---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-000159"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCO"
cik: "0001606366"
company_name: "El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T19:26:22.233232+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# El Pollo Loco Q4 system-wide comps up 11.1% YoY; revenue $108-109M

## Summary
- System-wide comparable restaurant sales +11.1% YoY: company-operated +6.2%, franchise +14.4%.
- Q4 revenue expected $108-109 million, preliminary and unaudited.
- Staffing challenges reduced company-operated comps by an estimated 5-6 percentage points.
- Two-year system-wide comps +10.3% (company +0.3%, franchise +17.9%).
- Final Q4 and FY2021 results expected in March 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-000159
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCO
- cik: 0001606366
- company_name: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000155837022000159/0001558370-22-000159-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000155837022000159/loco-20220110x8k.htm

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