Pollo Campero

Pollo Campero is a Guatemalan fast-food restaurant chain, located in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, Bahrain, the United States, Puerto Rico,^[2] Belize, Haiti, Anguilla, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Brazil, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy.^[3] The chain has nearly 400 locations, including more than 100 in the United States.^[4]

Not to be confused with Pollo Campestre.

Pollo Campero

Company type	Private
Industry	Restaurants
Founded	1971; 54 years ago (1971), in Guatemala City, Guatemala[1]
Headquarters	Pollo Campero International: Dallas, Texas , United States
Number of locations	nearly 400 worldwide
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Juan José Gutiérrez (CEO)
Products	Traditional hand-breaded fried chicken, citrus grilled chicken, extra crispy chicken, boneless wings, chicken bowls, chicken sandwiches, chicken wings
Parent	Corporacion Multi Inversiones
Divisions	Pollo Campero International
Website	https://us.campero.com/

Corporate affairs and history

Pollo Campero Bellaire, a Pollo Campero restaurant in Gulfton, Houston, Texas, United States

Pollo Campero International headquarters are located in Dallas, Texas. The current facility is in 12,633 square feet (1,173.6 m²) of area in the Hidden Grove office building in North Dallas. The headquarters was previously in a 6,800-square-foot (630 m²) area in Lincoln Center, but moved in 2016.^[5][6]

Pollo Campero has been popular with the Guatemalan and Salvadoran diaspora, who see it as a nostalgic taste from home. This led to a tradition of relatives bringing boxes of the restaurant's chicken to the United States on international flights, with some even reselling the chicken. Issues with the smell led to the company developing an insulated bag to make it easier to transport for air passengers and better contain odors. While the chain opened branches in the United States starting in 2002, which became quite popular and had eight-hour lines upon opening, many customers felt that the chicken and taste was not the same, and chicken continues to be brought by passengers to the United States. The chain also announced plans to expand to Spain, Poland and Portugal in that year.^[7][8]

In 2007 the company opened a restaurant in Shanghai, its first in China.^[9]

See also

• List of chicken restaurants
• Pollo Brujo
• Pollo Campestre

References

1. "Our Heritage - Pollo Campero". Pollo Campero. 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
2. "Llega Pollo Campero a Puerto Rico". 14 February 2013.
3. "International". campero.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
4. "Our Heritage - Pollo Campero". Pollo Campero. 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
5. Kezar, Korri (2016-09-01). "Dallas chicken chain spreading its wings at a new headquarters". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
6. Campero U.S.A. Fact Sheet Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine. Pollo Campero. Retrieved on February 18, 2010. Reflects previous headquarters in Lincoln Center.
7. Mejia, Brittny (14 April 2021). "Why flights from Central America often have the enticing aroma of fried chicken". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
8. Gonzalez, David (2002-09-20). "Guatemala Journal; Fried Chicken Takes Flight, Happily Nesting in U.S." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
9. "Pollo Campero abrirá su primer restaurante en China el 24 de mayo". El Economista. EFE. 2007-05-19. Retrieved 2019-12-30.

External links

• Official website
• Pollo Campero Guatemala official website (in Spanish)
• Pollo Campero Italy website (in Italian)