Facts about taco bell

Marco Franco
2 min readJan 9, 2021

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Know some facts about Taco Bell that you probably didn’t know…

>The first Taco Bell restaurant was opened on March 21, 1962 by Glen Bell.

>In 1978 PepsiCo bought Taco Bell from Glen Bell.

>Under the leadership of PepsiCo, Taco Bell became the leading Tex-Mex fast-food chain.

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>80% of Taco Bell restaurants are private franchises.

>There are more than 5,700 Taco Bell restaurants in the United States.

>Taco Bell serves more than 2 billion tacos per year.

>The fast food chain also sells more than one billion burritos a year.

>Taco Bell employs more than 145,000 people worldwide.

>Taco Bell serves tacos, quesadillas, burritos, nachos and other specialties.

>The fast food company uses the meat of at least 500,000 cows per year.

>Every year, Taco Bell uses 294 million pounds (133 million kg) of seasoned meat, 3.7 billion pounds (1.6 million kg) of corn and flour tortillas, and 105 million pounds (47 billion kg) of cheese.

>In its struggle to make Taco Bell a chain for all audiences in the United States, PepsiCo launched its slogan “Think outside the bread,” a reference to the difference between McDonalds’ hamburger bread and Burger King’s tortilla.

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Marco Franco
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Advertiser. 37 years. Living in Portugal. Always curious. Passionate about handicraft, TV, gastronomy, history, curiosities, movies and comic series.