(FranchisePick.com franchise blog) FranchisePick.Com pic of the day is from Jameica:
Lenin Contemplates a Burrito.
Taken at a Seattle Taco Del Mar.
Taco Del Mar is a Seattle-based fast food mexican concept in the tradition of Chipotle
FranchisePick.com status: Controversial.
Fast Facts: Taco Del Mar was founded in 1992 and now numbers more than 270 stores nationwide. Opening a Taco Del Mar requires an investment between $150,000 and $250,000, he said. Franchisees receive 17 days of training and help with site selection. The company charges a $23,000 fee for the first franchise and $15 for all additional locations. Franchisees …read more

(FranchisePick.Com) What began as the dream of owning a thriving fast food franchise restaurant has ended in bizarre story of arson & suicide, leaving a retail area in ruins, one man badly burned and facing charges, a franchise owner dead by her own hand, a husband without his wife or business, and three children without a mother.
According to The Province:
The [Taco Del Mar] fast-food, taco-and-burrito outlet exploded Feb. 13. The blast at 686 West Broadway also destroyed an adjacent Starbucks, damaged other nearby businesses, blew debris across the six-lane roadway and sent shattered glass flying hundreds of metres.”It …read more