We here at Consumerist often get love letters and jewelry from admirers (Well, maybe not that often… or ever), but we have yet to be wooed with handwritten letters of affection and branded rings provided by a large fast food chain. [More]
Taco Bell Sends Bizarre Love Letters And Rings To Models, Actresses
By May 21, 2013
Prisoner Sues Taco Bell For Allegedly Stealing His Idea For Doritos Locos Tacos
By May 16, 2013
We’ve all had that moment: You’re watching TV late at night and see a commercial for a product that you swear, and will tell anyone who asks (or doesn’t), that you came up with first. They stole it! You might scream at the TV, startling the cat. One man currently incarcerated in a super-max federal prison in Colorado is taking his outrage a step further, and suing Taco Bell for allegedly swiping his idea for Doritos Locos Tacos. [More]
Is The “Waffle Taco” Really A Taco, Or Just A Folded Waffle With Stuff In It?
By May 15, 2013
Earlier this week, Taco Bell did what it does best — got attention from hungry Internet users — when it was confirmed that the fast food chain was testing a Waffle Taco in California. But one intrepid reporter tried the experimental eats and is now questioning the entire idea what it means to be a taco. [More]
Taco Bell Asks “Why Not?”, Tests Waffle-Shelled Taco
By May 13, 2013
Taco Bell is either onto something brilliant here or they’ve been snorting lines of powdered nacho cheese. Regardless of the company’s inspiration, it is now apparently testing out a taco shell made out of waffles, because it can and what are you going to do about it? [More]
Taco Bell Returns To Doing What It Does Best With New “$1 Cravings” Value Menu
By May 3, 2013
After dipping its toes in the “Look, we offer healthy stuff, too!” waters with its Cantina Bell menu offerings, Taco Bell is now going back to doing what we all know it does best — selling cheap fast food that’s easy to eat to people who just want cheap fast food that’s easy to eat. The company has been testing its $1 Cravings value menu to replace its tiered “Why Pay More” idea, and will roll the $1 prices out nationally soon(ish). [More]
Study: Nearly Half Of U.S. Consumers Went To McDonald’s In March
By May 2, 2013
A new study attempts to determine the businesses that American consumers visit most often. Not surprisingly, the list is dominated by places that sell food; and that McDonald’s was by far the most-visited business in the U.S. [More]
7 Things We Learned About The History Of The Doritos Locos Taco
By May 1, 2013
We’ve been writing about Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Taco for more than two years, since it was just a fast food experiment being tested in small pockets around the country. But we never knew exactly where the idea came from. [More]
Taco Bell Decides That ‘Living Mas’ Shouldn’t Always Make You Fat
By April 11, 2013
Yes, the company that brought you Doritos-shell tacos (in two flavors), the phrases “fourth meal” and “live mas!,” and which will basically shove anything inside of a tortilla and sell it, says it no longer wants to have such a direct impact on customers’ waistlines. [More]
Snack Food World Collapses In Upon Itself As Doritos Announces Doritos Locos Tacos Doritos
By March 26, 2013
It was an inevitability we all secretly knew but refused to openly admit for fear of having to face the inherent existential dilemma it presents, but the fearless folks at Pepsico have decided to mess with the snack-time continuum, announcing the impending release of Doritos Locos Tacos flavored Doritos. [More]
Taco Bell Should Probably Have Told Its Restaurants About Cool Ranch Doritos Taco Going On Sale Early
By March 6, 2013
Telling 9.8 million Facebook fans and 366,000 Twitter followers that you’re going to release a highly anticipated product a day early is good marketing — that is, unless you fail to tell the stores that are supposed to sell this item. [More]
Taco Bell Gives Into Cravings, Will Release Cool Ranch Doritos Taco A Day Early
By March 5, 2013
The new Cool Ranch Doritos Taco Loco wasn’t supposed to start funking up the breath of American consumers until Thursday, but it looks like the folks at the Bell decided there was no point in waiting that long. [More]
Horsemeat Shows Up In UK Taco Bell Beef; Iceland Discovers Meat Pies Without Meat
By March 1, 2013
If you thought the horsemeat hullabaloo was settling down over there in Europe, you’d be wrong. IKEA was one of the most well-known companies to announce it was investigating its products for contamination, and now it’s been joined by Taco Bell and Bird’s Eye. Will it ever stop? Let’s hope so. [More]
It’s Finally Happening: Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos Will Arrive At Taco Bell On March 7
By February 13, 2013
Ever since nacho cheese flavor of Doritos Locos Tacos became a part of our lives last year, we’ve been tracking the inevitable progress toward the day when a Cool Ranch version would arrive. That day has come, everyone. Or rather, it will be coming on March 7, as the company announced today. [More]
Doritos Planning Taco Bell Chip Flavor: We Get It, You Guys Love Each Other
By January 31, 2013
You know the couple — they start all cute, engage in a little PDA, one of them launches a line of wildly successful tacos using the other’s flavor, and then all of a sudden they’re all over Twitter, gushing at each other in public and making the rest of us cringe. The news of Frito-Lay creating a new chip in a “Taco Bell” flavor is the last straw. Get a room, you guys. And also, what does a Taco Bell taste like? [More]
Taco Bell CEO Makes Everyone’s Day With Doritos: “We’ve Got Cool Ranch. That’s Coming.”
By January 29, 2013
Ever since Taco Bell learned that putting this together with that would result in millions of smiles, with “this” being nacho flavor Doritos and “that” being taco shells, we’ve been waiting and hoping for a Cool Ranch version of the Doritos Locos Taco to show up. We got a hint a few weeks ago and now the company CEO himself has confirmed our greatest (or second greatest) hope and desire. [More]
Taco Bell Pulls Ad That Says Everyone Will Hate You For Bringing Veggies To Gameday Parties
By January 29, 2013
Taco Bell is such a mean girl. At least according to customers who complained that the fast food chain was being way harsh on vegetables and making fun of them for being the most unpopular snack at any gameday party in a new ad. The company decided to pull the ad yesterday after people got up in arms on Twitter for the veggie smackdown. [More]
Taco Bell Drops Huge Hint That Cool Ranch Doritos Taco Is To Become A Real Thing You Can Buy
By January 3, 2013
Are you tired of having to craft your own Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco shell in the privacy of your own kitchen? I can’t be the only one. Regardless, it looks like Taco Bell is prepping to unleash the cooler, ranchier version of its wildly popular food-like item. [More]
Taco Bell, Where The List Of Things They Won’t Put In A Tortilla Is Dwindling Quickly
By November 8, 2012
With some upcoming new menu items, Taco Bell’s curiously Australian President Greg Creed appears to have just turned to his team and said, “Let’s put some stuff that has no business being wrapped in a tortilla and see if people will buy it.” [More]
