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I have happily eaten many .89c meat burritos from Taco Bell. I would have paid up to 1.20 for them. So I "made" .40 apiece on them. On the other hand, the 2 half-pounders I felt ripped off by cost me a d'oh tax of ~two dollars. Overall, I'm still ahead. That's the beauty of the market - you only have to buy what you want. And if you don't want to buy anything, you can do that too.
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Duffy: Any healthy system needs a way to correct error and remove waste. Nature has extinction, the economy has loss, bankruptcy, liquidation. Interfering in this process lengthens feedback loops. Error and waste are allowed to accumulate, and you ultimately get a massive collapse. Capitalism is primarily attacked by two groups: utopians who wish to impose a more "compassionate" system, and political capitalists who want to enjoy the fruits of success without bearing the pain of failure. They use the coercion of the state to gain privileges, at the expense of everyone else. As a country we've become less tolerant of economic failure. The result has been a series of interventions, such as meddling in the credit markets, promoting homeownership and creating a variety of safety nets for investors. Each crisis leads to an even greater crisis. The solution is always greater doses of intervention. So the system becomes increasingly unstable. The interventionists never see the bust coming, then blame it on "capitalism." http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl/short...-recovery.html |
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I don't like anything with the soft flour tortilla. I know it's cooked but it tastes a bit raw to me. A great SW dish is the chimichanga, a fried burrito. It's like a giant egg roll with Tex-Mex filling.
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The only loss leader that Taco Bell runs is the Taco bell weight loss diet.
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Most of the calories are fat, hardly a healthy "meal".
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Unfortunately, not even a free-market economy is capable of subdoing a 2 A.M. munchy dictatorship
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When I was calling around about food of the long-term storage type, I found out that the meat that came in the cans was also the same type that Taco Bell uses in many of their products. A soy based protein. Anyone else have information on this? |
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Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) or Yum! is a Fortune 500 corporation, that operates or licenses Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, Wingstreet, and Long John Silver's restaurants worldwide, and A&W Restaurants. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, it is the world's largest fast food restaurant company in terms of system units—over 36,000 restaurants around the world in more than 110 countries and territories. In 2008, Yum!'s global sales totaled more than US$11 billion. David C. Novak is an American businessman. He is the current Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President and Chairman of the Executive & Finance Committee at YUM! Brands Inc. Novak has also served as Chief Operating Officer of Pepsi-Cola North America, and Executive Vice President of Marketing and National Sales for the Pepsi-Cola Company. He has been an Independent Director of JPMorgan Chase & Co. since 2001. He also serves as a Director of Bank One Corporation. Novak holds a B.A. degree from the University of Missouri. |
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http://www.tacobell.com/beefy5layerburrito/ 1/2 Pounders http://www.tacobell.com/halfpoundburritos/ Right Wing Extremists from Yum Brands (Taco Bell) Exploit Florida Farm Workers ....Take, for example, Yum Brands - the largest restaraunt corporation in the world, owner of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, Long John Silvers and A&W Family Restaraunts. A recent article by Sarah Posner, "Leading Like Jesus," examines some of Yum's less-than-moral business practices and provides another great example of just this kind of disconnect between perception and reality - a disconnect, much like those mentioned above, that is probably best called by the good old fashioned word: "hypocrisy." You see, Yum Brands CEO David Novak is a member of a very large evangelical church, Southeast Christian Church, the largest church in all of Kentucky. Southeast Christian is a beacon for moral values. As Ms. Posner mentions in her article, Southeast Christian sent busloads of people to lobby the Kentucky legislature in favor of an anti-gay marriage amendment this year. The pastor of Southeast Christian, Bob Russell, said during the recent presidential campaign, "We [evangelicals] have more reasons to start a revolution than they did in 1776... I don't see how you can be a dedicated Christian and remain neutral." Mr. Novak is also is a proud and vocal evangelist of what he calls "Jesus-Centered Leadership," joining Reverend Russell to stage motivational workshops on the topic for thousands of people at a time. Outside of church, David Novak earns millions and millions of dollars for his work running the world's largest fast-food company. Because that company targets the youth demographic - young people from the ages of 16-30 - David Novak markets his product on the television shows that young people watch. That's just good business. But young people watch bad things. In particular, young people like sex, so Yum Brands spends a lot of money advertising its product on television shows that are very sexually explicit. In short, Yum uses sex to sell its product. This contradiction got David Novak and the company that has made him a multi-millionaire into hot water with Mr. Novak's evangelical friends, the American Decency Association, who threatened to boycott Yum if the company didn't agree to pull its ads from a popular new show - popular because of its frank sexuality - called "Desperate Housewives." Yum Brands, ever the moral company, quickly bowed to the demands of the threatened boycott and pulled its ads. No hypocrisy there - or, at least, once Yum's hypocrisy was discovered it was quickly dealt with. But Yum's morally-correct reaction to the threatened boycott raises some interesting questions. For example, what about MTV, one of Yum's principal marketing partners? Quick - think of MTV... what comes to mind? Young, scantily-clad people shaking their booties, right? Think they'd ever show MTV's "Summer Beach House Dance Party" up on the big screens in David Novak's mega-church, Southeast Christian, in Louisville? How about MTV's "The Real World," with its weekly serving of kids having sex in hot tubs, their naughty bits demurely, digitally blurred? Do the precepts of "Jesus Centered Leadership" permit its proponents to profit from sexually suggestive images when those same images would send people running from the pews if they were ever broadcast in church? Yet even after pulling its ads from "Desperate Housewives," Yum continues to sell tacos to teenagers drawn to MTV by its strong sexual content and frank discussion of sex, sex, and more sex. Yum has probably sold billions of dollars of food thanks to MTV. http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/exploit122704.cfm Last edited by albion; January 4th, 2010 at 02:13 AM. |
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Burritos suck, they are way too difficult to eat. My mom makes a great fajita type dish, she cooks skirt steak well done in a tomato sauce with onions, garlic, and bell peppers. She gives the option of eating it in the soft shell taco type thing, or over white rice.
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OMG Taco Bell is advertising to teenagers. Gimmee a break. Oh, I know he's just saying it's hypocritical for someone to be a member of a so-called "right-wing extremist" church, yet the company he heads is advertising on "Desperate Housewives". Oh boo-fucking-hoo. Evil-mean-greedy-corporate-scumbags get paid a lot better than pizza delivery men. Oh the humanity! Upon closer inspection of the article, I now realize that someone with a Jewish name was the original bitcher. Isn't that just like a kike? To endlessly and forever piss and moan about every "injustice" the world over? Why even respond to their endless demands? Quote:
My God. Someone must have eaten a bad taco to get all worked up over this non-issue. I suppose everything would be cool with them if he was a member of the First Church of Satan. Then they'd find something else to bitch about.
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Seasoned Beef Beef, Water, Seasoning [Isolated Oat Product, Salt, Chili Pepper, Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Oats, Soy Lecithin, Toasted Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Soybean Oil (Anti-Dusting Agent), Black Pepper, Oregano, Cumin, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali), Lactic Acid, Natural Flavors, Natural Smoke Flavor, Modified Corn Starch], Salt, Sodium Phosphate. CONTAINS SOYBEAN, GLUTEN Carne Asada Steak* Beef, Water, Seasoning [Modified Potato Starch, Salt, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Carrageenan, Paprika, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Spices, Hot Sauce (Aged Red Peppers, Vinegar, Salt), Citric Acid, Sugar, Dehydrated Vinegar, Soybean Oil, Natural Flavors, Soybean Lecithin], Sodium Phosphates. Sauce: Water, Seasoning [Salt, Caramel Color, Modified Food Starch, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Garlic Powder, Xanthan Gum, Onion Powder, Beef Stock, Vinegar Solids, Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Sugar, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Succinic Acid, Soy Lecithin, Beef Fat, Potassium Sorbate)], Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, BHT. CONTAINS SOYBEAN Chicken, Southwest Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat, Water, Seasoning [Salt, Maltodextrin, Spices, Garlic Powder, Chili Pepper, Paprika, Onion Powder, Carrageenan, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Natural Flavoring, Mixed Triglycerides, Yeast, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Yeast Extract, Alginates (Sodium, Calcium And/or Ammonium), Cellulose, Calcium Chloride, Sodium Benzoate Used To Protect Quality, Not More Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added To Prevent Caking, Soybean Oil], Modified Food Starch, Sodium Phosphates. Chicken, Spicy Shredded Chicken Thigh Meat, Water, Seasoning [Chili Pepper, Salt, Modified Food Starch, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Dehydrated Garlic, Dehydrated Onion, Paprika, Spices, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Chicken Broth, Hydrolyzed Chicken Meat, Canola Oil, Jalapeno Pepper Powder, Tomato Powder, Lactic Acid, Flavors, Garlic Powder, Oleoresin Paprika, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Sunflower Oil, Citric Acid, UFS: Natural Smoke Flavor, And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide (Anticaking Agent), Chicken Conditioner (Modified Potato And Corn Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Carrageenan), Soybean Oil With BHT As Antioxidant, Rosemary Extract (Natural Extractives Of Rosemary With Soybean And/Or Canola Oil)]. From Taco Bell Statement updated 1/2008 |
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HERB BENHAM: For whom the Taco Bell tolls
The Bakersfield Californian | Thursday, Jan 21 2010 Glen Bell died. That probably doesn't mean much. It didn't to me until I focused on the "Bell" part. Bell founded Taco Bell in 1962. His first store was in Downey. He sold tacos for 19 cents. Now there are more than 5,600 locations in the U.S. serving more than 36 million customers a week. Bell sold the company to PepsiCo in 1978 . You remember your first Taco Bell taco like you remember your first kiss. This is a miracle, you think. Then you ask yourself two questions: How do they make it taste like this? May I have more? The seasoned meat. The chopped lettuce. The crispy outer shell. In high school, Taco Bell almost warranted cult status. Hamburgers were a dime a dozen, but Taco Bell was the first step in learning to speak Spanish and to travel abroad. High school led to college, which led to marriage and then children. On the weekends, when the kids were young, Taco Bell was a privilege to be earned. Want lunch? Work. Rake the leaves, clean your room, keep your father company on the trip to the dump. Why? Taco Bell is why. If Saturday is seamless, we'll eat lunch at Taco Bell. Usually, it was. Chores that took an hour would take half the time. The children would line up on the porch like bandits in Pancho Villa's army. We'd go to the Taco Bell on 24th Street. That or California and Oak. Both were good. "Order anything you want," I'd say. Anything? Trips to Taco Bell gave them the impression that their father was a big spender. A generous man. "My dad lets me order anything I want at Taco Bell," they'd say. Well, almost anything. "Anything" didn't include soft drinks. Nor did "anything" include items from the fancy part of the menu. No, what "anything" meant was any hard taco or any bean burrito. In other words, two items. If you want a large soda or a Volcano Double Beef Burrito, I suggest raking our leaves and the neighbors' too. "Anything" wasn't just a matter of frugality. If you ordered drinks or chose items deep in the menu, you spoiled the charm of Taco Bell. That charm being that a family of six could get out of there safely under $10. Under $10 and have a smattering of change left over. What we learned about Taco Bell, which was less malicious than forgetful, was if you wanted four tacos, better to order five, because invariably they'd lose track and the bag would be one taco shy. Most of the time, the shortage wouldn't be discovered until we pulled up in front of the house. Who's going to return to the restaurant for one taco and how would you prove it anyway? By the time we reached home, the security of the bag had been breached and several tacos eaten. Inhaled, really. Bell had three rules of business. The first was: "You build business one customer at a time." I suspect that for many families, this wasn't true. Customers came in bunches like balloons. Bouncing off one another, excited and every seat filled. http://www.bakersfield.com/news/colu...aco-Bell-tolls |
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Glen W. Bell Jr., whose idea in 1951 to sell crispy-shell tacos from the window of his hamburger stand became the foundation of Taco Bell, the restaurant chain that turned Mexican fare into fast food for millions of Americans, died at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He was 86. His death was announced Sunday on the Taco Bell Web site. No other details were provided. Mr. Bell never forgot the first taco buyer at Bell’s Hamburgers and Hot Dogs in San Bernardino, Calif., one of three stands he owned at the time. “He was dressed in a suit and as he bit into the taco the juice ran down his sleeve and dripped on his tie,” Mr. Bell recalled in “Taco Titan: The Glen Bell Story,” (Bookworld Services, 1999), a biography by Debra Lee Baldwin. “I thought, ‘Uh-oh, we’ve lost this one.’ But he came back, amazingly enough, and said, ‘That was good. Gimme another.’ ” By the time Mr. Bell sold the chain to PepsiCo in 1978, it had grown to 868 restaurants. Today, the company says, more than two billion tacos and a billion burritos are sold each year at more than 5,600 Taco Bell restaurants in the United States and around the world. Drive-in stands dotted San Bernardino when Mr. Bell opened his first one there in the late 1940s. One competitor, only a few miles away, was the original stand opened by two brothers with the last name of McDonald. They all were capitalizing on the emerging Southern California car culture, offering prompt service and streamlined menus of mostly standard fare like hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries and milk shakes. But Mr. Bell, a fan of Mexican food, had a hunch that ground beef, chopped lettuce, shredded cheese and chili sauce served in the right wrap could give burgers a run for the money. The problem was which wrap. Tacos served in Mexican restaurants at the time were made with soft tortillas. “If you wanted a dozen, you were in for a wait,” Mr. Bell said. “They stuffed them first, quickly fried them and stuck them together with a toothpick.” The solution: preformed fried shells that would then be stuffed. Mr. Bell asked a man who made chicken coops to fashion a frying contraption made of wire. Tacos became a hit at Bell’s, selling for 19 cents each. They were such a hit that by 1954 Mr. Bell and a partner opened Taco Tia, his first restaurant selling only Mexican-style food. Two years and three Taco Tias later, Mr. Bell sold his interest after his business partner resisted expanding any further. Mr. Bell then opened another fast-food Mexican restaurant in Pasadena, in 1957, and a year later took on three partners in a chain called El Taco. After four El Tacos, Mr. Bell decided he no longer wanted to answer to any partners. He sold out again. Then, in 1962, with a $4,000 investment, he opened the first Taco Bell, in Downey, Calif. Over the next two years, he started eight more Taco Bells, each with a grand opening featuring live salsa music, searchlights and free sombreros. The first of its franchises opened in Torrance, Calif., in 1965. PepsiCo greatly expanded the chain after purchasing it in 1978 for about $125 million, then spun it off to Tricon Global Restaurants in 1997. Tricon changed its name to Yum Brands in 2002. Glen W. Bell Jr. was born in Lynwood, Calif., on Sept. 3, 1923, one of six children of Glen and Ruth Johnson Bell. When he was 12, the family moved to a small farm outside of San Bernardino. At 16, with the family facing hard times, according to his biography, Glen Jr. “goes on the bum” and “rides the rails in search of work.” He joined the Marines in 1943 and served in the Pacific. Back in San Bernardino after the war, Mr. Bell bought a surplus Army truck and began hauling adobe bricks at 5 cents each. A miniature golf course that he leased failed to make a profit. Then, he opened a hamburger stand in a Hispanic neighborhood. Mr. Bell married Dorothy Taylor in 1947. They were divorced in 1953. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Martha; three sisters, Delores, Dorothy and Maureen; a daughter, Kathleen; two sons, Gary and Rex; and four grandchildren. The trade publication Nation’s Restaurant News has credited Mr. Bell with introducing millions of Americans to Mexican-style food. “I always smile,” Mr. Bell told the magazine in 2008, “when I hear people say that they never had a taco until Taco Bell came to town.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/bu...ref=obituaries |
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