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title: "QSR: When Franchising Just Doesn’t Work"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/a84a714a-2c72-4c1a-8a3e-beb88fcbffff
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-when-franchising-just-doesnt-work-7347
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
published: 2016-11-04T14:09:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:20:17.848Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/de7c25a342637538f6b45ce393b7dae15100.jpg
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# QSR: When Franchising Just Doesn’t Work

**TL;DR:** Taqueria del Sol closed all franchise locations except one in Nashville due to a focus on pace over quality in their franchising efforts. The company is now focusing on expanding within their own company, opening new locations in Atlanta and Nashville.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-11-04. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-when-franchising-just-doesnt-work-7347).*

## Story

When Atlanta-based Taqueria del Sol began franchising their restaurant, as reported by QSR , they were more focused on pace than on quality. That focus, it turns out, led owners Mike Klank and Eddie Hernandez to close all franchise locations, with the exception of one franchisee in Nashville, who they’ll continue to work with.

“The main thing for us is that the hardest working people in our restaurants are the owners and the GM. And the franchisee didn’t buy into that,” Klank told QSR.

With their sites now focused on expanding within their own company, the fast casual restaurant is gearing up to open new locations in Atlanta and other Nashville locations, which will be run by the Nashville franchisee group they’ve been working with.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Nashville (location)
- quality control (topic)
- franchise closure (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-when-franchising-just-doesnt-work-7347). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a84a714a-2c72-4c1a-8a3e-beb88fcbffff).