What pre-opening assistance does Del Taco provide (
Del_Taco Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Before you open your business, we will provide the following assistance:
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- Provide a copy of the standard construction package, including plans and specifications, site criteria, and sample site plans. We will also provide you a copy of our specifications for the furniture, fixtures, furnishings, kitchen display systems, equipment, signs and all other property that we may specify for use in the Restaurant. You must adapt those plans and specifications, at your expense, for use at the location selected by you. (Development Agreement, Sections 6 and 7; Franchise Agreement, Section 4.1)
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- We will provide pre-opening training in the Del Taco System, including standards, methods, procedures and techniques, at the times and places we designate for our training programs, together with any additional training and assistance we determine necessary in connection with the opening of your Restaurant, including assistance by our personnel. (Franchise Agreement, Section 4.2). A description of that training appears later in this item. We currently charge no additional fees for those services.
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- We will provide you pre-opening assistance, including assisting you to formulate your initial opening orders for inventory and supplies. (Franchise Agreement, Section 4.3).
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Del Taco's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company offers several forms of pre-opening assistance to new franchisees. Del Taco will provide a copy of the standard construction package, including plans and specifications, site criteria, and sample site plans. They also provide specifications for furniture, fixtures, furnishings, kitchen display systems, equipment, signs and other property. However, the franchisee is responsible for adapting these plans and specifications to their specific location at their own expense.
Del Taco provides pre-opening training in the Del Taco system, covering standards, methods, procedures, and techniques. This training is provided at designated times and locations, and Del Taco may offer additional training and assistance as needed. Del Taco also assists in formulating initial opening orders for inventory and supplies. For the first two Del Taco restaurants that a franchisee or their affiliate opens, Del Taco may provide assistance in training the crew for two weeks before opening.
Del Taco may have a representative present at the restaurant to provide assistance and consultation, with the date and time of this support determined by Del Taco. Franchisees are responsible for reimbursing Del Taco for the representative's travel, meals, and lodging expenses. Del Taco may also assist with pre-opening technical support services, either directly or through an approved third-party vendor, with the franchisee paying the associated fees. Additionally, Del Taco will loan or provide access to its confidential Standard Operating Procedures Manual and other manuals, which may be revised from time to time, and provide merchandising and marketing advice.