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'Neon Orange Monstrosity'? Taco Bell Meets Doritos

John Johnson — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:58:34 CST

Americans everywhere can now buy a Taco Bell taco whose shell is made out of Doritos , notes the AP , and a $75 million advertising campaign means the pitch will be hard to avoid. Judging by early reaction, this is either everything that's right or wrong with the nation: Chris Preovolos,...

Woman Plows Car Into Slow Drive-Thru Customer

Kate Schwartz — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:02:15 CST

It's called fast food, people. Or so may have gone the thought process of one Jennifer Lynn Betterly, a Florida woman who had just about enough of waiting in line at the KFC/Taco Bell drive-thru in Largo on Saturday night. And so she did what any hungry diner would do...

Taco Bell: Now for Breakfast

Matt Cantor — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:44:05 CST

Can't wait until lunch for that burrito? Taco Bell's got your back: The fast-food chain is joining competitors in offering breakfast. The launch began today in 800 of its 5,600 restaurants, largely in the western US; if it's a success, the company hopes to take the morning menu nationwide...

Taco Bell Introducing Doritos Taco

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:22:05 CST

If you just can't decide what's better—a Taco Bell taco or a bag of Doritos—now you don't have to. The fast food chain is rolling out its Doritos Locos Tacos in stores around the country, the Huffington Post reports. The tacos, which have a Nacho Cheese Dorito-flavored shell,...

Taco Bell Really Wants Apology

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:25:15 CDT

Apparently, dropping the beef-related lawsuit wasn't quite enough to satisfy Taco Bell. Pat's Papers points to a full-page ad the fast food company took out in today's USA Today , asking for an apology from the law firm that filed the suit. It says, in part, "As for the lawyers who...

Taco Bell 'Beefiness' Lawsuit Dropped

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:25:19 CDT

Those of you hoping to see Taco Bell forced to defend the beefiness of its beef in court will be disappointed: The law firm that filed a class-action lawsuit against the fast food chain has now withdrawn it. The suit looked to force Taco Bell to stop calling its meat...

Taco Bell Burrito Price Hike Leads to ... Texas Shootout

Matt Cantor — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:57:05 CDT

Burrito prices are a touchy subject—at least for one man in San Antonio, who, infuriated by the fact that the seven Beefy Crunch Burritos he ordered would cost not 99 cents each but $1.49 due to a price hike, shot at a store manager with an air gun,...

Senator: My State's Beef Is Beefier Than Taco Bell's

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:42:53 CST

The Taco Bell beef war just won't stop—and now Washington has gotten involved. Sen. Jon Tester yesterday issued a statement pushing his state's meat as superior to the fast food chain's. "When I go to a restaurant, I expect the beef I order to be beef—not 'filler'—and...

Who Cares If It's Beef? Taco Bell Is Delicious

Kevin Spak — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:30:48 CST

Taco Bell has been really , really , really adamant in denying accusations that its taco meat is only 36% beef , insisting that it's actually 88% beef. But they don’t have to defend themselves, as far as Sandra Fish is concerned. “I’d be OK with even less than 88% beef in my...