Whether you’re bummed or ecstatic that the Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road in Game 3 of the NBA finals last week, you can get a free taco at Taco Bell on Tuesday. [More]
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Everyone Gets A Free Taco From Taco Bell On Nov. 2
By 10.26.16 — Updated: 10.31.16
Whether you were weeping with joy or sadness after the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago Cubs in Game 1 of the World Series last night, know this: there is a free taco waiting for you a week from now, if you choose to accept it. [More]
Reminder: Free Tacos At Taco Bell Tomorrow Because The Home Team Lost During NBA Finals
By 6.20.16 — Updated: 6.12.17
Whether you’re a Golden State Warriors fan in need of cheering up or a Cleveland Cavaliers fan looking to celebrate your team’s championship win last night: there will be free tacos at Taco Bell on Tuesday. [More]
Taco Bell Will Give Away Free Tacos If Away Team Wins During NBA Finals
By 5.26.16
If your team loses during the upcoming NBA championship finals it’s going to be painful, but if they lose to the visiting team, it might hurt less if you’re also a fan of free food: Taco Bell will be giving away Doritos Locos Tacos for its “Steal a Game, Steal a Taco” promotion — but only if the away team wins. [More]
Here Come Spicy Chicken Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos
By 5.7.14
Do you find the Doritos Locos Taco intriguing, but don’t care for beef (or Taco Bell’s version of beef)? Great news for you: tomorrow, the chain introduces a new member of the DLT family: Spicy Chicken Cool Ranch tacos. It’s exactly what it sounds like, and the “spice” in the name comes from a spicy ranch sauce. Spicy ranch? [More]
So Who Actually Came Up With The Idea Of The Dorito-Shell Taco?
By 12.13.13
The answer to the question posed in the headline is probably “every somewhat buzzed college kid in the last 30 years,” but while many of us likely pondered the combination of tacos and Doritos, we all somehow failed to get around to pitching the idea to Taco Bell. And though the recently departed Todd Mills has been credited with pushing the company to make this dream a reality, a writing instructor at the University of Chicago claims he was part of the first group to actually pitch the notion to Taco Bell — in 1995. [More]
Man Who Spearheaded Effort To Put Tacos In Shells Made Of Doritos Has Passed Away
By 12.3.13
Admit it: You’ve probably seen a product hit the big time and thought, “I came up with that first!” Whether or not you’ve ever eaten a Doritos Locos Taco and enjoyed it or not, the man who started the push for tacos to be served in Doritos got to participate in seeing his dream become reality. Sadly, Todd Mills’ family says he passed away on Thanksgiving at the age of 41. [More]
Are Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos Designed To Keep You Unsatisfied?
By 10.2.13
Whenever I’m sitting covered in orange dust up to my wrists, empty bags strewn about me and a lingering sensation that something just happened, I wonder what it is that makes the Nacho Cheese flavor of Doritos so alluring to many people. It’s science, of course, and it’s also why the partnership with Taco Bell for Doritos Locos Tacos has seen success, sales-wise: Those powdered cheese shells and fatty fillings are designed to leave you wanting more. [More]
Taco Bell Makes Whiny Canadian Customers Eat Their Words Upon Arrival Of Doritos Locos Tacos
By 8.28.13
Any time I’ve been forced to eat my words it’s been a pride-swallowing experience, to be sure, but without anything actually delicious or food-like to ingest. Maybe that’s what makes this Taco Bell campaign in Canada so interesting — turning the tables on whiney customers who bemoaned the lack of Doritos Locos Tacos Up North by having them actually eat their own tweeted, cranky words, emblazoned on said tacos. [More]
7 Things We Learned About The History Of The Doritos Locos Taco
By 5.1.13
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]
Snack Food World Collapses In Upon Itself As Doritos Announces Doritos Locos Tacos Doritos
By 3.26.13
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 3.6.13
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 3.5.13
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]
It’s Finally Happening: Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos Will Arrive At Taco Bell On March 7
By 2.13.13
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]
Taco Bell Drops Huge Hint That Cool Ranch Doritos Taco Is To Become A Real Thing You Can Buy
By 1.3.13
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 Uses Alaska Town’s Love Of The Chain For New Ad Campaign
By 7.11.12
There isn’t an ad agency in the world who could dream up a more perfect real-life setting for a feel-good ad campaign than what went down in Bethel, Alaska. Which is why we’re totally unsurprised that Taco Bell has whipped up a new ad featuring the little town that was tricked by fake news of a getting a Taco Bell, only to have the restaurant airlift in 10,000 Doritos Locos tacos. [More]
