Oct 4 (Reuters) - Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc FRGI.O :
* FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. PROVIDES UPDATE ON POLLO
TROPICAL
RESTAURANTS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE IAN
* FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP INC - OWNS, OPERATES AND
FRANCHISES 137
POLLO TROPICAL RESTAURANTS ACROSS STATE OF FLORIDA
* FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP INC - NO SERIOUS INJURIES TO POLLO
TROPICAL TEAM MEMBERS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM HURRICANE IAN
IMPACT
* FIESTA RESTAURANT - FROM SEPT 29 THROUGH OCTO 3, A TOTAL
OF 38
RESTAURANTS IN HARDEST HIT MARKETS OF FT. MYERS, NAPLES, ORLANDO
AND TAMPA WERE CLOSED
* FIESTA RESTAURANT - SELECT POLLO TROPICAL RESTAURANTS IN
IAN'S
PATH WERE CLOSED EARLY ON SEPT 27, ALL POLLO TROPICAL
RESTAURANTS WERE CLOSED ON SEPT 28
* FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP INC - NO SIGNIFICANT FACILITIES
DAMAGE
OCCURRED TO COMPANY-OWNED RESTAURANTS AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE
IAN STORM
* FIESTA RESTAURANT - THERE WAS INVENTORY LOSS AT A NUMBER
OF
LOCATIONS DUE TO POWER OUTAGES FROM IAN, EXACT EXTENT OF WHICH
IS STILL BEING QUANTIFIED
* FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP INC - POLLO TROPICAL RESTAURANTS
IN
SOUTH FLORIDA MARKETS WERE GENERALLY UNAFFECTED BY HURRICANE IAN
* FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP INC - POLLO TROPICAL RESTAURANTS
IN
SOUTH FLORIDA MARKETS HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER NORMAL
CONDITIONS SINCE SEPTEMBER 30
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