citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message coco s bakery type subsidiary genre bakeries founded 1948 founder john and audrey mcintosh . headquarters carlsbad california usa area served los angeles parent zensho website www.cocosbakery.com coco s bakery restaurant is a chain of casual dining restaurants operating in the western portion of the united states . as of 2015 update it operates 57 restaurants out of california arizona and nevada . it began as the snack shop in 1948 in corona del mar california and had switched owners multiple times . contents 1 locations 2 history 3 competition 4 references 5 external links locations edit as of 2015 update the chain operates 57 restaurants in california arizona and nevada according to the companies website . history edit 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 pies . after the conversion of the snack shops to coco s location as well the newly expanded reuben s steakhouse franchise that were co located on coco s properties the entire operation was sold to w.r. grace & co. a new york chemical conglomerate as part of its restaurant services division . during this period of grace ownership grace also added local mexican restaurant chain el torito carrows and many others . after years of poor performance w.r grace spun off 145 restaurant locations in a leveraged buyout to restaurant enterprises group a company composed of grace managers . 1 2 in 2002 coco s along with its sister chain carrows was purchased by catalina restaurant group headquartered in carlsbad california . in 2006 catalina restaurant group was bought by japanese company zensho co. ltd. which has operated coco s japan for many years . 3 in 2015 san antonio texas based food management partners acquired carlsbad california based catalina restaurant group inc. parent of the coco s and carrows concepts from zensho co. ltd. . 4 competition edit in california coco s bakery carrows competes directly with denny s norm s polly s pies and marie callender s restaurants . references edit hayes scott . orange county magazine . emmis communications . retrieved 2014 03 07 . horovitz bruce february 12 1986 . w. r. grace will sell 124 units in restaurant group . los angeles times . times mirror corporations . retrieved 2014 03 07 . catalina restaurant group announces merger with zensho america corporation underperforming coco s and carrows restaurants shuttered external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title coco % 27s bakery & oldid 744288684 categories companies based in carlsbad californiaeconomy of the southwestern united statesregional restaurant chains in the united statesfast food chains of the united statesbakeries of the united statesrestaurants established in 1948bakery caf srestaurant franchisesrestaurants in san diego county californiahidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2007all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing potentially dated statements from 2015all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 09 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view