross Cullum
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)"
(1982) "Mad World"
(1982) "Change"
(1983)
"Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)"
(1982) "Mad World"
(1982) "Change"
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"Mad World" is a 1982 song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Both "Mad World" and its B-side, "Ideas as Opiates", appeared on the band's debut LP The Hurting (1983).
"Mad World" has since been covered by various artists, most notably by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the soundtrack of the film Donnie Darko in 2001. This version was a UK number one hit and won Orzabal his second Ivor Novello Award in 2003.[3]
Contents
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1 Background
2 Meaning
3 Song versions
4 B-side
5 Music video
6 Track listings
7 Charts and certifications
7.1 Singles charts
7.2 Year-end charts
7.3 Certifications
8 Michael Andrews and Gary Jules version
8.1 Background
8.2 Chart performance
8.3 Music video
8.4 Track listings
8.5 Charts and certifications
8.5.1 Weekly charts
8.5.2 Year-end charts
8.5.3 Certifications
9 Other versions and covers
10 References
11 External links
Background[edit]
"Mad World" was originally written on acoustic guitar when Orzabal was 19 after being inspired to write a new wave song in the vein of Duran Duran's "Girls on Film". After a few false starts with Orzabal on vocals, he suggested Smith sing it and "suddenly it sounded fabulous".[4]
"Mad World" was intended to be the B-side for the band's second single "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)", but their record company stated that "Mad World" could be a single in its own right. The band then opted to re-record "Mad World" with producers Ross Cullum and Chris Hughes, a former drummer with Adam and the Ants.[5]
That came when I lived above a pizza restaurant in Bath and I could look out onto the centre of the city. Not that Bath is very mad – I should have called it "Bourgeois World"![6]
—  Roland Orzabal
"Mad World" was the first single off the finished album. The intention was to gain attention from it and we'd hopefully build up a little following. We had no idea that it would become a hit. Nor did the record company.[6]
—  Curt Smith
Curt Smith's ad lib in the song's final chorus resulted in a mondegreen. Smith clarified the actual lyric in 2010:
With Mad World's again-resurgent popularity, I'm getting asked more frequently about the last line on the album version from The Hurting, a line which I occasionally also sing in concert. The actual line is: "Halargian world." (Not "illogical world", "raunchy young world"(!), "enlarging your world", or a number of other interesting if not amusing guesses.) The real story: Halarge was an imaginary planet invented by either Chris Hughes or Ross Cullum during the recording of The Hurting. I added it as a joke during the lead vocal session, and we kept it. And there you have it.[7]
—  Curt Smith
Meaning[edit]
The song was influenced by the theories of Arthur Janov, author of The Primal Scream, and the lyric "the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" suggests that dreams of intense experiences such as death will be the best at releasing tension.[8]
Song versions[edit]
The 7" version of "Mad World" is the same mix of the song found on The Hurting. The song had only one remix on its initial release, the World Remix that was featured on a 7" double-single. This mix is very similar to the album version, with the most notable differences being the additional echo added to the intro and middle sections and the subtraction of a subtle keyboard part from the bridge. A later remix by noted British music producer Afterlife was featured on the 2005 reissue of the Tears for Fears greatest hits collection Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92).
B-side[edit]
"Ideas as Opiates" is a song that originally served as the B-side to the "Mad World" single, and was later re-recorded for inclusion on The Hurting. The song takes its name from a chapter title in Arthur Janov's book Prisoners of Pain and features lyrics related to the concept of primal therapy. The song is musically sparse, featuring just a piano, drum machine, and saxophone. An alternative version of this song titled "Saxophones as Opiates" was included as a B-side on the 12" single and is mostly instrumental.
That's the chapter from Janov, and it's really a reference to people's mindsets, the way that the ego can suppress so much nasty information about oneself – the gentle way that the mind can fool oneself into thinking everything is great.[6]
—  Roland Orzabal
It really was all about that kind of thing – the psychological answer to religion being the opiate of the masses, whereas we thought ideas were, more than anything else.[6]
—  Curt Smith
Music video[edit]
Curt Smith in the "Mad World" music video
The promotional video for "Mad World" was filmed in late summer 1982. It was Tears for Fears' first music video, and features a gloomy looking Curt Smith staring out of a window while Roland Orzabal dances outside on a lakeside jetty. A brief party scene in the video features friends and family of the band, including Smith's mother as well as his then-wife Lynne.
According to Curt Smith, "When we made the video in a country estate on the cheap, we bussed all our friends and family up from Bath and had a fun day. The woman who's having the birthday party in the video is my mum."[4]
The music video was directed by Clive Richardson who was notable for his work at that time with Depeche Mode.
Track listings[edit]
7": Mercury / IDEA3 (United Kingdom) / 812 213–7 (United States)
"Mad World" – 3:32
"Ideas as Opiates" – 3:54
7": Mercury / IDEA3 (Ireland) / 6059 568 (Australia, Europe) / TOS 1411 (South Africa)
"Mad World" (World Remix) – 3:42
"Ideas as Opiates" – 3:54
7" double pack: Mercury / IDEA33 (United Kingdom)
"Mad World" – 3:32
"Mad World" (World Remix) – 3:42
"Suffer the Children" (Remix) – 4:15
"Ideas as Opiates" – 3:54
12": Mercury / IDEA312 (United Kingdom) / 6400 677 (Europe)
"Mad World" – 3:32
"Ideas as Opiates" – 3:54
"Saxophones as Opiates" – 3:54
Charts and certifications[edit]
Singles charts[edit]
Chart (1982–83)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] 12
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 21
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 25
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[13] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[15] 3
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1982)
Position
UK Singles Chart[16] 12
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17]
Silver 250,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Michael Andrews and Gary Jules version[edit]
"Mad World"
Single by Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules
from the album Donnie Darko (soundtrack) and Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
B-side
"No Poetry"
Released
15 December 2003
Format
CD
Recorded
2000
Genre
Soft rock
Length
3:06
Label
Sanctuary
Songwriter(s)
Roland Orzabal
Producer(s)
Michael Andrews
"Mad World" achieved a second round of success 20 years after its release, when it was covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the film Donnie Darko (2001). While the Tears for Fears version featured synthesisers and heavy percussion, the Andrews/Jules version was stripped down; instead of a full musical backing, it used only a set of piano chords, a mellotron imitating a cello, very light touches of electric piano, and modest use of a vocoder on the chorus.
Their version was originally released on CD in 2002 on the film's soundtrack, but an increasing cult-following spawned by the film's DVD release finally prompted Jules and Andrews to issue the song as a proper single. It was released through Sanctuary Records on 15 December 2003, in time for the race for the UK's Christmas number one, beating "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" by The Darkness to take the title the following week.
Background[edit]
For the soundtrack to the film Donnie Darko (2001), director Richard Kelly commissioned Michael Andrews, a San Diego musician and television and film composer who had worked as a member of a range of bands, including The Origin with Gary Jules (whose two solo albums he had produced), and The Greyboy Allstars. Kelly said he was confident that Andrews could do the job: "I met with Michael and I just knew right away that he was really, really talented and that he could come up with a really original score. He would allow me to be in there and be really kind of editorial with how I wanted the score to be."[18] Andrews relocated to Los Angeles to work on the film between October and December 2000. As Andrews states, the low budget for the project encouraged him to play a diverse range of instruments for the soundtrack:
"The film was pretty low budget so my portion of the money was pretty thin. I couldn't hire anyone, it was just me. I played everything; piano, mellotron, mini marimba, xylophone, ukulele, organ. I also brought in two female vocalists Sam Shelton and Tori Haberman. But no guitar because Richard said no guitar or drums; he just wasn't into it. I was down with that - I've played guitar my whole life."[18]
Like many of his role models for soundtrack composing (such as John Barry and Ennio Morricone), Andrews wanted to put a song on his otherwise instrumental score. He eventually chose "Mad World", as Tears for Fears were one of his and childhood friend Jules' favourite bands growing up.[19] Andrews enlisted Jules to sing the song, while Andrews himself played the piano.[20] and together they recorded the song in an hour and a half.[19]
Despite being critically acclaimed, Donnie Darko was not a commercial success, but it sold very well on DVD and became a cult film, and demand grew for Andrews and Jules' cover of "Mad World" to be released as a proper single. This prompted Andrews to give the song an official release.[21]
Jules said that he believed the song was easy for people to relate to: "I think it's a really beautiful example of a person struggling with the fact that life is mad. I honestly think it's one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard and the way it's stripped down now just pins people." He went on to say, "Every so often a song with just vocals, piano and cello creeps up on you and says something about who you are, where you're going which stops you in your tracks."[22]
Chart performance[edit]
Despite "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" by The Darkness being the bookmakers' favourite to become the 2003 Christmas number one in the UK,[23] "Mad World" upset the odds and took the title on 21 December 2003.[19] It remained at number one on the UK Singles Chart for three consecutive weeks.[24] The song's success in the UK did not, however, translate to the United States, where it reached number 30 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the issue dated 27 March 2004.
Jules performed "Mad World" with Mylène Farmer on her Timeless 2013 Tour.[25] In 2006, the song was included in the commercial to the video game Gears of War,[26] which helped move it up the charts.[27] A performance on the eighth season of American Idol by Adam Lambert also briefly increased its sales and interest in the song.[28][29] The song reached No. 11 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.
Music video[edit]
The music video was directed by Michel Gondry. It begins with an aerial shot of a school; the bell rings and children go out onto the pavement. The rest of the video sees the children forming different shapes whilst Jules stands on the roof and watches from above. On two occasions the camera pans towards Jules looking down at the children, whilst a third pan away sees Andrews playing a piano as the song ends. The video has over 100 million views since it was uploaded to YouTube on 8 January 2006.[30]
Track listings[edit]
CD1: Sanctuary / SANXD250 (United Kingdom)
"Mad World" – 3:06
"No Poetry" – 3:59
"Mad World" (alternate version) – 3:37
CD2: Sanctuary / SANXD250X (United Kingdom)
"Mad World" (Grayed Out Mix) – 6:45
"The Artifact & Living" – 2:26
"Mad World" (video) – 3:20
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2003–10)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[31] 28
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[32] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[33] 23
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[34] 3
Canadian Digital Singles Chart 1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[35] 6
France (SNEP)[36] 30
French Digital (SNEP)[37] 11
Germany (Official German Charts)[38] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[39] 2
Italy (FIMI)[40] 19
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[41] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[42] 37
Portuguese Singles Chart[43] 1
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[44] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[45] 10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[46] 23
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[47] 1
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[48] 30
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2003)
Position
UK Singles Chart[49] 4
Chart (2004)
Position
German Singles Chart[50] 14
UK Singles Chart[51] 29
Chart (2000–2009)
Peak
position
UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade[52] 53
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Germany (BVMI)[53]
Gold 250,000^
Italy (FIMI)[54]
Platinum 50,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[55]
Platinum 699,000[56]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Other versions and covers[edit]
In addition to the Andrews/Jules version, "Mad World" has been a successful cover for following artists:
Evergreen Terrace covered the song on their album Writer's Block.
Adam Lambert (as a contestant) during American Idol in 2009 and an acoustic rendition on his Acoustic Live! EP. A recording of this performance was subsequently released as a digital single and reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009. Billboard listed it at number 97 in "Top 100 American Idol Hits of All Time" list.[57]
Taylor John Williams during the seventh season of The Voice in 2014. His version reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot Rock Songs and the top 6 of the Billboard Rock Digital Songs.[58] Cody Frost also performed the song in the final of The Voice UK.
In 2013, Twenty One Pilots released a cover of the song to their YouTube channel which has over 3 million views as of February 2017.[59]
In 2013, Jasmine Thompson released a cover of the song as a single.[60][61]
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External links[edit]
Boston Globe article on the Andrews/Jules cover
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Preceded by
"Changes" by Ozzy Osbourne & Kelly Osbourne UK Singles Chart number-one single
(Andrews/Jules version)
21 December 2003 – 10 January 2004 Succeeded by
"All This Time" by Michelle McManus
Preceded by
"Sound of the Underground" by Girls Aloud UK Christmas number-one
2003 Succeeded by
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20
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Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
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"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
Single by Rupert Holmes
from the album Partners in Crime
B-side
"Drop It"
Released
September 21, 1979
Format
7"
Recorded
1979
Genre
Soft rock[1]
Length
4:35 (album version)
3:50 (single version)
Label
Infinity Records
Songwriter(s)
Rupert Holmes
Producer(s)
Rupert Holmes, Jim Boyer
Rupert Holmes singles chronology
"Let's Get Crazy Tonight"
(1978) "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
(1979) "Him"
(1980)
"Let's Get Crazy Tonight"
(1978) "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
(1979) "Him"
(1980)
"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" is a song written and recorded by British-born American singer Rupert Holmes for his album Partners in Crime. As the lead single for the album, the pop song was recommended by Billboard for radio broadcasters on September 29, 1979,[2] then added to prominent US radio playlists in October–November.[3] Rising in popularity, the song peaked at the end of December to become the last US number one song of the 1970s.
Contents
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1 Content
2 Reception
3 Background and writing
4 Personnel
5 Chart performance
5.1 Weekly charts
5.2 Year-end charts
6 See also
7 References
Content[edit]
The song speaks, in three verses and three choruses, of a man who is bored with his current marriage because it has become routine and he desires some variety. One night, he reads the personal advertisements in the newspaper and spots an ad that catches his attention: a woman who is seeking a man who, among other little things, must like piña coladas. Intrigued, he takes out an ad in reply and arranges to meet the woman "at a bar called O'Malley's", only to find upon the meeting that the woman is actually his current partner. The song ends on an upbeat note, showing that the two lovers realized they have more in common than they had suspected, and that they do not have to look any further than each other for what they seek in a relationship.
Reception[edit]
After its release as a single, the song became immediately popular, though initial sales were slow due to the song's actual title, "Escape", going unnoticed in the place of the oft-repeated cocktail. Holmes reluctantly agreed to rename the song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)". The song shot up through the charts, becoming the last number-one Billboard Hot 100 hit of 1979 (and the last number one song of the 1970s). "Escape" returned to number one again on the Billboard Hot 100 charts during the second week of 1980, having been displaced for a week by KC and the Sunshine Band's "Please Don't Go".[4] Thus it is the only pop song to hit #1 in the US in two different decades.
The song was the 11th best selling single of 1980 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]
Background and writing[edit]
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Recorded for Holmes's Partners in Crime (1979) album, the song came from an unused track for which Holmes wrote temporary or “dummy” lyrics:
This version, "The Law of The Jungle", was released as part of his Cast of Characters (2005) box set and was inspired by a want-ad he read whilst idly scanning the personals one day. As Holmes put it, "I thought, 'what would happen to me if I answered this ad?' I'd go and see if it was my own wife who was bored with me." The title of the song was originally going to be "People Need Other People", which was written years earlier for Holmes' own amusement.
The chorus originally started with "if you like Humphrey Bogart", which Holmes changed at the last minute, replacing the actor with the name of the first exotic cocktail that came to mind.[6]
The original lyrics said, "If you like Humphrey Bogart and getting lost in the rain." On the way to the session the next morning I read the lyrics to a cab driver and asked him if he got the twist ending before I got to it. He said no, and he thought the story was good. When I got to the session, I turned to my guitarist, Dean Bailin, and said, "I've just written a lyric. It's a story song. I don't want you to get ahead of it, so I'm going go on mic and sing the song without stopping. If I don't sing a line perfectly I'm not going to stop because I want you to hear this song in one listening. Pay attention to the lyric because I want to see if it catches you by surprise."
Holmes regards the song with a mixture of pride and chagrin: while it has made him wealthy and famous, it drew attention away from his more serious musical works. He does not care for the drink; he once said on the Uncle Floyd Show that piña coladas taste like Kaopectate.[citation needed]
Personnel[edit]
Rupert Holmes – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
Dean Bailin – guitar
Frank Gravis – bass
Leo Adamian – drums
Steve Jordan – "double drumming" with Adamian
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1979–80)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 3
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[8] 10
Canada (RPM) Top Singles 1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) 1
Ireland (IRMA) 10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 13
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 23
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 8
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1979)
Position
Canada[12] 156
Chart (1980)
Position
Australia[13] 47
Canada[14] 19
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 11
See also[edit]
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1979
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "VH1’s 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. 91 (39): 74. September 29, 1979.
Jump up ^ "Singles Radio Action: Playlist Top Add Ons". Billboard. 91 (45): 21. November 10, 1979.
Jump up ^ "The Hot 100". Billboard. January 12, 1980.
Jump up ^ "Top 100 Songs of 1980 - Billboard Year End Charts". Bobborst.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Jump up ^ "Interview with Rupert Holmes". Songfacts. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – Rupert Holmes – Escape (The Piña Colada Song)". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Radio2 top 30: 15 oktober 2016 | Radio2". Top30-2.radio2.be. Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Jump up ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Rupert Holmes search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Rupert Holmes – Escape (The Piña Colada Song)". Top 40 Singles.
Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
Jump up ^ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly".
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca.
Jump up ^ "Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10
Preceded by
"Babe" by Styx Billboard Hot 100 number one single
December 22–29, 1979 Succeeded by
"Please Don't Go" by
KC and the Sunshine Band
Preceded by
"Please Don't Go" by
KC and the Sunshine Band Billboard Hot 100 number one single
January 12, 1980 Succeeded by
"Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
Preceded by
"Babe" by Styx Canadian RPM Singles Chart
number-one single
January 12–19, 1980 Succeeded by
"Rapper's Delight" by
The Sugarhill Gang
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List of governors-general of India
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The Regulating Act of 1773 created the office with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, or Governor-General of Bengal to be appointed by the Court of Directors of the East India Company (EIC). The Court of Directors assigned a Council of Four (based in India) to assist The Governor General, and decision of council was binding on Governor General during 1773-1784.
The Saint Helena Act 1833 (or Government of India Act 1833) re-designated the office with the title of Governor-General of India.
After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the company rule was brought to an end, and the British India along with princely states came under the direct rule of the Crown. The Government of India Act 1858 created the office of Secretary of State for India in 1858 to oversee the affairs of India, which was advised by a new Council of India with 15 members (based in London). The existing Council of Four was formally renamed as the Council of Governor General of India or Executive Council of India. The Council of India was later abolished by Government of India Act 1935.
Following the adoption of the Government of India Act of 1858, the Governor-General as representing the Crown became known as the Viceroy. The designation 'Viceroy', although it was most frequently used in ordinary parlance, had no statutory authority, and was never employed by Parliament. Although the Proclamation of 1858 announcing the assumption of the government of India by the Crown referred to Lord Canning as "first Viceroy and Governor-General", none of the Warrants appointing his successors referred to them as 'Viceroys', and the title, which was frequently used in Warrants dealing with precedence and in public notifications, was basically one of ceremony used in connection with the state and social functions of the Sovereign's representative. The Governor-General continued to be the sole representative of the Crown, and the Government of India continued to be vested in the Governor-General-in-Council.[1]
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1773
[nb 1] 1 February
1785
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Supreme Council Of Bengal
Asiatic Society of Bengal
Stopped Mughal pension to Shah Alam II
Stopped Diarchy in Bengal
New Sanskrit School by Jonathan Deccan
Moved Treasury from Murshidabad to Calcutta
Bengal Gazette- First Indian newspaper published
First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–82)
Second Anglo-Mysore war (1780–84)
First Rohilla War of 1773–1774
Second Rohilla War 1779
Experimentation on land settlements. (1772-five years settlement, changed to 1 year in 1776)
English Translation of Bhagwat Gita[2]
East India
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(1745–1821) 1 February
1785 12 September
1786
Charles Cornwallis
The Marquess Cornwallis [nb 2]
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1786 28 October
1793
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Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793
3rd Mysore war
Introduction of Cornwallis Code
Introduction of Civil Services in India
John Shore
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1793 18 March
1798
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Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Marathas (1795)
Alured Clarke
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(1744–1832) 18 March
1798 18 May
1798
Richard Wellesley, Earl of Mornington [nb 3]
(1760–1842) 18 May
1798 30 July
1805
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Fourth Anglo Mysore War 1799
Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–05)
Fort William College at Calcutta
Formation of Madras Presidency in 1801
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1805 5 October
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1805 31 July
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The Lord Minto
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1807 4 October
1813
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Treaty of Amritsar, 1809 with Ranjit Singh
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, The Earl of Moira [nb 4]
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1813 9 January
1823
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1823
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William Butterworth Bayley
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English Education Act 1835
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Charles Metcalfe, Bt
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(1785–1846) 20 March
1835 4 March
1836
Repealed 1823 Licensing Regulations
The Lord Auckland[nb 6]
(1784–1849) 4 March
1836 28 February
1842
The Lord Ellenborough
(1790–1871) 28 February
1842 June
1844
William Wilberforce Bird
(acting)
(1784–1857) June
1844 23 July
1844
Henry Hardinge[nb 7]
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1844 12 January
1848
The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46)
The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–49)
Treaty of Lahore
The Earl of Dalhousie[nb 8]
(1812–1860) 12 January
1848 28 February
1856
Doctrine of Lapse
Charles Wood Despatch
Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852)
First Railway line connecting Bombay and Thane
First telegraph Line was laid between Diamond Harbour to Calcutta.
Post Office Act, 1854
Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
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Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858–1947
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1856 21 March
1862
University of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras were set up in 1858
The revolt of 1857
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Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
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William Denison
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1863 12 January
1864
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1864 12 January
1869
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The Earl of Mayo
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1869 8 February
1872
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Sir John Strachey
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(1823–1907) 9 February
1872 23 February
1872
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1872
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1872 12 April
1876
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1876 8 June
1880
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The Marquess of Ripon
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1880 13 December
1884
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The Earl of Dufferin
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1884 10 December
1888
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1888 11 October
1894
The Earl of Elgin
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1894 6 January
1899
The Lord Curzon of Kedleston[nb 10]
(1859–1925) 6 January
1899 18 November
1905
Partition of Bengal (1905)
Second Delhi Darbar (1903)
The Earl of Minto
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1905 23 November
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1911 4 April
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The Lord Chelmsford
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1916 2 April
1921
The Earl of Reading
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1921 3 April
1926
The Lord Irwin
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1926 18 April
1931
The Earl of Willingdon
(1866–1941) 18 April
1931 18 April
1936
The Marquess of Linlithgow
(1887–1952) 18 April
1936 1 October
1943 Edward VIII

(1936)
The Viscount Wavell
(1883–1950) 1 October
1943 21 February
1947 George VI

(1936–1952)
The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
(1900–1979) 21 February
1947 15 August
1947
Governors-General of the Dominion of India, 1947–1950
The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma[nb 11]
(1900–1979) 15 August
1947 21 June
1948 George VI

(1936–1952)
C. Rajagopalachari
(1878–1972) 21 June
1948 26 January
1950
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Jump up ^ Earl Cornwallis from 1762; created Marquess Cornwallis in 1792.
Jump up ^ Created Marquess Wellesley in 1799.
Jump up ^ Created Marquess of Hastings in 1816
Jump up ^ Created Earl Amherst in 1826.
Jump up ^ Created Earl of Auckland in 1839.
Jump up ^ Created Viscount Hardinge in 1846.
Jump up ^ Created Marquess of Dalhousie in 1849.
Jump up ^ Created Earl Canning in 1859.
Jump up ^ The Lord Ampthill was acting Governor-General in 1904
Jump up ^ Created Earl Mountbatten of Burma on 28 October 1947.
See also[edit]
Council of India
Secretary of State for India
List of Presidents of India
Citations[edit]
Jump up ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, Clarendon Press, Oxford, New Edition 1909, vol 4, p. 16.
Jump up ^ Clarke, John James (1 January 1997). Oriental Enlightenment: The Encounter Between Asian and Western Thought. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415133753.
Jump up ^ "What was the Arms Act 1878? - Quora". www.quora.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
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El Pollo Loco
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El Pollo Loco are two independent restaurant chains that are controlled by different companies, El Pollo Loco, Inc. and El Pollo Loco, S.A. de C.V. Both companies specialize in Mexican-style grilled chicken and were founded by Juan Francisco Ochoa, but both occupy non-overlapping global territories.
Contents
[hide]
1 United States
1.1 Fare
1.2 History
1.3 Temporary expansion eastward
1.4 Locations within the United States
1.5 Locations outside North America
1.6 Charity partners
2 Mexico
2.1 History of the Mexican chain
2.2 Fare
2.3 Controversies
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
United States[edit]
El Pollo Loco, Inc.
Fresh from the grill
Entrance to Costa Mesa headquarters
Trading name
El Pollo Loco
Type
Public
Traded as
NASDAQ: LOCO
S&P 600 Component
Industry
Casual dining restaurant, Restaurants
Founded
Guasave, Sinaloa, México (1975)
Los Angeles, California, United States (December 8, 1980; 37 years ago (1980-12-08))
Founder
Juan Francisco Ochoa
Headquarters
Costa Mesa, California
Number of locations
430[1]
Area served
United States
(California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas)
Key people
Steve Sather (President, CEO)
Kay Bogeajis (Chief Operating Officer)
Larry Roberts (Chief Financial Officer)
Ed Valle (Chief Marketing Officer)
Products
Fire-grilled chicken and related Mexican food
Website
elpolloloco.com
El Pollo Loco, Inc. is a restaurant chain based in the United States, specializing in Mexican-style grilled chicken. Restaurant service consists of: dine-in, take-out, with some locations offering drive through options. The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California and operates over 400 (as of March 2014) company-owned and franchised restaurants in the Southwestern United States. "El Pollo Loco" is Spanish for "The Crazy Chicken".
Fare[edit]
A typical El Pollo Loco restaurant
El Pollo Loco primarily prepares Mexican chicken entrees. The company describes its chicken as "citrus-marinated and fire-grilled." The American company also offer Mexican-style food such as tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and quesadillas.[2]
In a bid to compete with companies such as KFC and Chick-fil-A, El Pollo Loco experimented with offering deep fried chicken in the form of breaded chicken tenders at selected locations in the United States for a limited time during the Fall 2016.[3][4] This experiment is a big departure from its previous marketing campaigns that tout their fired-grilled chicken as a healthy alternative to fried chicken.
History[edit]
Juan Francisco Ochoa started the restaurant in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico, in 1975.[5]
By 1979 the chain had expanded throughout northern Mexico. On December 8, 1980, Ochoa opened his first U.S. restaurant in Los Angeles, California at 503 Alvarado Street, near Sixth Street.[6][7] The first American location was only 1,500-square-feet and it grossed more than $125,000 per month during its first year of operation.[8] The initial menu was very simple: a choice of a half or whole chicken with a packet of warm tortillas and a cup of salsa.[8] A second location was opened in Santa Ana in the fall of 1981.[8]
In 1983, the 19 American restaurants in the chain were acquired by Denny's with an agreement that the Ochoa family would continue to operate the restaurants in Mexico.[9] After 18 months of new ownership, the American owned El Loco Pollo, Inc. had increased the number of locations in Southern California from 19 to 29 while adding 6 locations in distant Houston, Texas, with almost all of the new locations were franchise operations.[10]
Four years later the 70-unit El Pollo Loco was acquired by TW Services when TW Services purchased El Pollo Loco's then parent Denny's Inc. in 1987 for $218 million in cash.[11][12]
In May 1990, El Pollo Loco opened its 200th restaurant. That new restaurant was located in Yorba Linda, California.[13] During the early 1990s the company experimented with many different concepts to increase marketshare in the competitive Southern Californian fast food industry. In 1994 the company test marketed at a select few locations: a side-dish bar, salsa bar, and barbecue at some locations, while other locations tried selling french fries or ice cream.[14] Only salsa bars survived the test and were introduced chainwide the following year.[15] The company also tested home delivery and catering in 1995.[15]
In August 1995 El Pollo Loco earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for building the world's largest burrito in Anaheim, California. The burrito was 3,112 feet (949 m) long and weighed two tons.[16]
American Securities Capital Partners acquired the 274-location El Pollo Loco in 1999 for $114 Million from Advantica (formerly called TW Services)[17] and later sold it to Trimaran Capital Partners in 2005 for $400 Million with 328 locations.[18][19]
El Pollo Loco 2015 logo
In January 2007, El Pollo Loco was featured on NBC TV's hit show The Apprentice: Los Angeles where contestants competed by creating and selling versions of El Pollo Loco's Pollo Bowl.[20] El Pollo Loco was recognized by the World Franchising Network as a Top Franchise for Hispanics in 2010.[21]
New locations were first open by franchisees in the states of Utah[22] and Oregon[23] in 2008. The 400th location was opened in Chelsea, Massachusetts in May 2008.[24]
In July 2014, El Loco Pollo (NASDAQ: LOCO) became a publicly traded company on NASDAQ.[25][26]
In October 2016, the company announced that it had teamed up with a Louisiana-based franchisee who plans to build and open two units in Lafayette, Louisiana, sometime in 2018.[27] In the following year, the Louisiana-based franchisee announced that construction of the first Lafayette was going to start in the upcoming month with an anticipated opening in the late spring of 2018.[27]
Temporary expansion eastward[edit]
Throughout its history, El Pollo Loco, Inc., tried at various times to expand beyond its core territories of California and the American Southwest, but all of these attempts were so far not very successful.
In 1987, then owner TW Services began to open restaurants in the Orlando area, starting in Winter Park, Florida.[28] Five restaurants were eventually built but all five were forced to close in 1991.[29]
A second expansion attempt, mainly though franchises, was started in 2006 under then owner Trimaran Capital Partners.[30][31][32] All of these locations were closed within six years.
During this time, El Pollo Loco or its franchisees briefly operated several restaurants in metro Atlanta,[33] and Boston,[24][34] New Jersey[35] and in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia;[36] these closed by 2011. The chain's franchised restaurants in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area[23][37] also closed in 2011. An El Pollo Loco in the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut[38] closed in spring 2012. The last of four Chicago area[39][40][41] stores closed at the end of 2012.
Locations within the United States[edit]
In the U.S., the El Pollo Loco chain operates over 400 company-owned and franchised restaurants in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and coming in 2018 Louisiana.[42][43] In 2012, El Pollo Loco restaurants went through a major makeover.[44]
Locations outside North America[edit]
Under Denny's and its successors, El Pollo Loco, Inc., had sold franchise licenses to operators based in East Asia. By 1997, EPL, Inc., had franchises located in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.[45] The franchise licenses for both Malaysia and Singapore has since lapsed. In July 2016, the Delgado family, owners of the El Pollo Loco franchise in the Philippines, filed a lawsuit against EPL, Inc. in the Regional Trial Court so it could retain the El Pollo Loco trademark in that country after the franchise contract had terminated.[46]
Charity partners[edit]
The brand created Fire-Grilled Fundraisers, an initiative for nonprofit organizations to raise funds for their cause while dining at the restaurant. They also created El Pollo Loco Charities, a nonprofit 501(c) charity to provide meals to underprivileged families, in 2005.[47]
Mexico[edit]
El Pollo Loco, S.A. de C.V.
¿Que lo hace diferente... único...?
Trading name
El Pollo Loco
Type
Private
Industry
Casual dining restaurant, Restaurants
Founded
Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico January 6, 1975; 43 years ago (1975-01-06)
Founder
Juan Francisco Ochoa
Headquarters
San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico
Number of locations
52 (October 2017)[48]
Area served
Mexico
(Coahuila, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Mexico D.F.)
Products
Fire-grilled chicken and related Mexican food
Website
elpolloloco.com.mx
The El Pollo Loco locations in Mexico are not affiliated with or operated by the Costa Mesa, California-based El Pollo Loco, Inc. but are operated by Mexico-based El Pollo Loco, S.A. de C.V., which is still owned by founder Juan Francisco Ochoa and his family.[49] The company specializes in selling Sinaloa-style marinaded grilled chicken.
In Mexico, El Pollo Loco, S.A. de C.V., operates as El Pollo Loco in over 50 locations within Mexico City and the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Michoacán, Sinaloa, and Tamaulipas, of which 28 of those being located in Nuevo León.[48]
History of the Mexican chain[edit]
Ochoa opened his first location in Guasave in the state of Sinaloa on January 6, 1974 at a small roadside location containing ten tables and with a starting working capital of 15 thousand pesos. His wife Flérida created a fruit-based marinade which was used to coat the chicken for several hours prior to grilling. After a few hours of operations on their first day, they sold out all 43 chickens.[49][50][51]
Three years later, Ochoa's brother Jaime quit his job and opened the company's second location in San Luis Potosi. This was quickly followed by other locations that were opened and operated by Ochoa's other brothers and sisters in Guadalajara, Morelia, Monterrey, and Saltillo.[49]
By the end of 1979, Ochoa had 85 restaurants in 20 cities throughout Northern Mexico with many of the locations operated by family members or close friends.[50] At that time, Ochoa thought about expanding north of the borders into areas of the United States that he had previously visited. In 1980, Ochoa opened his first U.S. location on Alvarado Street in Los Angeles, an area which had a high concentration of immigrants from Sinaloa.[7][49]
The company rapidly expanded on both sides of the international border during the early 1980s. However a number of bad decisions caused by a non-related manager caused the company to accumulate $3 million in debts and created a cash flow problem that forced Ochoa to sell his properties outside Mexico to help cover those debts.[49]
In September 1983, Ochoa sold the 19 U.S. locations, all of which were located in Southern California, to Denny's[9][52] for either $12.6 million[53] or $11.3 million.[10] At the time of the sale, Ochoa had retained 92 locations within Mexico.[9] As part of the agreement, Denny's promised to assist Ochoa in opening new locations in the parts of Mexico that Ochoa's company did not then occupy. In 2004, the Mexican company filed suit in U.S. Federal Court against the American company for failure to fulfill the joint expansion agreement. After three years of litigation, the Court ruled against the American company and ordered the American company to pay $22 million in damages and to return the ownership of the "El Pollo Loco" trademark and intellectual property within Mexico back to the Mexican company.[54][55]
As a result of the debt debacle created during the early 1980s by a non-family manager, the number of locations has since shrunk to approximately 40 locations, all of which are managed and operated by family members.[49]
After the sale of the American locations in 1983, Ochoa restricted his business activities to Mexico. However, the lure of new business activities north of the Rio Grande was too hard to resist and Ochoa opened his new business, called Taco Palenque, in Laredo, Texas in 1987.[56]
Fare[edit]
Unlike its American counterpart, the Mexican chain has kept its menu simple and focused on the grilled chicken. Deboned chicken or other meats like shrimp or carne asada are not available. Standard Mexican-American fare such as tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and quesadillas are also not available.[49][57]
Controversies[edit]
In January 2016, the Secretaría de Salud de Nuevo León, the Health Ministry for the Mexican state of Nuevo León, closed several franchised locations of El Pollo Loco for several health code violations.[58] At least one of the locations was owned by Mexican politician Marco González who claimed that the closures were politically motivated.[59]
See also[edit]
List of fast-food chicken restaurants
Los Angeles portal
Companies portal
Food portal
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Full List of Locations". El Pollo Loco. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
Jump up ^ "Our Food". El Pollo Loco Inc.
Jump up ^ Luna, Nancy (September 2, 2016). "El Pollo Loco adds fried chicken tenders as Raising Cane's leads surge in chicken sales". Orange County Register.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco Introduces New Chicken Tenders". Brand Eating. September 5, 2016.
Jump up ^ Diaz, Francisco (8 July 2011), "Entrepreneur of the Year is Named", Laredo Sun, archived from the original on 17 July 2013, retrieved 16 July 2013
Jump up ^ "The Legacy of El Pollo Loco". El Pollo Loco. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25.
^ Jump up to: a b "Saboreando el éxito" [Savouring success]. Revista Clase (in Spanish). June 24, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c Moreland, Pamela (February 12, 1982). "Mexico's Crazy Chicken Is Set to Take on Colonel". Los Angeles Times. p. F1. (Subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
^ Jump up to: a b c "The Denny's Inc. restaurant chain has reached an agreement..." United Press International. September 19, 1983.
^ Jump up to: a b Rivera, Nancy (March 10, 1985). "El Pollo Loco Adopts Yuppie Look but Still Maintains Its Latin Flavor". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ "TW Services To Get Denny's". New York Times. July 17, 1987.
Jump up ^ Sanchez, Jesus (July 17, 1987). "N.Y. Firm Buys Denny's Chain for $218 Million : Most of Top Management Will Remain With Chain". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ "Retail". Los Angeles Times (Orange County ed.). May 3, 1990. p. 5. (Subscription required (help)). El Pollo Loco is about to open its 200th store. The "store of significance," as the company calls it, is situated on Yorba Linda Boulevard in Yorba Linda and opens Wednesday. Alternate Link via ProQuest.
Jump up ^ Sullivan, J. L. (June 6, 1994). "Becoming a tough bird: El Pollo Loco regroups, steps up marketing effort". Orange County Business Journal. 17 (23). p. 1. A side-dish bar and salsa bar are in test periods at several locations. El Pollo Loco executives are currently testing a barbecue concept, as well as a joint operation with a Fosters Freeze store in Upland, Calif., a project that might lead to the introduction of ice creams chainwide. Also rolling into the chain's locations are french fries, which executives hope will round out their selection and remove a possible objection by customers considering a meal out. Link via ProQuest.
^ Jump up to: a b Monson, Rani Cher (February 16, 1995). "El Pollo Loco will open more outlets, boost menu, remodel". Orange County Register. p. c.02. The Irvine-based fast-food chain has other plans, too. For starters, $6.6 million will be spent to remodel all 206 El Pollo Loco locations. Changes include an exterior overhaul, installing new lamps and adding salsa bars at every location. The goal is to finish the job systemwide by 1996. Also, the company might expand a recent experiment in catering and home delivery. The company says the services were so popular during the holidays that the idea might go chainwide. All 31 Orange County locations cater, and one Huntington Beach store has home delivery. The menu, once topheavy with chicken, will get several new items, including fish tacos, mashed potatoes and cucumber salad. Six entrees and five side dishes were added last year, helping to boost the company's sales. Link via ProQuest.
Jump up ^ Eyerly, Alan (August 1, 1995). "That's a Wrap--Charity Event Is Full of Beans". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ Hernandez, Greg (November 10, 1999). "El Pollo Loco Sold for $114 Million". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ Vincent, Roger (September 29, 2005). "El Pollo Loco to Be Sold for $400 Million". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ Luna, Nancy (September 29, 2005). "El Pollo Loco to be sold". Orange County Register.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco is Newest 'Recruit' on NBC's The Apprentice: Los Angeles". Business Wire (Press release). 28 January 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
Jump up ^ Bond, Rob (July 6, 2010). "Top 26 Franchises for Hispanics: Poder's annual survey of Hispanic diversity in the franchise business sector in 2010". World Franchising Network.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco plans to open 1st Utah restaurant in May". Deseret News. January 24, 2008.
^ Jump up to: a b Wells, Shannon (15 July 2008). "Restaurant spices up Wood Village Town Center". Portland Tribune.
^ Jump up to: a b "El Pollo Loco Opens 400th Restaurant in Chelsea, its First Boston Area Location Experienced Multi-Unit Restaurateurs Open Third of at Least 25 New Eng". Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine. May 27, 2008.
Jump up ^ Li, Shan (July 25, 2014). "El Pollo Loco stock sizzles to close at 60% above IPO price". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ Luna, Nancy (July 25, 2014). "Wall Street clamors for a taste of chicken: El Pollo Loco stock surges 60 percent on first day of trading". Orange County Register.
^ Jump up to: a b "Two El Pollo Loco locations planned for Lafayette". Baton Rouge Advocate. October 3, 2016.
Jump up ^ Snyder, Jack (July 13, 1987). "Real Estate". Orlando Sentinel. p. 6. (Subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
Jump up ^ Strother, Susan G. (October 19, 1991). "El Pollo Loco Closes Orlando Restaurants". Orlando Sentinel.
Jump up ^ Hirsch, Jerry (November 28, 2006). "Will East Coast go loco for an expanding El Pollo?: The Mexican chicken chain has ambitious plans to compete nationally but faces a challenge in taco-deprived New England". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco Heats up National Expansion with Multiple Franchise Development Agreements: Flame-Grilled Chicken Leader Signs Agreements for 61 New Locations in Five Key States". Business Wire (Press release). November 6, 2006.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco plans eastward expansion". L.A. Biz. January 28, 2004.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco Leaves Atlanta as Other Chains Make a Comeback". Tomorrow's News Today - Atlanta. October 5, 2011.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco in Chelsea Has Closed". Boston Restaurant Talk. January 14, 2010.
Jump up ^ Verdon, Joan (May 3, 2012). "Latin-flavor chicken chains haven't migrated to North Jersey in expected numbers". NorthJersey.com.
Jump up ^ Shapiro, Carolyn (February 17, 2011). "3 El Pollo Loco restaurants closing". Virginia Pilot.
Jump up ^ Gunderson, Laura (April 4, 2009). "Fast-food chains look toward growth in Portland market". The Oregonian.
Jump up ^ Giuca, Linda (November 23, 2006). "Take On A Chicken In A Game Of Tic-tac-toe". Hartford Courant.
Jump up ^ Fulmer, Melinda (February 4, 2004). "El Pollo Loco to Expand to Chicago Area". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ Meyer, Gregory (August 4, 2005). "El Pollo Loco's Hombre in Chicago". Crain's Chicago Business.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco pulls back on Chicago expansion". QSR Web. January 21, 2010.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco to Enter Louisiana with New Franchise Partner". October 3, 2016.
Jump up ^ Wyatt, Megan (August 31, 2017). "Mexican restaurant to open 1st Louisiana location in Lafayette".
Jump up ^ Luna, Nancy (November 8, 2012). "El Pollo Loco joins fray of fast food makeovers". Orange County Register. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
Jump up ^ O'Dell, John (April 23, 1997). "Marchioli to Head El Pollo Loco". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ Agustin, Victor C. (July 8, 2016). "Cocktales: El Pollo Loco breaks away from US parent over trademark issue". InterAksyon.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco Seeks to Boost Impact on Community through Non-Profit Charity". Bison Advertising. April 18, 2005.
^ Jump up to: a b "El Pollo Loco - Sucursales". elpolloloco.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Cantu, Gustavo (March 9, 2015). "Don Pollo Loco". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish).
^ Jump up to: a b Manjarrez, Azucena (November 9, 2006). "Sigo soñando: Juan Francisco Ochoa: En 1974, y después de varios fracasos como vendedor, abre en Guasave el primer Pollo Loco, convertido hoy en una de las cadenas más prominentes en México y EU" [I keep dreaming: Juan Francisco Ochoa: In 1974, and after several failures as a seller, opens in Guasave the first Pollo Loco, now become one of the most prominent chains in Mexico and the US.]. Editorial Noroeste (in Spanish).
Jump up ^ Festejo, Guasave (January 6, 2015). "Pollo Loco celebra 40 años de vuelo: Francisco Ochoa le dice a quienes tienen la idea de emprender un negocio que no se rindan y se arriesguen a tener muchos tropiezos" [Pollo Loco celebrates 40 years of flight: Francisco Ochoa tells those who have the idea of starting a business that would not stop and take the risk to have many setbacks.]. El Debate (Mexico) (in Spanish).
Jump up ^ Yoshihara, Nancy (September 19, 1983). "Denny's to Acquire 19 El Pollo Loco Outlets". Los Angeles Times. p. E1. (Subscription required (help)). Alternate Link via ProQuest.
Jump up ^ Mendez, Cruz Alberto (November 11, 1993). "Pollo Loco expadirá su mercado mundial" [Pollo Loco expand its global market]. La Opinión (in Spanish). pp. 1E, 4E – via Google News.
Jump up ^ "El Pollo Loco loses Mexican rights". Nation's Restaurant News. December 4, 2007. (Subscription required (help)).
Jump up ^ "$22 Million Verdict Against El Pollo Loco". QSR Magazine. August 1, 2007.
Jump up ^ "Pancho Ochoa Sr. A One of a Kind Restaurateur and Creator of Flavorful Food Concepts". Texas Border Business. April 28, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Menu". El Pollo Loco, S.A. de C.V.
Jump up ^ "Secretaría de Salud revela anomalías en las sucursales de El Pollo Loco: La Secretaría de Salud de Nuevo León emitió un comunicado donde aclara las razones de suspensión de estos restaurantes" [Ministry of Health reveals anomalies in El Pollo Loco branches: The Health Ministry of Nuevo León issued a statement clarifying the reasons for suspension of these restaurants]. Publimetro (in Spanish). January 21, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Gobierno suspende negocio del diputado priísta Marco González" [Government suspends business of PRI MP Marco González]. El Horizonte (in Spanish). January 20, 2016.
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