Taco Bell Founder Glen Bell Dies at 86
Glen Bell, who started as a small business entrepreneur and became a multi-millionaire owner of iconic fast food empire Taco Bell, died Monday. He was 86.
Bell struck gold with his idea of selling Mexican food, at a time when hamburgers, French fries and hot dogs soared in popularity, amid the fast-food boom of the 1960s.
Bell, according to the L.A. Times sold his company to Pepsico in 1978 for 125 million. He reportedly sold his first tacos for 19 cents.
Bell created creating Taco Tia, El Taco in the 1950s before coming up with Taco Bell, according to the Times.
Go out and celebrate the memory of both Mr. Bell and Dr. King by buying an $0.89 Beefey Five-Layer Burrito.
6 comments:
Was that Dr. King's favorite? The Beefy Five Layer Burrito?
This day will now forever be remembered as MLK & Glen Bell Day.
Amen.
I think the Beefy Five-Layer Burrito is proof that we've "reached the mountaintop."
There's also something ominous in the fact that today the FDA announced a recall for 860,000 lbs. of ground beef.
Recall, or redirection to Taco Bell restaurants everywhere?
Did they announce where the beef was being recalled from?
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