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Taco Del Mar is the fresh, fast and fun alternative to traditional Mexican food, serving mondo burritos and ripping fish tacos with a friendly, relaxed Baja style. Headquartered in Seattle, TDM has multiple locations throughout the West, Mid-west and Canada ... and we're opening new stores every week!
We feature large, hand-rolled burritos and fish tacos, made to order with the freshest, healthiest ingredients ... just the way you want them. Our service is fast, our people are enthusiastic, our store environments are inspired by beach culture and we're growing, growing, growing.
So grab your surfboard, let's head out and catch the next wave together. It's a real possibility when you hook up with one of America's hottest concepts, Taco Del Mar.
Taco Del Mar opened on June 8, 1992 on Pier 57 in Seattle's historic waterfront district. The inspiration for Taco Del Mar was the funky shoreline shacks that dotted the Southern California and Baja beaches, feeding big burritos and fish tacos to the hungry surfers and beach crowd. There was something about the food that was incredibly real, fresh, fast, flavorful and very filling.
Before long, a second Seattle store opened and, soon, word began to spread about a "mondo" style of tacos and burritos that were fresh, fast and filling. By the time the third store opened, TDM was well on its way to becoming a Northwest landmark. Today, this company that started with $22,000 in startup capital (from family and friends) is approaching $40 million in annual system-wide sales.
Our goal at Taco Del Mar is to be the best, most innovative quick-serve food company on the planet. If there's a part of the planet you'd like to bring this enlightenment to, we look forward to hearing from you.
Taco Del Mar knows that our success is entirely a matter of having succesful franchisees create great successes. We have built our organization in order to develop positive and profitable relationships with our franchisees.
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1. What training and ongoing support do you provide?
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2. What is the total initial investment, and did actual startup costs match the estimates in Item 7 of the FDD?
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3. How do royalties and local/national marketing fees impact profitability?
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4. What are the common challenges new franchisees face, and how do you help them overcome them?
Transparent franchisors will openly discuss real hurdles like local competition, tight labor markets, or supply chain bottlenecks, and show you the exact playbook or field support they offer to solve them as well as allowing you to speak with other franchisees.
5. How many franchise locations have closed or left the system in the past few years, and why?
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