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تاكو بيل

Since 1962, from United States of America.

3 posts since 2008 · 3 openings

23 June 2012

Taco Bell

Opening at F&B Building

تاكو بل-الكويت يفتتح فرعه الخامس في حطين

افتتحت سلسلة مطاعم «تاكو بل» العالمية ذات الطابع المكسيكي التابعة لمجموعة كوت الغذائية فرعها الخامس في الكويت في منطقة حطين مؤخراً. ويمتاز فرع «تاكو بل» حطين بخدمة السيارات الأولى لسلسلة مطاعم «تاكو بل» في الكويت حيث تم افتتاح خدمة السيارات للمطعم بطريقة مميزة من خلال مجموعة من السيارات المعدّلة. ويقع فرع «تاكو بل» حطين الجديد بالقرب من «مجمع حطين التجاري» حرصاً على ضمان سهولة الوصول اليه من الزبائن من أهالي المنطقة وزوارها.كما ان اضافة خدمة السيارات في هذا الفرع يجعل منه أكثر ملاءمة للزبائن للاستمتاع بتجربة فريدة عن غيره من الأفرع. ويأتي هذا الافتتاح ضمن الخطة التوسعية التي تهدف اليها مجموعة كوت الغذائية لسلسلة مطاعم «تاكو بل» مكمّلاً للأفرع الأربعة الاولى في كل من مجمع الأفنيوز، الشعب، كيفان، وأبو حليفة. يذكر ان «تاكو بل» أسس سلسلتها الشهيرة في ولاية كاليفورنيا – الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية عام 1962، وتقدم تشكيلة واسعة من المنتجات التي تجمع بين الجودة والقيمة وقد شهدت هذه العلامة التجارية نجاحاً كبيراً، بحيث تعتبر الآن من أكثر العلامات التجارية بيعاً بما يزيد عن 5400 فرع داخل الولايات المتحدة و400 فرع آخر حول العالم.وتشتهر مطاعم «تاكو بل» بتقديمها المنتجات الأمريكية المستوحاة من المطبخ المكسيكي مثل (التاكو والبوريتو والكرانش راب وسلطة تاكو فيستا).

Kuwait · 23 Jun 2012

18 November 2008

Taco Bell

Opening at Dubai Mall

Yum Brands Bets on Taco Bell To Win Over Customers Overseas

Earlier this month, a Taco Bell opened at a massive Dubai shopping mall. Patrons waited as long as four hours to buy beef gorditas and chicken chalupas at the chain's first location in the Middle East. Dubai's Taco Bell, which opened this month, is across from a Burger King and a Pizza Hut at a shopping center. ENLARGE Dubai's Taco Bell, which opened this month, is across from a Burger King and a Pizza Hut at a shopping center. YUM BRANDS That restaurant is part of a broader strategy for Taco Bell's parent company, Yum Brands Inc. As it has done with KFC and Pizza Hut, Yum wants to build Taco Bell into a global brand with locations across the world. While Yum has struggled to increase sales in its nearly 20,000-location U.S. restaurant division, the company's international results have been far better. The Louisville, Ky., company built on Colonel Sanders's Kentucky Fried Chicken chain will generate 60% of its profit overseas this year. In general, "we should do better outside the United States than we have in the U.S.," says David Novak, Yum's chairman and chief executive. To expand Taco Bell, which has been the company's most profitable U.S. brand, Yum plans to put the chain in Spain by the beginning of next year and in India by April. Right now, there are about 240 Taco Bells in 10 countries outside the U.S., with the majority in Canada and Puerto Rico. The challenge will be going to countries where Mexican food isn't popular and persuading customers to try the Americanized version sold at Taco Bell. Mr. Novak says the lack of authenticity in the chain's Mexican cuisine is an advantage. "It owns its own category," he says. Other American food companies are trying to export Mexican food to other countries. General Mills Inc. sells its Old El Paso brand in about 20 countries. Yum has tweaked the Taco Bell menu to adapt to local tastes but says it wants to keep it mostly the same as in the U.S. In Dubai, food is prepared so it is Halal, or ritually fit according to Islamic law. In India, Taco Bell won't serve beef, and the menu will use more potatoes and other vegetarian ingredients. So far, Taco Bell has made some missteps overseas. In Costa Rica and Guatemala, the chain struggled because it priced its food too high, Mr. Novak says. Taco Bell has since lowered prices and moved toward a pricing structure that's more similar to its U.S. menu. In a seemingly audacious move, Taco Bell opened a location in Mexico last year. "The transactions in Mexico are not yet where we want them to be," Mr. Novak says. But Mr. Novak points out that the company's track record winning over customers overseas and the lack of competition show that Taco Bell has global potential. For every million people in the U.S., Yum has 60 locations. Overseas, Yum has just two locations for every million people. Taco Bell's target market is consumers ages 16 to 24, a fast-growing segment. "They're going to have to learn and probably not make much money from it for quite some time," UBS analyst David Palmer says of the expansion. The Dubai Taco Bell is a small stand across from a Burger King and a Pizza Hut at a massive shopping center that has an ice rink and a shark tank. Youseef Al Sharyani, an Emirati who recently went to that Taco Bell for tacos and quesadillas with his wife, nanny and four children, said it didn't taste as good as when he ate Taco Bell as a student in San Diego. But he thinks the chain will work there because the region has strong demand for fast food and a large international population. "People like having options," he said. Write to Janet Adamy at janet.adamy@wsj.com

United States of America · 18 Nov 2008