Taco Bell
Taco Bell Corp.. (English: Taco Bell ) is a system catering chain with headquarters in Irvine, California, their distribution system is based on franchising. Taco Bell specializes in Tex-Mex fast food and at the same time the greatest and most well-known representative of this business concept.
Worldwide, there are currently around 6100 branches of the chain. The vast majority of sites with about 5800 branches located in the United States. Another approximately 280 branches are located in Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Philippines. The turnover in 2005 amounted to about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars. The products include various tacos, burritos and quesadillas.
Taco Bell is as much as the chains Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut to the company Yum! Brands, formerly Tricon Global Restaurants. Taco Bell was in the U.S. for notoriously poor working conditions long in the criticism of leftists and trade unionists. The chain was in this context often jokingly called " Taco Hell" ( Taco Hell).
History
Between 1954 and 1955, Glen Bell opened three Taco Tias, which he later sold to his partner. Then he opened on March 21, 1962 in Downey, California, the first Taco Bell outlet.
The first Taco Bell franchise license in 1964 sold the company in 1969 was known. In 1978 she was sold to PepsiCo, and then spun off along with Pepsi's other fast-food restaurants under the company Tricon Restaurants Globe. In May 2002, Tricon became Yum! Brands.
Media
An allusion to this chain is found in the computer game series Grand Theft Auto, in a restaurant chain named Cluckin ' Bell exists, a mixture of Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken. In the TV series Futurama is, a Taco Bellevue Hospital and in the television series Free for All acquired the character Clay Zeeman wealth by suing Taco Hell for damages. According to their Spanish teacher Taco Bell is the only source for the Spanish language skills of Beavis and Butthead, " and Beavis can not even get that right! " ( In German: Beavis And do not even get the point )
In the movie Kung Pow is with the song Taco Bell, Taco Bell, product placement with Taco Bell, which Master Tang sings in front of him in a scene that parodies the widespread product placement in the media.
In 1995, the rock band Primus sang in her Grammy-nominated song Wynona 's Big Brown Beaver on Taco Bell's Seven Layer Burrito. Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas refers to in her song Glamorous also at Taco Bell. In addition, the band Electric Six mentioned in their song Danger High Voltage chain.
Also, the OSI model is jokingly compared to this seven- Taco Bell burrito.
In the original English version of the movie Demolition Man Taco Bell is the only surviving chain in the franchise wars ( in the German version of Pizza Hut ). Therefore, even the finest restaurants at the time of the events of the film Taco Bell stores.
Distribution outside the U.S.
Germany and Europe
In Germany, Taco Bell stores are located exclusively in the barracks of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force and are thus not reach the public. You are, for example, on the Ramstein Air Base ( KMCC ), Wiesbaden ( Hainerberg Housing ), Schweinfurt ( Ledward Barracks ), Grafenwoehr (Joint Multinational Command Training Center ) and Stuttgart ( Eucom Headquarters Patch Barracks ). There was formerly at Munich a store, but this was closed mid-1980s again. Also in Würzburg ( Leighton Barracks ), there was a branch, which was closed in 2008 as the U.S. forces withdrew from the site.
Outside Germany currently are 18 stores in Europe:
Madrid:
- C. C. Xanadu
- C. C. LA Vaguada
- C. C. Islazul
- Calle de Fuencarral 133, 28010 Madrid
- C. C. Parquesur ( since August 2013)
- C. C. Nassica (since October 2012)
- C. C. La Maquinista (under construction)
Jerez de la Frontera:
- C. C. Luz (since December 2012)
Málaga:
- Shopping center Plaza Mayor (since June 2011)
- Alameda Principal 14, 29005 Málaga ( since mid-Dec 2011)
- Centro Comercial Vialia ( since mid-October 2012)
Essex in London:
- Lakeside Shopping Centre ( Thurrock, Essex )
- Eastgate Shopping Centre ( Basildon, Essex )
Manchester
- Manchester Arndale Centre ( since November 2011)
Limassol:
- ' My- Mall' shopping center
Nicosia:
- The Mall Of Cyprus
Reykjavík
- Þjóðhildarstígur 2, 113 Reykjavík
Hafnarfjörður
- Hjallahraun 15, 220 Hafnarfjörður
The stores in Athens ( Greece) and Cadiz (Spain ) in 2012 and closed again.