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Google's Helpful Self-Driving Car Brings Blind Passenger To Taco Bell
By Mary Beth Quirk on March 29, 2012 12:30 PM
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If Google is handing out cars to take people to get chalupas, sign us up. While testing the company's new self-driving vehicle, Google had the Toyota Prius navigate city streets to take its blind "driver" to Taco Bell, as seen in a video of the test. More »
Daylight Savings Time Ignorance Plus Burrito Rage Equals Spelling Fun At Taco Bell
By Mary Beth Quirk on March 13, 2012 1:00 PM
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We know how it goes — it's 2 a.m., the bar has pushed you out the door and the first thing your mind turns to is where to pick up a little late-night satisfaction. In the form of fast food Mexican, of course. Woe betide the Taco Bell aficionado yearning for a "boreto" who is ignorant not only of how to spell burrito, but of the customs of Daylight Savings Time, then. More »
Doritos Shells Arrive At Taco Bell Restaurants Nationwide Tonight At Midnight
By Mary Beth Quirk on March 8, 2012 3:00 PM
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UPDATE: After further review of when this news was posted and reviewing taco calendars, we realize that the Doritos tacos are actually ALREADY ON SALE. Forgive the confusion, and commence freaking out. More »
Yum Brands CEO Wants To Hug The World, Feed Them Pizza Hut, Taco Bell & KFC
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 27, 2012 12:00 PM
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If the CEO of Yum Brands has anything to say about it, the definition of world cuisine will be comprised of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC. It's great that he wants to feed everyone, but is fast-food really the way to do it? More »
Taco Bell Says Most Of You Really Aren't Winners & Won't Be Getting That PlayStation Vita
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 22, 2012 5:00 PM
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When you're told you're a winner, it's fun to believe it. But in the case of a number of Tco Bell customers who thought they'd scored a free PlayStation Vita, the company is dashing a lot of dreams. Turns out someone gamed the system, apparently tinkering with the site to tell people they'd won when they really hadn't. This, according to Taco Bell. More »
Report Links Taco Bell To 2011 Salmonella Outbreak In 10 States
By Chris Morran on February 2, 2012 2:15 PM
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Last fall, at least 68 people in 10 states fell ill following an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis. In the months since, the Centers for Disease Control have only referred to a possible source of that strain as "Restaurant Chain A," but a new report claims to have confirmed that the anonymous chain is actually Taco Bell. More »
Taco Bell Finally Realizes That Everyone Loves A Burrito In The Morning And Debuts Breakfast Menu
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 26, 2012 10:00 AM
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Even at fancy shmancy brunch places with delicate parchment menus, the breakfasting masses love them a tasty breakfast burrito. It seems Taco Bell has finally put two and two together, as they've debuted a breakfast menu with fast-food Mexican breakfast items to go. More »
Taco Bell Testing New "Cantina Bell" Menu With Actual Fresh Ingredients
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 20, 2012 10:00 AM
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Taco Bell is finally joining the fast food trend of trying to offer something worth eating when it's not 2 a.m. on a Saturday after the beer pong championships. Its new "Cantina Bell" menu will feature fresh ingredients and more upmarket offerings in two test locations starting Jan. 26. More »
Man Accused Of Tossing Molotov Cocktail At Taco Bell For Not Giving Him Enough Meat
By Ben Popken on October 28, 2011 10:00 AM
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There's better ways to lodge a complaint against Taco Bell than by lofting a Molotov cocktail at the drive-thru window, but filling out a suggestion card wasn't the one this incensed Georgia customer chose at 5am. More »
Help Make Our Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items Even Bigger
By Chris Morran on August 19, 2011 12:15 PM
79 Comments
It's been more than four years since we first posted The Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items, in which readers shared their inside scoops on how to score hidden fast food gems like "Naked Chicken" at Popeyes or take advantage of TGIFriday's Five Easy Pieces policy. There have been several requests to update and expand the list, so we're going back to the source: you. More »
Woman Attempts To Sell Her Child For $500 At Taco Bell
By Mary Beth Quirk on July 18, 2011 11:30 AM
100 Comments
It's low-down and despicable enough to try to sell your child, but one woman has taken baby-selling to a new low, after she allegedly tried to unload her newborn for a paltry $500 at a Taco Bell. Of all places! More »
This Is How You Should Quit Your Job At Taco Bell
By Laura Northrup on July 15, 2011 11:45 AM
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The sign, a glorious product of put-upon employee rage, began tearing up the Internet this morning. Apparently, a Taco Bell employee near Buffalo, NY went out in style, changing the sign out front to say, "I QUIT - ADAM / F*** YOU :)" A local television station reports that the now-former employee reached his limit after working twenty-two days straight and being denied a day off for Independence Day. (Yes, NSFW language inside.) More »
Science Confirms In-N-Out Burger Is The Best And McDonald's The Worst
By Chris Morran on June 30, 2011 6:00 AM
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Almost a year ago, our survey-loving siblings at Consumer Reports asked several thousand readers to rate burgers from 18 burger chains and to no one's surprise, McDonald's came in dead last. Not satisfied with merely finding the best and worst beef-on-a-bun, CR decided to go for the super-sized option, rating 53 restaurants in five categories to find which ones provide the best food, service and value to customers. More »
Taco Bell CEO: If Chipotle Is BMW, We're Hyundai
By Chris Morran on June 7, 2011 1:30 PM
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Curiously Australian Taco Bell CEO Greg Creed has no delusions about the product his company sells. Not that he thinks it's bad food, but that that, well... you often get what you pay for when you buy an $.89 taco. And Creed doesn't really worry about competing with Chipotle. More »
Via Full-Page Ad, Taco Bell Asks "Meat Filling" Lawyers For Apology
By Ben Popken on April 22, 2011 10:00 AM
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Taking a victory lap around the tactical retreat by the lawyers who had sued it for its beef not being beefy enough, Taco Bell took out a full-page ad asking the firm to say "sorry." More »
Lawsuit Questioning Beefiness Of Taco Bell Beef Dropped
By Laura Northrup on April 19, 2011 10:00 AM
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The Alabama law firm that filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against Taco Bell regarding the quality and contents of its ground beef—or "taco meat filling"—has voluntarily dropped the suit. The original lawsuit accused Taco Bell of serving ground beef in its "Mexican-inspired" meals that didn't meet the USDA definition of "ground beef." Even before the suit was dropped, Taco Bell was able to turn the suit into a marketing opportunity, describing the contents of that meat filling in detail, and taking out full-page ads thanking the plaintiffs. More »
Taco Bell Testing Shells Made Out From Nacho Cheese Doritos
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 12, 2011 6:28 PM
93 Comments
Shut the front door and hand me a bib and some wet wipes to wipe the flavored dust from my trembling mouth! Word on the street is Taco Bell is taking a logical, tasty step in testing out nacho-flavored Doritos as shells. More »
SWAT Called, Gunman Pissed Over Price Of Taco Bell Burritos
By Ben Popken on March 21, 2011 2:30 PM
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A SWAT team was called in to deal with a gunman who was enraged the price of Taco Bell Beefy Crunch Burritos had risen from their promotional price of $.99 to $1.49. More »
What Exactly Are Those Extra Ingredients In Taco Bell's Ground Beef?
By Chris Morran on February 2, 2011 2:15 PM
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Since the news broke about the lawsuit alleging that Taco Bell's ground beef doesn't meet the USDA's definition of "ground beef," there has been a lot of speculation about exactly what percentage of the taco filling is actually made up of non-meat ingredients. But what's been left out of the discussion is a closer look at what those extra recipe items are doing there. More »
Taco Bell Thanks "Meat Filling" Lawsuit Plaintiffs In Full-Page Ad
By Chris Morran on January 28, 2011 10:15 AM
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The folks at Taco Bell are letting it be known that they're going to put up a very public fight over the recently filed lawsuit alleging that its ground beef doesn't meet USDA standards for being advertised as ground beef. More »
