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CIK: 1534992 Ticker: FRGI

Exhibit 99.1

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Investor Relations Contact:
Raphael Gross
203-682-8253
investors@frgi.com


Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 2022 Results
Fourth Quarter 2022 Comparable Restaurant Sales Growth of 11.0% vs. Fourth Quarter 2021
January 2023 Comparable Restaurant Sales Growth of 10.2% and Positive Comparable Transaction Growth vs. January 2022

DALLAS, Texas – (Business Wire) – March 2, 2023 - Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. ("Fiesta" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: FRGI), parent company of the Pollo Tropical® restaurant brand, today reported results for the 13-week fourth quarter, which ended on January 1, 2023, and provided a business update related to current operations.
Fiesta Interim Chief Executive Officer Dirk Montgomery said, "During the fourth quarter, we continued the double-digit comparable restaurant sales momentum from the third quarter with improved margins while continuing to make progress on the key priorities we communicated previously, including ongoing increases in operations staffing levels and tangible headway on G&A expense reduction."

Montgomery added, "As discussed in prior quarters, we are intensely focused on transaction growth. We are pleased that the decline in year-over-year comparable transactions, which had slowed in previous quarters and reached -2.4% in December, turned positive to modest year-over-year transaction growth at the start of 2023, and further improved in fiscal February month-to-date. In addition, early 2023 transaction momentum has been strong in our key South Florida markets, which are generating positive transaction growth in 2023 vs. 2022 year-to-date."

Montgomery added, "Fourth quarter 2022 loss from operations was $4.4 million and (4.5%) of restaurant sales compared to a loss from operations in the fourth quarter 2021 of $7.1 million and (8.0%) of restaurant sales. The decrease in loss from operations was primarily driven by increased revenue partially offset by increased commodity costs and restaurant operating expenses."

Montgomery further commented, "Similar to the third quarter 2022, we generated continued year-over-year growth in Restaurant-level Operating Profit(1) a non-GAAP financial measure, driven by our comparable sales growth and targeted margin improvement actions. Restaurant-level Operating Profit Margins of 16.2% improved vs. third quarter 2022 restaurant-level operating margins of 14.1% and vs. fourth quarter 2021 restaurant-level operating margins of 14.3%. Pricing originally targeted for December 2022 was deferred to allow us to obtain additional marketing insights and competitive benchmarks that support selective pricing action that will now be taken in March 2023. This year we are targeting restaurant-level operating margins of 18% on a run rate basis through the combination of continuing transaction growth and pricing."

Montgomery added, "After transitioning to the interim CEO role in December, I moved quickly to ensure that we maintained momentum while sharpening our focus on operations excellence and the opportunities that we believe will have the biggest impact on transaction growth and margin expansion. We have developed four key themes to guide our revised strategic focus - all still aimed at growing traffic and improving margins but with a more focused and disciplined approach: 1) Building operations excellence; 2) Creating a great guest experience across all channels; 3) Enhancing the Pollo Tropical brand; and 4) Developing great teams."

Montgomery further commented, "We also continued our ongoing progress during the fourth quarter on two other key strategic initiatives. Our refresh/remodel program is generating a consistent sales lift(2) in comparison to Pollo Tropical local market unit restaurant sales trends, and we completed 32 refreshes and remodels through the end of the fourth quarter. In addition, we are realizing G&A efficiencies through the implementation of a number of initiatives including accounting outsourcing and downsizing of the Dallas office completed in February 2023 and service vendor renegotiations. Those initiatives are expected to meaningfully contribute toward our target of reducing our G&A expense run rate to 8.5% to 9.0% of restaurant sales."

Montgomery concluded, "Our leadership team looks forward to building on the momentum we established in 2022. Going forward, we expect our more focused approach to accelerate ongoing traffic growth across all channels while we also take action to improve margins."
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The following information was filed by Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. (FRGI) on Thursday, March 2, 2023 as an 8K 2.02 statement, which is an earnings press release pertaining to results of operations and financial condition. It may be helpful to assess the quality of management by comparing the information in the press release to the information in the accompanying 10-K Annual Report statement of earnings and operation as management may choose to highlight particular information in the press release.

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Ticker: FRGI
CIK: 1534992
Form Type: 10-K Annual Report
Accession Number: 0001534992-23-000015
Submitted to the SEC: Thu Mar 02 2023 8:21:20 PM EST
Accepted by the SEC: Fri Mar 03 2023
Period: Sunday, January 1, 2023
Industry: Retail Eating Places

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