Coco's Bakery Restaurant is a chain of casual dining

Casual dining

This is a list of casual dining restaurant chains around the world, arranged in alphabetical order. A casual dining restaurant is a restaurant that serves moderately-priced food in a casual atmosphere...

 restaurant

Restaurant

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s operating in the Western portion of the United States

United States

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Locations

, the chain operates over 115 restaurants in California

California

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, Arizona

Arizona

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, Nevada

Nevada

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 and Colorado

Colorado

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History

In 1948, The Snack Shop along the Pacific Coast Highway in Corona del Mar, California was purchased by John and Audrey McIntosh. John and Audrey decided to purchase the restaurant after he had worked there for only two weeks. They grew the snack shop concept to many more units and then in 1960 expanded the business into Reuben's in Newport Beach. Then in 1965 expanded the Snack Shop concept to Coco's and the Reuben E. Lee. Ultimately converting all Snack Shops into Coco's. As the name implies, the restaurant features pie

Pie

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s. In 2002, Coco's, along with its sister chain Carrows

Carrows

Carrows is a chain of casual dining restaurants that serve breakfast and lunch/dinner in the western portion of the United States. As of August 16, 2008, the chain operates 89 restaurants in California and 2 in Nevada....

, was purchased by Catalina Restaurant Group, headquartered in Carlsbad, California

Carlsbad, California

-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Carlsbad had a population of 105,328. The population density was 2,693.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Carlsbad was 87,205 White, 1,379 African American, 514 Native American, 7,460 Asian, 198 Pacific Islander, 4,189 from other...

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Competition

In California

California

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, Coco's Bakery/Carrows competes directly with Marie Callender's

Marie Callender's

Marie Callender’s is a restaurant chain with 74 locations in seven western states. One East Side Mario’s restaurant also is part of the chain, a remnant of the period when the chain owned the ESM concept, purchased from Pepsico....

 and Bakers Square

Bakers Square

Bakers Square Restaurant & Pies is a casual dining restaurant chain in the United States. Known for its pies, Bakers Square also offers full breakfast, lunch and dinner menus . It is owned by American Blue Ribbon Holdings...

restaurants.