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The first restaurant closed in 1986, [15] while the building was saved from demolition November 19, 2015, and was moved 45 miles (72 km) to the Taco Bell Corporate Office at 1 Glen Bell Way in Irvine, California and is currently stored intact on the corporate parking lot premises and known as "Taco Bell Numero Uno".
On June 3, 2003, a Taco Bell manager in Juneau, Alaska received a call from a man who claimed to be working for the company and investigating drug abuse at the restaurant where the manager worked. The manager then picked a 14-year-old female customer, whom he believed to be the suspect, strip-searched the customer and made her perform several ...
On 6 September 2018, Collins Foods announced that it has purchased the franchise rights to Taco Bell in Australia. [21] Collins now has plans to roll out 50 Taco Bell stores across Australia over the next 5 years. [21] As of 22 October 2023, Collins Foods operates 27 Taco Bell restaurants in Australia. [12]
Niccol joined Taco Bell during a time when sales had stagnated. [24] The brand had spent millions of dollars to fight a class action lawsuit regarding the quality of its beef. [ 25 ] While the lawsuit was dismissed, Taco Bell sales dropped 5% in Q2 2011, which the company attributed to damaged consumer perceptions of its food. [ 26 ]
A year later, PepsiCo purchased Taco Bell from founder Glen Bell. [4] In July 1986, R. J. Reynolds sold KFC to PepsiCo [4] to pay off debt from its recent purchase of Nabisco. In 1990, Hot 'n Now was acquired via Taco Bell from William Van Domelen, [5] but the company was sold in 1996. [6] In 1992, PepsiCo acquired California Pizza Kitchen.
It used OpenCity's voice ordering technology, Tori. At the time of the announcement, roughly 45% of the chain's locations have drive-thru lanes. In making this move, the firm was joining other firms in the restaurant industry, like McDonald's, Burger King, and Taco Bell, and it came on top of other uses of artificial intelligence at the chain. [55]
In 2001, the CIW sought a pay raise for tomato pickers in the region and, starting with its Boot the Bell campaign aimed at Yum! subsidiary Taco Bell, began to target the chains with protests, letter writing campaigns, and petitions demanding that the companies purchase tomatoes only from suppliers who agree to the pay increase.
World headquarters of Tyson Foods at 2200 Don Tyson Pkwy, Springdale, Arkansas. John W. Tyson, the founder, was CEO from 1935 until his death in 1967. [73] Don Tyson, CEO and chairman (1967 to 1991). [74] Leland Tollett (1991 until 1998). [75] John H. Tyson (1999 to 2006). [76] Richard L. Bond (2006 until January 7, 2009). His position was ...