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Doritos Taco Is Taco Bell's Biggest Hit Ever

And two more flavors may be coming

(Newser) - You may have scoffed when Taco Bell unveiled its Doritos Locos Taco —a taco wrapped in a Nacho Cheese Doritos-flavored shell—but the masses apparently love it, because it's become Taco Bell's most successful launch ever. More than 200 million have been sold since March, leading to...

'Neon Orange Monstrosity'? Taco Bell Meets Doritos

Chain unveils new shell nationwide

(Newser) - 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
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Woman Plows Car Into Slow Drive-Thru Customer

Jennifer Lynn Betterly wasn't pleased with the speed at a KFC/Taco Bell

(Newser) - 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...

Taco Bell: Now for Breakfast

Get ready for sausage wraps, breakfast burritos

(Newser) - 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...

Taco Bell Introducing Doritos Taco

Weird menu addition already made its debut in California

(Newser) - 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...

Taco Bell Really Wants Apology

 Taco Bell Really Wants Apology 
Apr 20, 2011 7:25 AM CDT

Taco Bell Really Wants Apology

Fast food chain asks for one from law firm, via full-page ad

(Newser) - 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...

Taco Bell 'Beefiness' Lawsuit Dropped

So go ahead, enjoy a 'Beefy Crunch Burrito' with no worries

(Newser) - 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

Ricardo Jones enraged by $1.49 Beefy Crunch Burritos; no one hurt

(Newser) - 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

Montana's Jon Tester says his state is home to 'best cattle in the world'

(Newser) - 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'—...

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

Maybe that 'oat product' and 'soy lecithin' make it tastier

(Newser) - 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%...

Taco Bell's Beef Response:
 Taco Bell's Beef Response: 
Jan 28, 2011 2:05 PM CST

Taco Bell's Beef Response:

Thank You For Suing Us

(Newser) - Taco Bell has issued yet another indignant response to the lawsuit claiming its taco meat contains little actual meat. “Thank You for Suing Us” the company snarkily proclaims in a full-page ad that’s appeared in several newspapers today, according to Pat’s Papers . Below that, the company once...

Taco Bell Proclaims: Our Meat Is ... 88% Meat!

And we make it just like you make meatballs

(Newser) - The drama over Taco Bell's meat-or-not just keeps getting better and better. After issuing a statement arguing that its meat was, in fact, meat, it has released another statement that attaches a number to that proclamation: "Our seasoned beef recipe contains 88% quality USDA-inspected beef." And that approach...

Taco Bell Insists Its Beef Is 100% Actual Beef
 Taco Bell Insists: It's Beef 
Jan 26, 2011 6:34 AM CST

Taco Bell Insists: It's Beef

And not just 36% beef: 100%, says prez

(Newser) - Mystery meat? No way, says Taco Bell. The fast food chain's president insists its beef products are made from "100% USDA-inspected beef." Of course, the beef also includes other ingredients like oats, soy lectithin, sugar, soybean oil, garlic powder, yeast extract, citric acid, and cocoa powder. But in...

Taco Bell's 'Beef': Just 36% Actual Beef

Which makes us wonder ... what's the other 64%?

(Newser) - Its menus say “beef,” but its packaging cites “meat filling:" Taco Bell has been hit with a class-action suit over “false advertising,” WTOL-11 reports. Chock full of “extenders” and other non-meat items, the chain’s filling has no right to call itself beef,...

Oops: Taco Bell Customer Gets $2K Instead of Burrito

Bank deposit is handed off at drive-through

(Newser) - It's Taco Bell's version of a Happy Meal. When a woman pulled up to the drive-thru window for her order, an employee mistakenly gave her a bag filled with $2,000, reports the Dayton Daily News . The store, it seems, routinely puts the daily deposit in an ordinary Taco Bell...

12 Legendary April Fool's Pranks
 12 Legendary 
 April Fool's Pranks 
a whopper for lefties?
Apr 1, 2010 11:38 AM CDT

12 Legendary April Fool's Pranks

Big Ben going digital? Switzerland harvesting spaghetti?

(Newser) - As you prepare whatever April Fools' Day prank you have in mind for your loved ones, take a look back at 12 classic jokes, courtesy of the Daily Beast :
  • Swiss spaghetti harvest: In 1957, the BBC aired a serious-sounding report on Switzerland’s bumper crop of pasta; hundreds fell for
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15 Fast Food Failures
 15 Fast Food Failures 
mmm, mclobster
Mar 20, 2010 7:34 AM CDT

15 Fast Food Failures

From the Arch Deluxe to the Wendy's buffet and beyond

(Newser) - Taco Bell is debuting its new shrimp tacos, a decision that seems destined to go down in the annals of fast food failures. But it won’t be alone. Marcus Leshock recalls the 15 biggest fast food product disasters at Chicago Now. Here's a sampling:
  • McLobster: For some reason, McDonald’
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Shh! Secret Restaurant Menus
 Shh! Secret Restaurant Menus 
mcgangbang, anyone?
Mar 6, 2010 12:50 PM CST

Shh! Secret Restaurant Menus

Fast-food places have plenty of little-known options

(Newser) - In-N-Out Burger’s “secret menu” (veggie burgers, etc.) has gotten way too famous to really be considered a secret anymore—but Coupon Sherpa rounds up little-known items at other fast-food joints:
  • Chili’s: Though it’s not on the menu anymore, you can in fact still order the
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Nostalgia Rules in Super Bowl Ads

From Betty White to Stevie Wonder, these ads bank on the familiar

(Newser) - Yes, there were still the requisite ads using slapstick violence to get a laugh, or objectifying women—but the reigning theme of this year's Super Bowl commercials was nostalgia. Thanks to the economy, many advertisers used familiar faces to pitch products, writes Stuart Elliott in the New York Times . A...

Taco Bell Unveils Jaredesque Diet

But experts are skeptical about 'Christine' and 'Drive-Thru Diet'

(Newser) - Want to lose weight? Then run for the border, hit Taco Bell’s Drive-Thru Diet menu, and knock off 54 lbs in two years. Or at least that’s what happened to Christine, a Jared Fogle knockoff featured in new Taco Bell ads as a devotee of the chain's Fresco...

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