Del Taco announced today that it has signed a franchise development deal with Supremo Taco, LLC, an affiliate of the 200-unit, Dallas, Tx-based Sun Holdings owned by Guillermo Perales. The multi-unit, multi-area agreement calls for new Del Taco restaurants to be opened in the Dallas area over the next five years.
Since founding the company in 1997, Perales has built Sun Holdings into one of the area’s top restaurant developers with a strong focus on quality operations. Sun Holdings owns and operates more than 200 restaurants including Popeye’s, Burger King Restaurants, Cici’s Pizza and Golden Corral restaurants of which Sun Holdings is the system’s largest franchisee. Sun Holdings is the recipient of the Golden Plate award from Popeye’s for operations excellence.
Perales is the largest Hispanic franchisee in the US and is the 20th largest franchisee operator in the country. He is a recipient of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.