--- title: "SoCal Food Group Adds Refranchised Del Taco Restaurants To Its Portfolio" url: https://burnaze.com/article/073d087c-e2a9-42c1-85ac-5aeaf1c3b272 source: "Franchising.com" original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/socal_food_group_adds_refranchised_del_taco_restaurants_to_its_portfolio.html author: "Multi-Unit Franchisee" category: "Mexican" industry: "Restaurants" segment: "Mexican" published: 2019-12-26T09:00:00.000Z modified: 2026-11-01T03:03:51.583Z image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/5034_plate.jpg --- # SoCal Food Group Adds Refranchised Del Taco Restaurants To Its Portfolio **TL;DR:** SoCal Food Group has acquired refranchised Del Taco restaurants in the San Diego market and will develop additional locations over the next seven years. Del Taco has refranchised all ten of its company-operated restaurants in the San Diego market as part of its portfolio optimization strategy. *By Multi-Unit Franchisee, originally published in Franchising.com on 2019-12-26. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/socal_food_group_adds_refranchised_del_taco_restaurants_to_its_portfolio.html).* ## Story Del Taco has refranchised all ten of its company-operated restaurants in the San Diego, California market. The new deal is with SoCal Food Group, headed by Omar Boukai and the Boukai family, a company with extensive food service and real estate experience. Under terms of the agreement, SoCal Food Group will also develop as many as 21 additional Del Taco restaurants over the next seven years, primarily in the San Diego market. SoCal Food Group is experienced in the quick-service restaurant industry where the company currently operates 50 restaurants in two other QSR concepts. "We welcome them to the Del Taco system and are confident that they will be great partners in operating these ten San Diego restaurants and developing up to 21 additional restaurants," said John D. Cappasola, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Del Taco. In a statement, Del Taco said it had been executing a portfolio optimization strategy to help stimulate new franchise restaurant growth and to drive operational and financial benefits. The company has now completed the refranchising of restaurants in San Diego, Reno, Nevada, and Los Angeles. - Get Started in Franchising - Franchise Rankings & Awards - Franchise Sales & Development - Featured Franchise Stories Franchising.com is produced by Franchise Update Media. Franchise Update Media has its finger on the pulse of franchising with unrivalled audience intelligence and market driven data. No media company understands the franchise landscape deeper than Franchise Update Media. 1201 New York Avenue NW, Suite 300A Washington, DC 20005 PH. (408) 402-5681 - Franchisee Financing & Lending - Site Selection & Real Estate - Supply Chain & Procurement - Annual Franchise Development Report - Multi-Unit Franchising Conference - Franchise Growth & Marketing Conference - Franchise Leadership & Development Conference - Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine - Franchise Update Magazine - Franchise Update Franchisor Report - Franchising Express Report - International Franchise Report - Multi-Unit Franchisee Report The multi-unit franchise opportunities listed above are not related to or endorsed by Multi-Unit Franchisee or Franchise Update Media Group. We are not engaged in, supporting, or endorsing any specific franchise, business opportunity, company or individual. No statement in this site is to be construed as a recommendation. We encourage prospective franchise buyers to perform extensive due diligence when considering a franchise opportunity. ## Entities - Franchising.com (publication) - Restaurants (sector) - Multi-Unit Franchisee (person) - qsr industry (topic) - restaurant development (topic) - Del Taco (company) - refranchising (topic) - portfolio optimization (topic) - SoCal Food Group acquisition of Del Taco restaurants (deal) --- Originally reported by Multi-Unit Franchisee, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/socal_food_group_adds_refranchised_del_taco_restaurants_to_its_portfolio.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/073d087c-e2a9-42c1-85ac-5aeaf1c3b272).