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		<title><![CDATA[KFC Winning Chicken War Over El Pollo Loco]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the highly publicized chicken wars, KFC seems to be winning the financial battle over El Pollo Loco. But is it really fair to compare the smaller chain to Colonel Sanders' empire? by Ian Ritter]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:23:57 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Boston Market Joins Latest Round of KFC and El Pollo Loco Chicken Fight]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KFC did its third grilled chicken giveaway on Monday. It was more successful than the first round -- stores didn't run out of supplies like they did in May, when a partnership with Oprah Winfrey wound up generating so much publicity that KFC couldn't keep up and had to issue...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:46:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Food Roundup: KFC Chicken Has Too Much Beef, Smithfield Has Too Many Pigs, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[El Pollo Loco targets KFC over beef -- KFC's new grilled chicken uses a marinade that contains more than 20 ingredients, including beef flavoring, El Pollo Loco wants the world to know. KFC says this is perfectly normal, but El Pollo Loco is using the revelation as yet another opportunity...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[El Pollo Loco Skillfully Hijacking KFC Campaigns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[El Pollo Loco is a small chain with only 418 stores, the majority in the southwest. It is a spec of a chicken chain compared with KFC and its more than 11,000 locations world-wide. But recently the smaller chain has done an excellent job of exploiting the giant's own ad...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 16:18:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Food Roundup: Good-Bye to Coke Exec, Huiyuan Rumors, rBGH Bill, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coke exec says second good-bye -- Neville Isdell retired from the Coca-Cola Company last week for the second time. In 2004 Isdell had returned to Coca-Cola after nearly three years of retirement, but he left his position as CEO last year and officially retired as chairman at last week's board...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Prows, Costa Vida's executive chef, was honored last week by the American Culinary Federation at its national convention in Las Vegas. He was among 25 chefs, including the acclaimed Charlie Trotter of Charlie Trotter's in Chicago, who received the President's Medallion for service to the culinary profession.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EPL Intermediate, Inc. Announces Results for the 13 Weeks Ended March 31, 2008]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[COSTA MESA, Calif. -- EPL Intermediate, Inc. ("El Pollo Loco" or the "Company"), parent company of El Pollo Loco, Inc., today reported results for the 13 weeks ended March 31, 2008.  El Pollo Loco reported operating revenues for the 13-week period ended March 31, 2008 of $71.2 million, which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EPL Intermediate, Inc. Announces Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 26, 2007]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[COSTA MESA, Calif. -- EPL Intermediate, Inc. ("El Pollo Loco" or the "Company"), parent company of El Pollo Loco, Inc., today reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 26, 2007. For purposes of simplicity, the Company has described the 13-week fourth quarters and fiscal year ended December...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chicken war hot again as KFC and El Pollo Loco break out competitive new television campaigns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lest anyone think that the chicken war is over--or at least not as vicious as the burger and coffee wars--new TV campaigns by KFC and El Pollo Loco are a reminder that quick-service chicken chains can sink their claws into a good fight just as well as restaurants in other...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Painting the picture of health: chains walk a fine line to give their brands an image of health without insulting customers or alienating them with preachiness]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Consumers' growing consciousness about health and nutrition presents opportunities for restaurant marketers, but the issue of dietary prudence also poses balancing-act challenges.  While it's perfectly fine to promote more healthful or nutritious meals, foodservice marketing executives agree, ads that come off as too "preachy" or that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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