| Founded: | 1962 |
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| Franchising Since: | 1964 |
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Taco Bell Corp. ("Taco Bell"), based in Irvine, California, is the nation's leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain. Taco Bell serves tacos, burritos, signature quesadillas, Grilled Stuft Burritos, nachos, and other specialty items such as Crunchwrap Supreme®, in addition to a wide variety of Big Bell Value Menu® items. Taco Bell serves more than 36.8 million consumers each week in nearly 5,600 restaurants in the U.S.
The founder of Taco Bell, Glen Bell, started with a hot dog stand in San Bernardino, California in 1946. After experimenting with alternative food items, he opened three Taco-Tia (his initial attempts were named for his daughter) stands between 1954 and 1955, which he later sold to his partners. He then opened the first Taco Bell in Downey, California on March 21, 1962.
The first Taco Bell franchise was sold in 1964 and the company went public in 1969. In 1978, Bell sold the chain to PepsiCo.
A Message To Our Customers About The FDA Tomato Advisory
At Taco Bell, your safety and well-being is our top priority. So strictly as a precaution, we are temporarily not serving tomatoes.
June 11, 2008 | Read Full Story | Permalink
Bell(R)'s New Frutista Freeze(TM) Perfect Compliment To A Long Hot Summer
With Summer just around the corner, imagine soaking up the sun at the beach on vacation and sipping a refreshing frozen fruit flavored drink.
May 15, 2008 | Read Full Story | Permalink
No More Water Por Favor: Taco Bell® Kitchens To Save 300 Million Gallons Of Water Per Year
Conserving water has never been so easy – or delicious. Taco Bell is rolling out its new Grill-to-Order cooking method by installing water and energy saving electric grills that will conserve 300 million gallons of water per year, the equivalent of.
May 1, 2008 | Read Full Story | Permalink
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