OTHER NEWS - June 23, 1993

Ray Perry Joins El Pollo Loco as Chief Operating Officer: Perry, 51, formerly executive vice president of Carl Karcher Enterprises and, more recently, president of a coffeehouse chain, started work June 1 for the chain of Mexican-style chicken take-out restaurants at its Irvine headquarters, the company announced. He also became senior vice president of its parent company, Flagstar Companies Inc., in Spartanburg, S.C. He succeeds James M. Verney, who resigned from both posts in December. El Pollo Loco has 210 units, most of them in the Southwest.