Del Taco, eager to get its breakfast business back, introduces breakfast tacos

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Del Taco was looking to get customers back into its restaurants in the morning. So why not upgrade its tacos?

Specifically, the Lake Forest, Calif.-based chain said on Wednesday that it is introducing a new line of breakfast tacos—an increasingly popular item in the restaurant world but one that remains surprisingly rare among fast-food chains.

Del Taco is introducing a line of “Double Cheese Breakfast Tacos” that will range in price from $1 to $1.69. The tacos will feature Queso Blanco and shredded cheddar cheese. It features the $1 Egg and Cheese taco with scrambled eggs and the cheeses on a flour tortilla.

The $1.39 Hashbrowns and Beef taco features Del Taco’s Hashbrown Sticks and seasoned beef along with eggs and cheese. And a $1.69 Hashbrowns and Bacon taco replaces the beef with bacon.

Surprisingly, few big chains have breakfast tacos, at least on a national scale, preferring to wrap their eggs and sausage and…

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