(Laguna Hills, CA) Aug. 13, 2002 – Del Taco, Inc. today announced it has extended its relationship with creative services shop Big Man Creative for a second year. Big Man will continue to design Del Taco’s popular informational and entertainment based web site.

"Big Man Creative has really helped us stretch beyond the typical corporate look of most restaurant sites," said Tim Hackbardt, vice president of marketing at Del Taco, Inc. "Their creative design has helped us not only provide detailed information to our consumers, but also cutting edge entertainment that puts our brand a notch above our competitors."

"We are very excited to renew our relationship with Del Taco," said Scott Shuford, president Big Man Creative, Inc. "Del Taco is the type of company most web design companies would love to have due to their constant drive to make their site uniquely informative and fun."

Big Man Creative assisted Del Taco this summer with a very unique interactive addition to their site to promote the Macho Summer Sweepstakes. Receiving rave reviews from the on-line community, this site includes out-takes from the Macho Summer Sweepstakes commercials and special webumentaries via a back door promotional URL delkangaroo.com. Big Man Creative is currently developing a similar interactive media based entertainment execution for Del Taco’s launch of their new Fajita Burritos to debut on-line and in-store on August 14th.

About Del Taco
Del Taco is a privately held company that operates, or franchises, more than 400 Mexican quick service restaurants throughout the United States. Del Taco is the second largest Mexican restaurant chain in the United States with individual restaurant sales volumes that exceed all other Mexican quick service competitors. Del Taco features fresh ingredients, made-to-order food, unique Mexican entrees, and an American menu that includes double cheeseburgers, shakes and crinkle cut fries. Del Taco restaurants are designed with a festive interior and drive-thru. For more information visit www.deltaco.com.

About Big Man Creative Inc.
BIG MAN CREATIVE Inc. is a one-stop creative services shop whose purpose is to serve marketing directors and creative consultants through the creation and execution of design for print and the web. Clients include advertising agencies & marketing consultants; entertainment clients (music, film & sports) across the U.S.; and market-leading firms located in Southern California. For more information and portfolios of work, visit the company's web site at bigmancreative.com.