| ChurroMania | |
| Type: | Privately held company |
| Hq Location City: | Miami, Florida |
| Hq Location Country: | United States |
| Owner: | ChurroMania International Holding LLC |
Churromania is an international franchise of churro stores founded by Venezuelan Ariel Acosta-Rubio, his wife Maria Alejandra Bravo, and Miguel Bravo in 1997.[1]
Churromania is owned and operated by ChurroMania International Holding, LLC, and currently has more than 120 franchises in Venezuela, the US and a few other Latin American countries.
Ariel Acosta-Rubio and Maria Alejandra Bravo opened their first churro stand in Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, a city in Venezuela. After experiencing mild success, they set a goal to "take Churromania to each corner of Venezuela and the World."[2]
With the second store open popularity grew across the country and Churromania was able to open 15 more stores in less than a year and a half. Now based in Miami, Florida, Co-founder Acosta-Rubio and his wife Maria Bravo have opened up approximately 120 more stores and started marketing themselves nationally with the inclusion of American-based franchises having the Hispanic market as their main target. The organization began US operations in 2001 in Miami.[3] [4]