Taco Bell | Page 5

Building a Business

The ‘Smart Slice’ Is Coming: 5 Fast-Food Trends for 2015

From Taco Bell to Dunkin Donuts, fast-food giants are innovating heavily as they look to take a bigger bite of the market.

By Brian Sozzi

Business Branding

Taco Bell’s New Sister Restaurant Apologizes for ‘Communist’ Logo

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

When Eating Out, Your Diet Goes Out the Window

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Taco Bell Reveals Crappy-Looking Dollar Menu Over Snapchat

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Nostalgia-Hungry Millennials Convince Burger King to Bring Back Chicken Fries

Chicken Fries are making a triumphant return at Burger King, two years after being taken off the menu.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Pizza Slips and Breakfast Soars in Yum Brand’s Latest Earnings

Sales at KFC and Taco Bell boosted Yum Brands to a solid second quarter, while Pizza Hut struggled to keep up.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Taco Bell’s New Strategy in the Breakfast Wars: Protein Power

Taco Bell is launching a new low-calorie, high protein menu, and is testing Greek yogurt and other high-protein options as breakfast offerings.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Survey: McDonald’s Has the Worst Burger in America

In the battle of the chain restaurants, Consumer Reports found that customers were sick of many of fast food mega-chains' specialties.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

El Pollo Loco Files to Go Public

The California-based Mexican grilled-chicken franchise, which attempted to go public in 2006, is eyeing a $100 million IPO.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Will Taco Bell’s Latest Mashup Be a Hit?

Taco Bell is rolling out the Quesarito -- a quesadilla burrito combination -- nationwide on June 9.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Taco Bell and KFC’s Parent Company Sees a Future in Vietnamese Sandwiches

Yum Brands is testing a new 'banh mi' concept in Dallas, attempting to capitalize on the growing fast-casual market.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Why Are Franchises Trying So Hard to Be Hip?

7-Eleven has mason jars, TGI Fridays has food trucks and Taco Bell has too many ironic products to name. Here's what's fueling the hipster takeover.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Fast-Food Breakfast Buzz Boosts Egg Whites’ Prices

The growing breakfast market and competition for health-conscious customers combine to create an explosion in demand for egg whites.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

TGI Fridays Gets Into the Food Truck Game

It's not unheard of for food trucks to move to brick-and-mortar locations. Chains becoming food trucks, however, is a more unique proposition.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

With Burger King’s Slogan Swap, You Can’t ‘Have It Your Way’ Anymore

Burger King is ditching its 40-year-old slogan in favor of the updated 'Be Your Way.'

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Why ‘Burgers for Breakfast’ Is Actually a Win for Burger King

Burger King is making burgers and fries available during breakfast hours at 5,000 restaurants in the US.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

How a Smaller Franchise Partnered With a Billion-Dollar Brand on the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Burrito

Taco John's is hardly as big as Taco Bell, but it landed a big-name partner in burrito making.

By Kate Taylor

Online Presence

Midlife Crisis? Ronald McDonald Gets a Makeover, Joins Twitter

On the heels of a disappointing earnings report, McDonald's announced its mascot is getting a new look and joining social media.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

McDonald’s Profit Slips in Chilly First Quarter. Will Yum Brands Fare Better?

In a quarter that saw fast-food breakfast wars and the polar vortex, here's how McDonald's is measuring up to the competition.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

8 Totally Weird Fast-Food Items That Everyone Is Talking About

Fast-food chains have been trying to one-up each other with wacky offerings like the Waffle Taco and Chicken Corsage. Here are some of the weirdest items on the menu.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Like It or Not, ‘Pizza Cake’ Could Soon Be a Thing

Boston Pizza customers can now vote on whether the chain should begin selling a Pizza Cake, a gas-powered pizza cutter or a pizza air freshener.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

KFC’s Drumstick Corsages Are the Latest Quirky, Millennial-Targeted Fast-Food Experiment

In the ongoing battle to prove which fast-food chain 'gets' millennials the most, KFC is now selling corsages for prom

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

The Real Reason Taco Bell Made the Waffle Taco

Taco Bell aims to charm millennials by being just the right amount of edgy as it rolls out breakfast nationwide.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Looking to Steal Taco Bell’s Thunder, McDonald’s Offers Free Coffee

The day after Taco Bell began its breakfast sales, McDonald's announced plans to offer free McCafe coffee for two weeks during breakfast hours.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Fast-Food Chains Are Suddenly Going Bananas Over Breakfast

From Taco Bell's new Waffle Tacos to McDonald's potential extended breakfast hours, chains are giving breakfast lovers something to talk about.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Why Are These Franchisees Ganging Up Against the Biofuel Industry?

Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell franchisees are joining together on an unlikely issue: our nation's fuel supply.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

A Racist Sign at Sonic and 5 Other Franchise PR Disasters

From YouTube gross-outs to hashtag horror stories, check out these six PR nightmares at U.S. franchises.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Potential Franchisees, Take Note: Taco Bell Hopes to Open 2,000 U.S. Restaurants by 2023

Looking to own a franchise? Taco Bell is engaging in its most aggressive franchisee recruitment push in 15 years.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Thousands of Fast-Food Workers Strike to Raise Wages

Restaurant workers in seven cities around the U.S. strike for the right to unionize and $15 an hour wages.

Buying a Franchise

Taco Bell Avoids Childhood-Obesity Debate by Axing Kids’ Meals

The Mexican-style fast-food chain said it was discontinuing menu items and toys geared toward children, as the national debate on obesity intensifies.

By Ray Hennessey