One of the most popular fast food restaurants in America is Taco Bell. While this restarurant may not serve authentic Mexican food, that is perfectly okay with Americans. Americans have come to love the Americanized treats that Taco Bell has sold for the past 40 years. Each year Americans flock to Taco Bell restaurants and spend over $6.2 billion. If you love Taco Bell, you will also love these fun facts.
Fun Facts About Taco Bell #1: First Restaurant Opened in 1962
Glen Bell opened the first Taco Bell restaurant on March 21, 1962. The first franchise was sold in 1964. Another fun fact is that 80% of Taco Bell restaurants are individually owned franchises.
Fun Facts About Taco Bell #2: Employees More Than 143,000 People
Taco Bell has more than 143,000 employees. This includes the employees in the company and individually owned restaurants. Surprisingly enough, this restaurant is a cut above the other fast food restaurants when it comes to their employees. Taco Bell not only offers benefits, but they also help employees to move up in the company.
Fun Facts About Taco Bell #3: Over 2 Billion Tacos Are Served Each Year
Each year Taco Bell sells a lot of food. In fact, they sell 2 billion tacos each year. They also sell 1 billion burritos each year. What is their key to success? Just look at their menu. Not only is their food tasty, but it’s extremely affordable as well.
Fun Facts About Taco Bell #4: A Lot of Meat, Cheese, and Tortillas Are Used Each Year
Another interesting fact is that Taco Bell uses a lot of ingredients each year. In fact, they use 295 million pounds of seasoned meat. They use another 3.8 billion pounds of corn and flour tortillas. They also use 106 billion pounds of cheese! That all adds up to a lot of great Americanized Mexican food.
Fun Facts About Taco Bell #5: 5,800 Restaurants
Taco Bell restaurants can be found in several cities across America. In fact, there are 5,800 restaurants. With all those restaurants, you can be sure that the company makes a lot of money each year.
Fun Facts About Taco Bell #6: A Billion Dollar Company
Each year, Taco Bell brings in billions of dollars. In fact, company owned restaurants make around $1.8 billion each year, while individually owned restaurants bring in another $4.4 billion.
Fun Facts About Taco Bell #7: Acquired By PepsiCo in 1978
In 1978 PepsiCo bought Taco Bell. During this time PepsiCo was busy acquiring several popular restaurants including KFC and Pizza Hut. PepsiCo had big plans for these restaurants, but that wouldn’t happen for almost 25 years.
In 2002 PepsiCo formed YUM! Brands. YUM! Brands is home to not only Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut, but it also home to A&W; All American Food Restaurants and Long John Silvers. This means that you can often find two or more of these restaurants combined into one location, making it the perfect stop for families. Of course, this also means that these restaurants serve Pepsi products.
