Fiesta Restaurant Group
- Independent (2012–23)
- Authentic Restaurant Brands (2023–present)
Fiesta Restaurant Group is a Dallas, Texas-based restaurant chain, primarily owning Pollo Tropical locations in Florida. The company was a Corporate spin-off from Carrols Restaurant Group in 2012.
Stock in the company was traded on NASDAQ as FRGI until October 2023 when it was taken private by investment firm Garnett Station Partners through its subsidiary Authentic Restaurant Brands.[1]
Fiesta's 2019 revenue was $661 million and employs over 10,000 people.[2][3]
History
In 2011, Carrols Restaurant Corp. announced its intentions of separating its Hispanic brands and Burger King restaurant business into two separate public companies. The Hispanic brands were placed under Fiesta Restaurant Group, the new subsidiary of Carrols Restaurant Corp. Fiesta Restaurant Group companies had a combined revenue of $439.1 million in 2010.
In August 2011, Carrols Restaurant Corp named Tim Taft the CEO of Fiesta Restaurant Group (FRG), succeeding Fiesta chairman Alan Vituli. By the time the separation of the brands was complete in 2011, FRG saw an 8.2 percent revenue increase for the year and finished at $475.0 million in 2011.
In April 2012, Carrols Restaurant Corp agreed to allow Fiesta to spin-off with Taco Cabana and Pollo Tropical. On May 8, when the spin-off was completed, the company went public on NASDAQ under the symbol FRGI on May 8, 2012.[4]
As of 2014, Fiesta continued to own Taco Cabana.[4] As of January 3, 2016, Fiesta had 162 company-owned and six franchised Taco Cabana restaurants.
In February 2016, Fiesta announced that it would split its two brands, Taco Cabana and Pollo Tropical, into two separate companies. Over the next year or two, it was announced that all of Taco Cabana's stock would be distributed to Fiesta shareholders, and that Fiesta would be renamed Pollo Tropical.[5] The plan to separate Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana was dropped in September 2016. At the time, there were plans to open up to 10 new Taco Cabana restaurants in Texas, adding to the 164 company-owned stores and 7 franchised ones.[6]
In 2017, the store saw some declines in sales in the second quarter, which Fiesta attributed to less marketing. As of July 2017, it had 176 Taco Cabana stores.[7] On January 14, 2020, it was announced that Fiesta Restaurant Group will be closing 19 Texas Taco Cabanas immediately, citing - “eliminate all stores with significant losses".[8]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fiesta received $15 million in federally backed small business loans from J.P. Morgan as part of the Paycheck Protection Program. The company received scrutiny over these loans, which were aimed at small businesses.[2][9][10] A week later, the company returned the money.[3][11]
The company headquarters is in 17,700 square feet (1,640 m2) of office space in Suite 200 of the 8918 Tesoro Drive building in Uptown San Antonio, Texas.[12]
In July 2021, Fiesta Restaurant Group announced that it had agreed to sell all outstanding equity of Taco Cabana Inc. to an affiliate of Yadav Enterprises for a cash purchase price of $85M to fully repay the company's approximately $74.6 million outstanding term loan borrowings.[13]
References
- ^ "Authentic Restaurant Brands Completes Acquisition of Fiesta Restaurant Group" (Press release). Business Wire. October 30, 2023.
- ^ a b "Taco Cabana and Pollo Tropical parent company re-evaluating the $15 million it got in rescue loans". Dallas News. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ a b Schlesinger, Jennifer. "Fiesta Restaurant Group returning $15 million in small business rescue loans". CNBC. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Fiesta Restaurant Group Stock Data". Retrieved 2014-12-24.
- ^ "Fiesta Restaurant Group to split brands into separate businesses". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ^ "Fiesta scuttles plan to separate Pollo Tropical, Taco Cabana", Nation's Restaurant News, Ron Ruggless, September 27, 2016
- ^ "Fiesta attributes sales slide to marketing cutbacks", Ron Ruggles, Nation's Restaurant News, August 7, 2017
- ^ Ralat, José R (January 14, 2020). "Taco Cabana Closes 19 Locations in Texas". Texas Monthly. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ "Inline XBRL Viewer". sec.gov. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Inline XBRL Viewer". sec.gov. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Inline XBRL Viewer". sec.gov. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. 2010 Annual ReportArchived 2012-09-17 at the Wayback Machine." Carrols Restaurant Group. 38. Retrieved on February 2, 2012. "In addition, we lease approximately 17,700 square feet of office space at 8918 Tesoro Drive, Suite 200, San Antonio, Texas, which houses most of our administrative operations for our Taco Cabana restaurants."
- ^ Reorg (1 July 2021). "UPDATE 1: Fiesta Restaurant Group Agrees to Sell Taco Cabana Business to Yadav Enterprises Affiliate for $85M; Sale Proceeds to Fully Repay Outstanding Direct Term Loan From Fortress Entered Into in November 2020, Including Prepayment Premium". Reorg.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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