La Bamba vs Wahoo's Fish Taco's Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of La Bamba 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
 
La Bamba Franchise
Wahoo's Fish Taco's Franchise
Investment $187,000 - $335,833$540,000 - $715,000
Franchise Fee $30,000$25,000 - $30,000
Royalty Fee -5%
Advertising Fee -2% local
Year Founded 1987-
Year Franchised 1989-
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Business Experience Requirements
 
La Bamba 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
 
La Bamba Franchise
Wahoo's Fish Taco's Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
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Training & Support
 
La Bamba Franchise
Wahoo's Fish Taco's Franchise
Training --
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Expansion Plans
 
La Bamba Franchise
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US Expansion --
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Company Overviews

About La Bamba

La Bamba Mexican Restaurants Group is a chain of 20+ concept-based Mexican "fast casual" restaurants serving both college towns and big cities, primarily in the Midwest. With a catchy "Burritos as big as your head" slogan, La Bamba features cooked-to-order Mexican meals in the $6-$7 range as well as a selection of Value Meals. The food is delicious and truly authentic Mexican, the portions are large and the service is quick. Our restaurants are all decorated with a bright, Mexican theme in red, white and green that helps to create a welcoming and relaxed atmosphere. The restaurants begin serving lunch at 11:00 a.m. and stay open late at night to cater to the "after bar-closing"crowd.

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)