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title: "Del Taco Multi-Unit Franchisee Grows Again"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/be7611e5-7231-4cdc-9333-cf246a5a79de
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/del_taco_multiunit_franchisee_grows_again.html
author: "Kerry Pipes"
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2022-04-27T08:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:20:40.683Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/6721_plate.jpg
---

# Del Taco Multi-Unit Franchisee Grows Again

**TL;DR:** Del Taco multi-unit franchisee Dennis Ekstrom is opening a new restaurant in Tempe, Arizona. Ekstrom's company, Diamondback LLC, operates multiple Del Taco locations in New Mexico and Arizona.

*By Kerry Pipes, originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-04-27. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/del_taco_multiunit_franchisee_grows_again.html).*

## Story

Del Taco multi-unit franchisee Dennis Ekstrom is getting set to open another of the Mexican QSR’s restaurants, this time in Tempe, Arizona. Ekstrom’s Diamondback LLC operates multiple Del Taco locations in New Mexico and another two locations in Arizona. His newest restaurant will be in Tempe just down the street from Arizona State University.

“The Del Taco brand has been so well received in the Phoenix-metro area, so we are thrilled to open up in a new neighborhood, where Tempe residents and our beloved Sun Devils can get all their Del Taco favorites in an even more convenient spot,” said Ekstrom, CEO of Diamondback LLC.

Ekstrom has spent five decades in the restaurant business, has been in franchising for 30 years, and has been a Del Taco franchisee for the last 20 years.

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Originally reported by Kerry Pipes, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/del_taco_multiunit_franchisee_grows_again.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/be7611e5-7231-4cdc-9333-cf246a5a79de).