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The ingredients for successful limited-time offers can be as varied as the ingredients that actually go into them. Compare Arby's sous vide duck sandwich with Taco Bell's Nacho Fries and [...]

One of the biggest themes to emerge from this year's Top 500 ranking is the continued slowdown of chain growth. Aggregate sales from the Top 500 chains rose just 3.1% [...]

TOP 250 THE RANKING RANKED BY 2017 U.S. SALES, THIS LIST OF THE 250 LEADING CHAINS OFFERS A SNAPSHOT OF TECHNOMIC'S TOP 500 CHAIN RESTAURANT REPORT, PROVIDING A BIG-PICTURE VIEW [...]

THERE'S NO DENYING THAT 2016 WAS A ROUGH YEAR FOR CHAIN RESTAURANTS. Same-store sales slowed, hitting full service especially hard. Fast casual's sales growth fell below 10% for the first [...]

RANKED BY 2015 U.S. SALES, this list of the 250 leading chains offers a snapshot of the Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. It provides both a big-picture view of [...]

Plant-based burgers made big news last year, with Burger King, White Castle, Denny's and Carl's Jr. among the Top 500 chains adding them to the menu in 2019. But branded [...]

The restaurant industry's wealth is increasingly concentrated at the very top. The largest chains grew more dominant in 2019. They used their size to flood marketing and social media feeds [...]

Limited-service chains grew sales 5% in 2019, improving on the prior year by more than a whole percentage point. Both quick-service and fast-casual chains did well as they continued to [...]

Annual salary for Taco Bell managers, being tested in select Midwest markets. It's the latest attempt by restaurant chains to fill key positions as the labor crunch [...]

The article provides information on alternative models for restaurant operations in limited service space including pricing and marketing. Topics discussed include investment made in forward technology by burger giant McDonald's Corp. and reinventing service capabilities, pick up mobile orders, and table-service initiative.

At Starbucks, artificial intelligence helps with labor scheduling. Taco Bell is using AI in its in-store kiosks to suggest certain items; McDonald's is doing the same at its drive-thru boards. [...]

The article offers information on Greg Flynn, the founder and chief executive officer of Flynn Restaurant Group (FRG) LP, who has been awarded as the 2016 Restaurant Leader of the Year. Topics mentioned include the company's state-and-federal structure, its corporate entrepreneurship and major industries such as Taco Bells, Paneras and Applebees.

The article evaluated the mobile application from Taco Bell Corp.

As more states legalize the recreational use of marijuana, a new study suggests restaurants should target the mellowed indulgers in those areas, and quickly. In legalized-pot markets, more than 40% [...]

As LSRs battle it out at breakfast, they're pulling no punches when it comes to innovation. Taco Bell's Naked Breakfast Taco spring LTO used a fried egg as a 'shell' [...]

The article focuses on the ideas adopted by the restaurants across the U.S. to create good ambience for their customers. It informs that Taco Bell Corp. has created three-dimensional (3-D) Quick Response (QR) codes made from lemons and avocados. It further mentions that the company StearClear has started using rolling out, a one-touch smart phone application service, from which drinkers and their cars reach home safely.

The article focuses on the Social Media Index which indicates the strategies of restaurant operators to engage in online social networking such as Facebook and Twitter to keep good relationship with their customers in the U.S. It points out that more customers embrace Facebook compared to Twitter in following the social media activity of Starbucks Corp., McDonald's Corp., and Taco Bell Corp. A chart that lists the 50 operators with the highest scores in the Social Media Index is also presented.

Taco Bell's experiment with an energy surcharge has been scrapped after two days. The chain had tacked a 10-15[cts.] fee onto the guest checks of some Southern California units to [...]

Taco Bell's new Grilled Stuffed Burrito, a big part of the chain's strategy to reverse sliding sales, requires almost twice as much prep time as any other Taco Bell item, [...]

TACO BELL'S franchisee situation and Mad Cow Disease weren't on the program at COEX, but they were on the minds of the attendees who filled the halls of the Paris [...]

FORMER TACO BELL chief John Martin has left Diedrich Coffee, the upstart chain he planned to guide to national prominence. Martin, who took over as chairman of Diedrich in 1997, [...]

Despite the inability of many Taco Bell units to meet their royalty fees, the home office is rolling out a new $5,000 grill to broaden the troubled chain's menu. The [...]

The evidence is irrefutable: After a decent start to the year, restaurants are having a tough time luring customers and getting them to spend. The latest earning reports have brought [...]

Taco Bell of Irvine, CA, remains the leader in the Mexican quickservice segment with 6,760 units in the US as well as about 200 other units in foreign markets. In contrast, Taco Bell's largest competitor Taco John has 469 units only. Louisville, KY-based Tricon Global, the company created following Taco Bell's spin off from PepsiCo., reported a stronger-than-expected financial position for its second quarter ended Jun. 13, 1998. Taco Bell's average systemwide sales in the US amounted to $4.7 billion in 1996.

Taco Bell, the largest operator in the Mexican food concept with about 6,760 units in the US, reported gains of 3% in same-store sales for its 1998 second-quarter ended Jun. 13, 1998. Customer demand in Mexican cuisine in both the quickservice and casual-dining category is bullish with new restaurant upgrades among many operators. Casual Mexican, a sector with good consumer appeal and strong fundamental growth potential, is largely underpenetrated with lots of room for new openings, according to experts. Rio Bravo and Don Pablo's are some of the modern Mexican casual concepts experimenting with updated menu concepts.

Offers information on John Martin of Taco Bell, a fast food chain company. Duties of Martin as the company's chief executive officer; Positions held; Contributions to the company; Foodservice expertise brought to his projects.

Focuses on the potential for restaurants and fastfood chains specializing in Mexican food. Challenge for upscale chains; Implications for Taco Bell; Information on Del Taco.

Focuses on the role of John Antioco as president and chief executive officer of Taco Bell Corp. Career history; Achievements; Turning to higher fat products.

Features the comeback of T.J. Cinnamons from its financial problems. Stock offering in May 1994; Management under chief executive officer Charles Loccisano; Assistance from H.J. Heinz, ARA Services and Taco Bell; Background of the takeover by Loccisano; Features of the comeback strategy.

The article reports on the several factors that consumers are looking in limited-time offers (LTO) in the food industry including food photography, unique ingredients, and price. Topics mentioned include the importance of advertising materials on social media for the food industry, the LTO by fast food restaurant company Taco Bell Corp., and the importance of flavors combination in LTO.

The article focuses on the launch of Cantina concept wine bars from fast food restaurant company Taco Bell which has opened in Chicago, Illinois and San Francisco, California in September 2015. Cantina is offering alcoholic slushies, sangria and wine to capture the interest of millennial consumers. It also aims to increase the company's profits and total sales which has declined in 2012.

The article provides information on Green Market Report, according to which legal marijuana buyers visits some of the big restaurant chains which include McDonald's Corp., Taco Bell Corp., and Wendy's Co.

members.aol.com/zeoranger7/tacobell.html Welcome to the Taco Bell Love Page, created by a 'freak who likes their food.' This page is crude, not too much to look at, and vulgar at times. [...]

Some of the best World Wide Web sites promoting restaurant chains have been created by the customers themselves. Lisa Ann Bublitz, a former Burger King Corp. restaurant staffer, has built a promotional Web site adulating Burger King products. An unofficial Wendy's International Inc. site was built by Louis and Ish, who have vowed to eat at as many Wendy's franchises as they can. A group of 12 students from the Rochester Institute of Technology have set up the Taco Bell Net to complement Taco Bell Corp.'s lack of an official Web site., Employee Relations Burger King doesn't have an official Web page, but a former staffer has set up her own page to sing the chain's praises as an employer. Although plenty [...]

The article offers information on the prefab box design of fast-food restaurant owned by Taco Bell Corp., made of shipping containers and sustainable building concept located in South Gate, California.

The article offers information on the Taco Bell's Naked Lumpia Chalupa from fast food restaurant company Taco Bell Corp.

The article discusses restaurant Taco Bell Corp. business resolution to increase its annual turnover to 14 billion dollars as announced by chief executive officer (CEO) Greg Creed at the Restaurant Leadership Conference. It states about the success in its food item Doritos Lacos Cocos and idea of including new flavors in dishes for much better business. It also discusses the upgrading of Cantina bell food menu that would include dishes of steak fresh and premium ingredients.

The article discusses the use of application software (apps) by restaurant chains, focusing on their approaches toward the development of their apps. Topics include Taco Bell Corp., John Hartis of restaurant firm Which Wich, the in-house capabilities and design and features of apps. Jenna Keith-Birney of Taco Bell discusses the development of the app focusing on white label and customized build apps.

The article discusses the best practices behind the sales of top-performing brands in the restaurant sector. Chief marketing officer (CMO) Doug Koegeboehn of fast food restaurant Wienerschnitzel, suggests thinking like a startup and breaking the traditional quick service restaurant (QSR) mentality. Best practices of chains including McDonald's Corp., Taco Bell Corp., and Yum Brands include breakfast offerings, redesigning the brand to stay relevant, and well-executed limited-time offers (LTOs).

The article offers news briefs as of January 1, 2016 on topics including launch of Boss Nachos dish by fast food restaurant company Taco Bell, creation of employee-growth by restaurateur Danny Meyer and increased percentage of foodies in the U.S. who consider restaurants for food.

The article offers information on a smartphone application from Taco Bell.

The article discusses an increase in trends related to food habits in the U.S. as of December 1, 2013. It states that the sale of Mexican food by the chain of fast-food restaurants Taco Bell Corp. is having an impact on customers. It highlights the decision taken by the Balthazar restaurant in New York City to remove bathroom attendants from the restaurant and its impact on its business.

The article focuses on present trends in restaurants of the U.S. It mentions that 16 percent of workers in quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are teenagers and states the plans of fast-food restaurant chains Wendy's Co. and Taco Bell Corp. to offer discounted meals. It also informs about decline in the trend of cocktail garnishes and fried rice balls.

The article presents a comparison of the Stripes Chicken Fajita Soft Taco from the company Stripes and the Taco Bell Chicken Soft Taco from Taco Bell Corp.

The article offers the market updates of the restaurants and the restaurant business in the U.S. that includes the addition of the restaurants of Applebee's International Inc. and the price of the foods in the Taco Bell Corp. and the statistics of the noise cause by the diners at Los Angeles, California.

The article presents an interview with Kevin Blair, who is the founder and president of Claddagh Irish Pubs, Solon, Ohio. He'd worked at a restaurant company for three years and believed a concept based on the venerable Irish public house could take hold here. Blair also knew chains after logging time at Taco Bell Corp. when it was part of Pepsico Inc. It wasn't so much about his background as about his passion and desire.

The article cites that parent of Taco Bell Inc. and Pizza Hut Inc. is shopping for another concept, this time strictly for foreign consumption. Yum! Brands Inc., which already has six fast-food brands in its stable, wants a seventh to develop principally in China, its most important foreign market. Yum! is developing KFG and Pizza Hut in China, having kept Taco Bell virtually out of that country in its fast-food form. It is testing Long John Silver's and A & W there, and is experimenting with a Chinese brand of its own development, called East Dawning, according to CEO David Novak.

Yum! Brands Inc. said it would appeal a jury's finding that the company had stolen the idea for Taco Bell Corp.'s slightly deranged Chihuahua spokes-dog and owed the real originators $30.2 million in rights payments. Yum! indicated at the time that it might take legal action against Taco Bell's former agency, TBDW/Chiat/Day, if the appeal fails. The decision settled a suit filed five years ago by Joseph Shields and Thomas Rinks, who claimed they created a character called Psycho Chihuahua back in 1995. Taco Bell approached them about using it, they said, but no deal was reached. Taco Bell proceeded to use a talking Chihuahua in its advertising for three years.

Reports the brand positioning effort of Taco Bell in Irvine, California. Launch of the Border Bowls entree line; Improvement of food and customer service; Launch of the value program.

Presents news relevant to restaurant businesses in the United States for June 2001. Increase of prices at Jack in the Box Inc.; Introduction of the new Grilled Stuffed Burrito by Taco Bell Corp.