Taco Mayo vs Wahoo's Fish Taco's Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Taco Mayo vs Wahoo's Fish Taco's including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Taco Mayo Franchise
Wahoo's Fish Taco's Franchise
Investment $250,000 - And Up$540,000 - $715,000
Franchise Fee $15,000 - $20,000$25,000 - $30,000
Royalty Fee -5%
Advertising Fee -2% local
Year Founded 1978-
Year Franchised 1980-
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Business Experience Requirements
 
Taco Mayo Franchise
Wahoo's Fish Taco's Franchise
Experience -We prefer applicants who have restaurant experience as well as multi-unit experience. Depending on some other factors, we will consider applicants who have other types of multi-unit retail experience.

Financing Options
 
Taco Mayo Franchise
Wahoo's Fish Taco's Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
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Training & Support
 
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Wahoo's Fish Taco's Franchise
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Expansion Plans
 
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Wahoo's Fish Taco's Franchise
US Expansion --
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Company Overviews

About Taco Mayo

TACO MAYO is a fast-food, Mexican restaurant chain featuring both pleasant inside dining and fast, friendly and efficient drive-thru service. Mexican is one of the "hottest" opportunities in fast food marketing. While the market is saturated with outlets for hamburger, submarine, pizza and other fast-food menus, Taco Mayo offers a unique variety targeted toward a Tex-Mex hungry population.Taco Mayo proudly serves a varied menu of favorites including tacos, burritos, nachos and taco salads created under strict quality control guidelines that require the finest, freshest ingredients.

About Wahoo's Fish Taco's

In 1988, the Wahoo brothers decided to import the fish taco to Orange County, California, and give it a unique twist. They combined the fish taco with their Brazilian favorites and Asian inspired items. The brothers decorated the original restaurant with the donations of near-by surf companies and that's how Wahoo's Fish Taco was born. Wahoo's then quickly developed a loyal and steady following, to where some locals came in daily and servers automatically knew what their customer would order. In 1990, Steve Karfaridis, joined as a partner and the one location in Costa Mesa rapidly developed into multi-locations in Laguna Beach and Huntington Beach. Today you will find over 50 locations of Wahoo's all throughout California and Colorado, including Texas and Hawaii. We are looking for franchisees who have the experience and financial resources to develop an area of at least 3-5 stores.
Wahoo's Fish Taco's initial franchise fee is $35,000 (and just $27,5000 for each additional store)