Posted on 07/30/2017 1:23:23 PM PDT by Trump20162020
The "wildly inauthentic" names for their dishes is just one of the reasons that restaurant chain, Taco Bell, can't seem to find purchase in Mexico.
The first Taco Bells in Mexico closed down fewer than two years "and the chain retreated back across the border," according to the piece, which offers "a history of Taco Bell’s failed attempts to open locations in Mexico."
A second foray was equally unsuccessful.
The piece is an interesting look at what happens when a U.S. company tries to bring its Americanized versions of a cuisine to that food's homeland.
"Today, the idea of a Taco Bell in Mexico has become something of a joke. There's even a Facebook page for a non-existent Taco Bell in Mexico City that has a one-star review and is littered with comments deriding the chain," according to the Munchies.
In the end, it hasn't hurt the Taco Bell, which plans to have "9,000 restaurants in more than 40 countries by 2022," according to a company spokesman.
And, like other chains, Taco Bell is teaming up with a car service.
The New York Times reports that the "fast-food chain is beginning a venture with the ride-sharing company this week that will allow Lyft passengers to request rides that incorporate a stop at a Taco Bell drive-through between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m."
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"You got that right.
"See, according to Cocteau's plan, I'm the enemy. Cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice.
"I'm the kind if guy who wants to sit in a greasy spoon and think, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol. I want to eat bacon, butter and buckets of cheese, okay?
"I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in a non-smoking section. I wanna run through the streets naked with green Jello all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to. Okay, pal?
"I've seen the future, you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sittin' around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake singing 'I'm an Oscar-Meyer Wiener'."
I wish Taco Bell would open here in Thailand. While I only went a few times a year in the states I really miss getting a taco salad.
Frito pie. Has to be Texas. Fritos invented in San Antonio, Texas.
...and no further explanation was ever given, AFAIK.
“Now all restaurants are Taco Bell!”.
Ah, a fan of the classics, I see.
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