What are the requirements for a Restaurant Manager designated by the Del Taco franchisee?
Del_Taco Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 5.27.4.3 Restaurant Manager: Franchisee shall designate a Restaurant Manager, subject to approval by Del Taco, and satisfactory completion of Del Taco's training programs, who shall be responsible for the direct oversight and management of the day-to-day operations and personnel at the Restaurant (the "Restaurant Manager").
The Restaurant Manager and the Operating Principal may be the same person, if he/she is qualified to perform both roles and duties, and is approved by Del Taco.
- 5.4.1 Initial Training.
Prior to the opening of the Restaurant, the Franchisee's Principal Trainees, and such other employees of Franchisee who Del Taco shall have the right to approve, shall attend and successfully complete, to Del Taco's satisfaction, the initial training program offered by Del Taco.
In addition, the daily operations of the Restaurant shall be supervised under the active full-time management of the Operating Principal or Restaurant Manager who has successfully completed (to Del Taco's satisfaction) Del Taco's initial training program.
- 5.4.2 Operating Principal and Restaurant Manager.
If the Operating Principal or the Restaurant Manager cease active management of or employment at the Restaurant, Franchisee shall enroll a qualified replacement (who shall be reasonably acceptable to Del Taco) in Del Taco's initial training program not more than thirty (30) days after the cessation of the former person's full-time employment and/or management responsibilities.
The replacement shall attend and successfully complete the basic management training program, to Del Taco's reasonable satisfaction, as soon as it is practical to do so.
Franchisee shall pay Del Taco's then-current training fees and per diem expenses.
- 5.4.5 Continuing Management and Crew Training.
Franchisee at all times shall maintain at least one certified Restaurant Manager in the Restaurant and shall have a combination of nine additional Shift Managers trained and certified by Del Taco for the Restaurant.
If a Restaurant Manager's position becomes vacant, Franchisee shall fill the vacancy within 60 days with a fully-trained and certified Restaurant Manager.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 58–59)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Del Taco's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee must designate a Restaurant Manager who is subject to Del Taco's approval. The Restaurant Manager must satisfactorily complete Del Taco's training programs and is responsible for the direct oversight and management of the day-to-day operations and personnel at the Restaurant.
The Restaurant Manager and the Operating Principal may be the same person if he/she is qualified to perform both roles and duties, and is approved by Del Taco. The franchisee must maintain at least one certified Restaurant Manager in the Restaurant and must fill any vacancy in the Restaurant Manager position within 60 days with a fully-trained and certified Restaurant Manager.
Prior to the Restaurant opening, the Restaurant Manager must attend and successfully complete, to Del Taco's satisfaction, the initial training program offered by Del Taco. If the Restaurant Manager ceases active management of or employment at the Restaurant, the franchisee must enroll a qualified replacement (who shall be reasonably acceptable to Del Taco) in Del Taco's initial training program not more than thirty (30) days after the cessation of the former person's full-time employment and/or management responsibilities. The replacement must attend and successfully complete the basic management training program, to Del Taco's reasonable satisfaction, as soon as it is practical to do so. The franchisee is responsible for paying Del Taco's then-current training fees and per diem expenses for the replacement manager's training.