Real Mex Restaurants

Real Mex Restaurants, Inc. is the largest operator of full-service, Mexican restaurants in the U.S..cite web| accessdate=2007-10-03|url=http://www.hoovers.com/acapulco/el-torito-restaurants/--ID__115353--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml|title=Real Mex Restaurants, Inc.|author=Joe Bramhall|publisher=Hoover's]

Owned by a private equity firm and headquartered in Cypress, California, they have more than 200 restaurants operating in more than a dozen states. 2006 income was approximately $534 million.

In 2006, Sun Capital Partners, Inc. purchased Real Mex Restaurants for $359 million.cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_36_40/ai_n16726690|title=Sun Capital buys Real Mex in $359M deal|last=Jennings|first=Lisa|date=2006-09-04|work=Nation's Restaurant News|publisher=BNET|accessdate=2008-09-25]

Restaurants

Among the company's holdings as of 2006 are:
*approximately 70 El Torito Restaurants
*approximately 100 Chevys Fresh Mex Restaurants (acquired in 2005)
*approximately 35 Acapulco Mexican Restaurants
* 5 Casa Gallardo Mexican Restaurants
*El Torito Grill Restaurants
*various individual restaurants

References

External links

*http://www.realmexrestaurants.com