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EL POLLO LOCO® BOWL CUTS SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
EL POLLO LOCO® BOWL CUTS SWEEPSTAKES (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (and the District of Columbia) who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry. Void where prohibited. Employees of El Pollo Loco, Inc. and its respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, sales representatives, and all other service agencies involved with the Sweepstakes and members of their immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members (whether related or not) of each such employee are not eligible to participate or win. To enter the Sweepstakes or receive a prize, you must fully comply with the Official Rules and, by entering, you represent and warrant that you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, whose decisions shall be binding and final in all respects relating to this Sweepstakes.
El Pollo Loco, Inc., 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 100, Costa Mesa, California 92626.
Sweepstakes begins on November 7, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. PT and ends on November 20, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. PT (“Sweepstakes Entry Period”). The Sweepstakes is governed by these Official Rules and is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
During the Sweepstakes Entry Period take a unique video or static image with “bowl cut” haircuts as the theme Sweepstakes and post it on your own public social account on either Instagram or TikTok using the hashtag #EPLBowlCutsSweepstakes (the “Submission”); 2) follow @ElPolloLoco on the platform you chose to post the Submission and set such account to “public” 3) Tag @ElPolloLoco in the post. No particular sentiment (positive or negative) about “bowl cuts” or El Pollo Loco chicken, is required in your Post to be eligible to win the Sweepstakes.
To enter you must have your Instagram or TikTok profile settings as PUBLIC (not protected) to enter your Submission. If you do not already have an Instagram or TikTok account, download the application and create an account as instructed. Getting an account is free. Submission must comply with Instagram’s Terms of Use, which can be found at https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870. Submission must comply with TikTok’s Terms of Use, which can be found at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/us/terms-of-service/en. Use of multiple Instagram or TikTok accounts to enter by the same individual is prohibited and may result in disqualification. Submissions will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the account from which the Submission is uploaded at the time of the entry, as identified by the primary email address associated with that account. Submissions will not be acknowledged or returned. You are not permitted to share the same social media account with another entrant.
Alternative Entry Method: As alternate to entering by making a Submission, you may mail a 3x5 card to with your first and last name, street address, city, state, postal code, email, and phone number to Bowl Cut Sweepstakes, 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 100, Costa Mesa, California 92626. Forms must be postmarked by November 20, 2025 and received not more than five (5) days later. All entries become the exclusive property of the Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. The Sponsor is not responsible for submissions outside the Sweepstakes Entry Period, or those that are late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or otherwise deemed ineligible by Sponsor. Any ineligible form submissions will be disqualified.
Limit of one (1) entry per throughout the entire Sweepstakes Entry Period regardless of method of entry. Use of any automated system to enter is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected entries all of which will be ineligible to win a prize.
The Submission must comply with the following requirements: (i) the Submission may not feature any person other than entrant unless they have consent of the other person / people that are included; (ii) other than the Sponsor, its products, brands and/or logos, the Submission may not show, contain, mention, depict, refer or otherwise allude to the name, logo or product of any other retailer, manufacturer, brand, product, store, place of business, person, company or character in such a way or manner as to imply an affiliation with, or endorsement of, the Sponsor, its products, brands and/or this Sweepstakes; (iii) the Submission must be entrant’s own original work (or the entrant must have the rights from the photographer or videographer to make the submission), created solely by entrant and not created professionally; must not have won any award; (iv) the Submission may not contain, mention, refer or otherwise allude to any material that is violent, lewd, obscene, sexually explicit, pornographic, disparaging, defamatory, libelous, racially or morally offensive or otherwise contain inappropriate content or objectionable material; (v) the Submission cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs or tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any political agenda or message; (vi) the Submission cannot in any manner defame, misrepresent, contain disparaging remarks or reflect negatively about Sponsor, its products, or other people, products or companies or their products, or in any way reflect negatively upon such parties or explicitly or implicitly communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill with which Sponsor wishes to be associated, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion; (vii) the Submission cannot contain any personal identification, such as personal names, email addresses or street addresses, without express permission of Sponsor; (viii) the Submission cannot itself be in violation of any law; and (ix) the Submission must otherwise be in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any Submission that Sponsor believes, in its sole discretion, does not comply with or is in violation of these Official Rules or that otherwise contains prohibited or inappropriate content.
By submitting the Submission, the entrant represents and warrants that he/she has all right, title and interest necessary to grant the Sponsor the worldwide, irrevocable and unrestricted right and license to adapt, publish, use, edit, create derivative works and/or modify such Submission in any way and post the Submission on the internet or use the Submission in any other way and agrees to indemnify and hold Sponsor harmless from any claims to the contrary.
Each person who enters this Sweepstakes represents and warrants as follows: (i) entrant has obtained any and all necessary permissions required to submit the Submission and for Sponsor’s right to use the Submission for any purpose, including the consent of any identifiable third person(s) appearing in the Submission, and entrant can and will make written copies of such permissions available to Sponsor upon request; (ii) the Submission is owned by entrant; (iii) the Submission is wholly original with entrant and, as of the date of submission, the Submission is not the subject of any actual or threatened litigation or claim; (iv) the Submission does not and will not violate or infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or entity, including, but not limited to, rights of privacy and publicity; and (v) the Submission does not and will not violate any applicable laws, and is not and will not be considered defamatory or libelous. Each entrant hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Sponsor and its subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors harmless from and against any and all third party claims, actions or proceedings of any kind and from any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses relating to or arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of the warranties, representations or agreements of entrant hereunder.
On or about November 26, 2025 Sponsor will select five (5) entries in a random drawing of all valid entries received. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period. SPONSOR WILL SEND A DIRECT MESSAGE FROM @ELPOLLOLOCO TO THE POTENTIAL WINNER VIA INSTAGRAM / TIKTOK OR CONTACT VIA EMAIL AND POTENTIAL WINNER WILL BE REQUIRED TO RESPOND WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE TIME NOTIFICATION WAS SENT. It is recommended that you confirm your Instagram or TikTok notification settings are turned on. Failure by potential Sweepstakes winner to respond to the initial verification within 48 hours of notification will result in disqualification and Sponsor will select an alternate potential Sweepstakes winner in the same manner. Limit of one prize per person.
Potential winners may be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability and Publicity Release (where permitted by law) (collectively, the “Affidavit”) by the date specified by Sponsor, or an alternate potential winner may be selected. In the event (a) potential winner cannot be reached for whatever reason after a reasonable effort has been exerted, or the potential winner notification or Affidavit is returned as undeliverable, (b) potential winner declines or cannot accept, receive or use the prize for any reason, (c) of noncompliance with these Official Rules or any of the aforesaid time periods, (d) potential winner is found to be ineligible to enter the Sweepstakes or receive the prize, or (e) potential winner fails to fulfill the Affidavit-related obligations, the potential winner shall be disqualified from the Sweepstakes and an alternate potential winner may be selected in a random drawing, from among the other eligible entries received, as described in Section 5 above. Sponsor reserves the right to modify the notification and Affidavit procedures in connection with the selection of alternate potential winner, if any.
Five (5) grand prizes will be awarded. Each grand prize winner will receive a $750 El Pollo Loco Gift Card. This will permit the winner to purchase one bowl a week for an entire year. El Pollo Loco Gift Card is subject to its own terms.
For all Prizes: Prize is non-transferable, and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the listed prize for one of equal or greater value for any reason. Winner (or parent / legal guardian if winner is a minor) is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. All federal, state, and local tax liabilities, as well as any other costs and expenses not specified herein as being awarded are the sole responsibility of the Winner. Winner may be required to complete and return an IRS W-9 form (i.e. Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification). Prize will be awarded only if the potential prize winner fully complies with these Official Rules. Total ARV of all prizes is $3750.
Each entrant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes; (b) defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless the Sponsor and its respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, celebrities, and any other person and organization responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Sweepstakes, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Sweepstakes, acceptance, possession, attendance at, defect in, delivery of, inability to use, use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry. Winner acknowledges that the prize is awarded as-is without warranty of any kind.
Except where prohibited or restricted by law, winner’s acceptance of prize constitutes the winner’s agreement and consent for Sponsor and any of its designees to use and/or publish winner’s name, city and state of residence, photographs or other likenesses, pictures, portraits, video, voice, testimonials, biographical information (in whole or in part), and/or statements made by winner regarding the Sweepstakes or Sponsor, worldwide and in perpetuity for any and all purposes, including, but not limited to, advertising, trade and/or promotion on behalf of Sponsor, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, print, TV, radio, electronic, cable, or World Wide Web, without further limitation, restriction, compensation, notice, review, or approval.
Sponsor and its subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors shall not have any obligation or responsibility, including any responsibility to award any prize to entrants, with regard to: (a) entries that contain inaccurate information or do not comply with or violate the Official Rules; (b) entries, prize claims or notifications that are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in part, due to computer, human or technical error of any kind; (c) entrants who have committed fraud or deception in entering or participating in the Sweepstakes or claiming the prize; (d) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (e) any inability of the winner to accept the prize for any reason; (f) if a prize cannot be awarded due to delays or interruptions due to Acts of God, natural disasters, terrorism, weather or any other similar event beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control; or (g) any damages, injuries or losses of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from awarding, acceptance, possession, use, misuse, loss or misdirection of any prize or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or any promotion or prize related activities. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be (a) tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes, or with any Website promoting the Sweepstakes; (b) acting in violation of the Official Rules; or (c) entering or attempting to enter the Sweepstakes multiple times through the use of multiple email addresses or the use of any robotic or automated devices to submit entries. If Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, that technical difficulties or unforeseen events compromise the integrity or viability of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right to void the entries at issue, and/or terminate the relevant portion of the Sweepstakes, including the entire Sweepstakes, and/or modify the Sweepstakes and/or award the prize from all eligible entries received as of the termination date.
The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (b) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (c) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (d) technical or human error in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of registrations; or (e) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant’s registration is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes. No more than the stated number of each prize will be awarded.
If you have a “Dispute” (as defined below) with Sponsor or Released Parties relating to this Sweepstakes, you shall first provide Sponsor with written notice (“Notice”) sent to the following address Sponsor, 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 100, Costa Mesa, California 92626 ATTN: El Pollo Loco Legal Department. A Notice must include all of the following: (1) a detailed description of the Dispute; (2) the nature and basis of the claim(s); (3) the nature and basis of the specific relief sought and a detailed calculation for that relief; and (4) information sufficient for Sponsor to evaluate your claim. Any Notice you submit must be signed by you. You and we agree to negotiate in good faith in an effort to resolve any Dispute. This should lead to resolution, but if for some reason the Dispute is not resolved satisfactorily within sixty (60) days after receipt of a compliant Notice, you and we agree to the further dispute resolution provisions below. Both you and we agree that this informal dispute resolution process is mandatory and a condition precedent that must be satisfied before initiating any formal dispute resolution proceeding. Any applicable statute of limitations will be tolled for sixty (60) days from the time a fully compliant Notice is served on the other party unless the parties mutually agree to extend that period.
BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION: You agree that the sole and exclusive forum and remedy for any and all disputes, actions, claims, or other controversies between you and Sponsor or any Released Parties that cannot be resolved informally and that relate in any way to or arise out of the Sweepstakes (“Dispute”) shall be final and binding arbitration. Dispute shall have the broadest possible meaning permitted by law.
You and we acknowledge that these Official Rules affect interstate commerce and that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) and federal arbitration law apply to arbitrations under these Official Rules (despite any other choice of law provision).
Arbitration under this Sweepstakes shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). The applicable AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules and AAA Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules shall apply, as modified by these Official Rules. If you initiate arbitration, the applicable AAA rules will govern the payment of fees unless applicable law requires a different allocation of fees in order for this arbitration provision to be enforceable. If you are unable to pay your share of the AAA fees, we will consider a request to pay them on your behalf so long as you have fully complied with the informal dispute resolution process as set forth above.
The arbitration will be conducted before a sole neutral arbitrator who shall be located at or near the location where the arbitration will take place. The arbitration will be conducted at a location that is reasonably convenient for you.
The award of the arbitrator may require payment of the costs, fees, and/or expenses incurred by the prevailing party consistent with applicable law and the applicable AAA rules. The provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 68 may be applied by the arbitrator. The arbitrator shall be bound by these Official Rules as a court would and shall issue a reasoned, detailed decision explaining the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based.
INDIVIDUAL RELIEF AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER: The parties agree that the arbitrator may award the same relief available in court provided that such relief (including declaratory or injunctive relief) shall only be in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide the relief warranted by that party’s individual claim. YOU AGREE THAT YOU BRING CLAIMS AGAINST SPONSOR OR RELEASED PARTIES ONLY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, REPRESENTATIVE, COLLECTIVE, OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PROCEEDING. FURTHER, UNLESS WE AGREE OTHERWISE, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE ANY PERSON’S OR ENTITY’S CLAIMS WITH THOSE OF ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A CLASS, REPRESENTATIVE, COLLECTIVE, OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PROCEEDING. IF AFTER EXHAUSTION OF ALL APPEALS ANY OF THESE PROHIBITIONS ON NON-INDIVIDUALIZED RELIEF; CLASS, REPRESENTATIVE, COLLECTIVE, AND PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CLAIMS; AND CONSOLIDATION IS FOUND TO BE UNENFORCEABLE AS TO A PARTICULAR CLAIM OR WITH RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR REQUEST FOR RELIEF (SUCH AS A REQUEST FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF), THEN YOU AGREE THAT SUCH A CLAIM OR REQUEST FOR RELIEF SHALL BE DECIDED BY A COURT AFTER ALL OTHER CLAIMS AND REQUESTS FOR RELIEF ARE ARBITRATED.
ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR MASS ARBITRATION FILINGS: If twenty-five (25) or more claimants submit Notices or attempt to file demands for arbitration raising similar claims and are represented by the same or coordinated counsel, all of the cases must be resolved in arbitration using the AAA Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules in stages using staged bellwether proceedings if they are not resolved prior to arbitration as set forth above. The parties agree that the individual resolution of claims in arbitration might be delayed if they elect to pursue claims in connection with twenty-five (25) or more similar claims. In the first stage, the parties shall each select up to fifteen (15) cases per side (thirty (30) cases total) to be filed in arbitration and resolved individually in accordance with this arbitration provision, with each case assigned to a separate arbitrator unless the parties mutually agree otherwise. During this time, no other cases may be filed in arbitration, and AAA shall not accept or administer arbitrations commenced in violation of this provision. If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining cases after the conclusion of the first stage of bellwether proceedings, each side may then select up to another fifteen (15) cases per side (thirty (30) cases total) to be filed in arbitration and addressed individually in accordance with this arbitration provision. During this second stage, no other cases may be filed in arbitration or accepted or administered by the AAA. This process of staged bellwether proceedings (thirty (30) cases total in each set of bellwether proceedings as outlined above) shall continue until the parties are able to resolve all of the claims, either through arbitration or settlement. If these mass filing procedures apply, any statute of limitations applicable to the claims set forth will be tolled from the time the first cases are selected for bellwether proceedings until a given claim is selected for a bellwether proceeding, withdrawn, or otherwise resolved. A court shall have the authority to enforce this provision and, if necessary, to enjoin the filing or prosecution of arbitrations.
OPTING OUT OF ARBITRATION: IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION, YOU MUST NOTIFY SPONSOR IN WRITING WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE DATE THAT YOU FIRST HAD NOTICE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES CONTAINING AN ARBITRATION PROVISION. THIS IS NOT A NEW OPT OUT RIGHT IF YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY BOUND BY AN ARBITRATION PROVISION. YOUR WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO SPONSOR MUST BE SENT VIA MAIL TO SPONSOR, 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 100, Costa Mesa, California 92626 ATTN: El Pollo Loco Legal Department. IT MUST INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AS WELL AS A CLEAR STATEMENT THAT YOU DO NOT WISH TO RESOLVE DISPUTES WITH SPONSOR OR RELEASED PARTIES THROUGH ARBITRATION. YOUR DECISION TO OPT OUT OF THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION WILL HAVE NO ADVERSE EFFECT ON YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED SPONSOR OF YOUR DECISION TO OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION, YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO SO AGAIN. ANY OPT OUT RECEIVED AFTER THE THIRTY (30) DAY TIME PERIOD WILL NOT BE VALID.
Notwithstanding any provision in these Official Rules to the contrary, the parties agree that if we make future changes to this arbitration provision, except for changes to the Notice address, you may reject such changes by sending us written notice within thirty (30) days of the change to Sponsor, 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 100, Costa Mesa, California 92626 ATTN: El Pollo Loco Legal Department. This is not an opt-out of arbitration altogether. By rejecting any future changes you are agreeing that you will arbitrate any Dispute in accordance with the language of this provision.
WE BOTH AGREE THAT, WHETHER ANY CLAIM IS IN ARBITRATION OR IN COURT, YOU AND SPONSOR BOTH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL INVOLVING ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN US TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
In no event shall any claim, action or proceeding by you related in any way to these Official Rules be instituted more than one (1) year after the cause of action arose to the fullest extent permitted by law. CHOICE OF LAW: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant and Sponsor and Released Parties in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of California, USA, without regard to conflicts of laws principles with jurisdiction and venue in the local, state, and federal courts for Costa Mesa, California.
To obtain the prize winner list, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: El Pollo Loco, Inc., 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 100, Costa Mesa, California 92626; Attn: EL POLLO LOCO® BOWL CUTS SWEEPSTAKES – Winners List. Requests must be received within 90 days of the end of the Sweepstakes Entry Period.
