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As Private Equity Scales Up Small Restaurants, Customers Push Back

Deep-pocketed investment groups are giving mom-and-pop food businesses a shot at big success. But many of their regulars are speaking out against those deals.

© Emon Hassan for The New York Times

After the acquisition, Los Tacos reassured frustrated customers that little about how the stores looked or operated was going to change.
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