Tip-Top ''(often referred to as 'Pollo Tip-Top')'' is a national chain of restaurants in
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...
, predominantly selling chicken. It is headquartered in the country's capital city of
franchise
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Claudio Rosales and Lina Lacayo de Rosales started the business, in Nicaragua, in 1959 with the sale of processed crude chicken, a market of which dominated 70% a long time.Pollo Tip Top viene a competir : 28 de febrero 2005 .::. El Diario de Hoy /ref> The first restaurant was opened in 1959 in the center of old Managua"Old Managua" refers to Managua prior to the earthquake in 1972 which destroyed 90% of the city.
Expansion
Pollo Tip Top began its expansion in 2004 due to the creation of its
tax exemption
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. The first were established in the cities of
Estelí
Estelí (), officially Villa de San Antonio de Pavia de Estelí is a city and municipality within the Estelí department. It is the 3rd largest city in Nicaragua due to the high urbanization of its municipality, at 83%, with an urban population of ...
and
Chinandega
Chinandega () is a city and the departmental seat of Chinandega department in Nicaragua. It is also the administrative centre of the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is Nicaragua's 2nd most important city (economy) and 6th largest ...
, in
Nicaragua
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, but their goal for 2005 was to expand into Honduras,
Panama
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Nicaragua
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Matagalpa
Matagalpa () is a city in Nicaragua which is the capital of the department of Matagalpa. The city has a population of 111,258 (2021 estimate),León)
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Chinandega
Chinandega () is a city and the departmental seat of Chinandega department in Nicaragua. It is also the administrative centre of the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is Nicaragua's 2nd most important city (economy) and 6th largest ...
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Bluefields
Bluefields is the capital of the South Caribbean Autonomous Region in Nicaragua. It was also the capital of the former Kingdom of Mosquitia, and later the Zelaya Department, which was divided into North and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regi ...
Estelí
Estelí (), officially Villa de San Antonio de Pavia de Estelí is a city and municipality within the Estelí department. It is the 3rd largest city in Nicaragua due to the high urbanization of its municipality, at 83%, with an urban population of ...
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Juigalpa
Juigalpa () is the municipal seat of Juigalpa Municipality and the capital city of the Chontales Department of Nicaragua. It is located within the municipality of Juigalpa, approximately 140 km east of Managua on Carretera Rama, in the cent ...
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* 1 in Corn island
* 1 in Nueva Segovia
* 1 in Masaya
* 1 in Carazo
*1 in Rivas
*1 in Jinotega