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Taco Bell Opens Futuristic Drive-Thru with 'Vertical Lifts' That Deliver Orders from Kitchen
People ^ | June 08, 2022 | Sabrina Weiss

Posted on 06/08/2022 4:50:21 PM PDT by American Number 181269513

The newest Taco Bell location is giving fans a new way to "Live Más."

On June 7, Taco Bell Defy officially opened its doors and drive-thru lanes for a futuristic dining experience. The cutting-edge restaurant is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and has some unique features to improve the drive-thru experience.

A video shared on Taco Bell's Instagram shows one of the most innovative designs: the vertical lift feature. This food delivery technology, which the narrator in the Instagram video unofficially calls the "food tube," transports food from the kitchen directly to customers through a chute.

The new location also has a four-lane drive-thru and is the first Taco Bell two-story model. These two features will help the brand's goal at Taco Bell Defy of serving customers in 2 minutes or less.

"Taco Bell Defy is an incredible innovation for our brand, and one that's meeting our consumer in a really unique way," Taco Bell's president and COO Mike Grams said in a statement. "For decades we've been committed to providing a fast, safe and friendly drive-thru experience; now with our bold goal of creating a 2 minute or less drive-thru experience for customers of this concept, Taco Bell Defy is the future."

There are several ways to order food at this new restaurant concept. The video shows how customers can order using the indoor kiosks, classic drive-thru conversations and the Taco Bell app.

While the brand does not have other set locations or dates yet, a statement from Taco Bell reports that other restaurant locations across the U.S. may get some of the technological advances of Taco Bell Defy.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: drivethru; tacobell
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

this new concept eliminates the onsite bathroom..

saving TB millions on hard to get TP.


21 posted on 06/08/2022 5:23:55 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: 17th Miss Regt

just send a IED up the tube...


22 posted on 06/08/2022 5:24:29 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Dr. Sivana

They will send thru the tube in the container that has been designed to accomplish the delivery.... duh....


23 posted on 06/08/2022 5:28:08 PM PDT by LaMudBug (LaMudBug.. Geaux Tigers (LSU))
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To: Amendment10

Yep. Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, is ripe for rioting and looting. Taco Hell is likely saving the life or health of employees with this.


24 posted on 06/08/2022 5:28:13 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: jjotto

Crooklyn Dark.


25 posted on 06/08/2022 5:32:43 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

And adding to our carbon footprint!!!!


26 posted on 06/08/2022 5:34:10 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: farmguy
In the future, all restaurants are Taco Bell.

I feel like this must be connected to the "Three Seashells".

27 posted on 06/08/2022 5:35:23 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: dragnet2

Several years ago someone accused Taco Bell of not using real beef. People basically went “we already knew that”

Taco Bell then posted a few days later that they could prove they used 100% beef. People went “we don’t care”


28 posted on 06/08/2022 6:03:27 PM PDT by sloanrb
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To: sloanrb

I don’t blame them for thinking that. Last time I ate there my stomach started making whizzing, popping and boiling regurgitation sounds. I put down the half eaten burrito for my German Shepherd and she sniffed it and walked away.


29 posted on 06/08/2022 6:25:34 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: American Number 181269513

So instead of working to make their food edible they decided to distract potential customers with gadget architecture.

Welcome to America.


30 posted on 06/08/2022 6:37:30 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: American Number 181269513

Got really sick at one. Never go there again.


31 posted on 06/08/2022 7:04:07 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: American Number 181269513

Now you can’t tell if your food preparer uses clean utensils,has long, dirty hair, lots of finger or wrist jewelry, sweats alot, snot guides coming from their nostrils, using the bean pot as a urinal, or just sneezed when making your burrito. No thanks tb. No thanks


32 posted on 06/08/2022 7:05:20 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: American Number 181269513

Do these lifts come with the fag drag queens Yum employs to groom children?


33 posted on 06/08/2022 7:05:56 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: American Number 181269513

Taco Bell = Yum Brand = groomers


34 posted on 06/08/2022 7:06:49 PM PDT by sausageseller (If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. M, Thatcher)
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To: farmguy

With tiny portions

Garden in the valley
Valley of the garden
Garden of the Jolly Green Giant


35 posted on 06/08/2022 8:40:25 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: American Number 181269513

Looks like the future for us peasants. You arrive in your tiny electric car and receive your rations in a tube.

Tiny car
http://media.drivingelectric.com/image/private/s—1FRDJWCF—/v1625225981/autoexpress/2021/07/Citroen%20Ami%20NCA-3.jpg


36 posted on 06/08/2022 9:50:54 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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