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title: "Nation’s Restaurant News: John Cappasola Promoted to CEO of Del Taco"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/3a0f9e4c-06de-4cff-a9b6-dd4c1b9f5523
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-john-cappasola-promoted-to-ceo-of-del-taco-12499
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2017-06-07T14:09:28.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:10:08.621Z
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# Nation’s Restaurant News: John Cappasola Promoted to CEO of Del Taco

**TL;DR:** John Cappasola Jr. will be promoted to CEO of Del Taco, replacing Paul Murphy. Del Taco has had 14 consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth under Murphy's leadership.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-06-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-john-cappasola-promoted-to-ceo-of-del-taco-12499).*

## Story

In a planned succession, Paul Murphy will be stepping down as chief executive officer and John Cappasola Jr. will be promoted to CEO at Del Taco Restaurants Inc., according to a recent Nation's Restaurant News article. Murphy will hand over his leadership responsibilities on July 7 to the current president and chief brand officer.

“John is a dynamic, people-oriented brand leader who understands strategy and driving business results,” said Lawrence Levy, chair of Del Taco’s board.

Del Taco has had 14 consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth in the first quarter of the year with Murphy at the reigns and the company hopes to continue to stay at the top of the quick-service industry with Cappasola in his new role.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- qsr industry (topic)
- Del Taco (company)
- same-store sales growth (topic)
- ceo succession (topic)
- John Cappasola (person)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-john-cappasola-promoted-to-ceo-of-del-taco-12499). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/3a0f9e4c-06de-4cff-a9b6-dd4c1b9f5523).