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Jack in the Box is confident it can sell the struggling Del Taco

 By Jonathan Maze on May 15, 2025

The company said that a sale is the most likely scenario, based on potential interest. Yet it comes despite continued challenges for Del Taco that have hammered profits.

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In the fast-food Mexican sector, there is Taco Bell, and everyone else

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 25, 2025

The Bottom Line: Jack in the Box’s planned sale of Del Taco highlights the sector’s complexity. Consumers are eating more Mexican. But they’re avoiding fast-food Mexican restaurants. Unless it’s Taco Bell.

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Buyer's remorse is a common affliction among acquiring restaurant companies

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 24, 2025

The Bottom Line: Jack in the Box is selling Del Taco just three years after buying the Mexican fast-food chain. But it’s not the first company to quickly decide to shed an acquisition. And it won’t be the last.

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Jack in the Box is closing restaurants and may sell Del Taco

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 23, 2025

The fast-food restaurant company has hired an advisor to explore strategic alternatives with its Mexican brand just three years after buying the chain. It also plans to close 150 to 200 locations.

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Del Taco puts itself into a Rocky Mountain bind

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 28, 2025

The Bottom Line: The Mexican fast-food chain moved aggressively to terminate an operator just one year after it gave them the right to operate an entire state. And then the lender pulled the plug.

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Jack in the Box surprises, but Del Taco disappoints

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 27, 2025

The fast-food burger chain reported better-than-expected sales results last quarter, but its Mexican sister concept could not say the same thing.

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Del Taco closes all but one of its Colorado locations

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 27, 2025

The franchisee of the Mexican fast-food chain’s 18 locations in Denver and Colorado Springs closed locations following a bankruptcy and a dispute with the franchisor.

Leadership

Jack in the Box CEO Darin Harris resigns

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 24, 2025

Harris is leaving to take a position “outside of the restaurant industry.” CFO Lance Tucker was named interim principal executive officer.

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At Jack in the Box, sales improvement with some California headwinds

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 21, 2024

California’s $20 fast-food wage is costing company restaurants $15 million, and franchisees a lot more. That’s putting a damper on some recent sales improvement.

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California holds some surprises for Jack in the Box

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 07, 2024

Profitability for the burger chain and its sister concept, Del Taco, declined in the quarter, thanks to the state’s fast-food wage. But California was one of the company’s best sales markets.

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