...Under the feature "Thank you for suing us" Taco Bell Corp. propelled an advertising defense against a claim guaranteeing its taco meat is more filling than beef. The fast-food chain, the casualty of a legal claim asserting that its taco meat is just 35 percent genuine meat, has discharged another advertisement coordinated at its informers (and also its clients, probably). In the promotion, Taco Bell denies that charges against it without naming them and pronounces that its "meat is 100% USDA inspected." not surprisingly, web-based social networking helped transform the suit into a blogosphere free for all. In any case, the chain assembled fast to respond back. It propelled into a drill that tragically turned into a standard formula for QSR...
Words: 857 - Pages: 4
...the Real Academia Española, publisher of Diccionario de la Lengua Española, the word taco describes a typical Mexican dish of a maize tortilla folded around food ("Tortilla de maíz enrollada con algún alimento dentro, típica de México"). The original sense of the word is of a "plug" or "wad" used to fill a hole ("Pedazo de madera, metal u otra materia, corto y grueso, que se encaja en algún hueco").[1] The Online Etymological Dictionary defines taco as a "tortilla filled with spiced meat" and describes its etymology as derived from Mexican Spanish, "light lunch", literally, "plug, wadding".[2] The sense development from "plug" may have taken place among Mexican silver miners, who used explosive charges in plug form consisting of a paper wrapper and gunpowder filling.[3] History The taco predates the arrival of Europeans in Mexico. There is anthropological evidence that the indigenous people living in the lake region of the Valley of Mexico traditionally ate tacos filled with small fish. Writing at the time of the Spanish conquistadors, Bernal Díaz del Castillo documented the first taco feast enjoyed by Europeans, a meal which Hernán Cortés arranged for his captains in Coyoacán.[4][5] It is not clear why the Spanish used their word, "taco", to describe this indigenous food. Traditional tacos There are many traditional varieties of tacos: Tacos al pastor made with adobada meat. Tacos Al pastor/De Adobada ("shepherd style") are made of thin pork steaks seasoned with adobo...
Words: 860 - Pages: 4
...According to the Real Academia Española, publisher of Diccionario de la Lengua Española, the word taco describes a typical Mexican dish of a maize tortilla folded around food ("Tortilla de maíz enrollada con algún alimento dentro, típica de México"). The original sense of the word is of a "plug" or "wad" used to fill a hole ("Pedazo de madera, metal u otra materia, corto y grueso, que se encaja en algún hueco").[1] The Online Etymological Dictionary defines taco as a "tortilla filled with spiced meat" and describes its etymology as derived from Mexican Spanish, "light lunch", literally, "plug, wadding".[2] The sense development from "plug" may have taken place among Mexican silver miners, who used explosive charges in plug form consisting of a paper wrapper and gunpowder filling.[3] The taco predates the arrival of Europeans in Mexico. There is anthropological evidence that the indigenous people living in the lake region of the Valley of Mexico traditionally ate tacos filled with small fish. Writing at the time of the Spanish conquistadors, Bernal Díaz del Castillo documented the first taco feast enjoyed by Europeans, a meal which Hernán Cortés arranged for his captains in Coyoacán.[4][5] It is not clear why the Spanish used their word, "taco", to describe this indigenous food. There are many traditional varieties of tacos: Tacos al pastor made with adobadameat. Tacos Al pastor/De Adobada ("shepherd style") are made of thin pork steaks seasoned with adobo seasoning...
Words: 860 - Pages: 4
...Taco seasoning is a spice blend containing all the spices you need for authentic-tasting tacos. It is a great option to have on hand for quick and easy weekday meals. It is also easy to find in the US as a large number of grocery stores carry some version of it. If you do not have any taco seasoning in your spice cabinet, replacing it will still be fairly easy. Consider the following options. Your Best Bet: Make Your Own Taco Seasoning Taco seasoning was invented for convenience. It provided a standardized formula made for home cooks so that they would not have to measure out ingredients individually but could simply grab a single jar and add authentic Mexican spices to their taco filling. However, if you are familiar with the spices that are used to make taco seasoning and have the requires spices on hand, it is not too difficult to whip up your own blend. You can even modify the ingredients to suit your taste the way a Mexican cook would. You will need cumin, red chile pepper and a few other ingredients including garlic. Garlic will help to make up the background flavor note. Most versions sold in stores contain salt as well. It is a good idea to use tomato powder to get a more accurate imitation of taco seasoning’s...
Words: 589 - Pages: 3
...microenvironment refers to the internal environment of the company such as consumer/customer, Supplier, competitors, the media (public) and in the microenvironment have the internal environment that is men, money, machinery, materials and minute. The micro environmental factors that Yum! Brands, Inc needs to consider before attempting to open up Taco Bell stores in the Malaysia markets are the supplier, customer, competitors, the media (public) and the internal environment of the Taco Bell that is men or employees, money, machinery, materials and minute . To open up the Taco Bell in Malaysia market, Yum! Brands must consider with the suppliers in micro environment. Yum! Brands must make sure that Taco Bell in Malaysia market have the supplier that can supplies all the raw materials to prepare the Taco Bell’s product and other goods such as packaging material in the Malaysia market. Yum! Brands must to identify all the suppliers in Malaysia that can supply the goods to them and deal business with them for example Ayamas Food Corporation and Ramly Mokni Sdn Bhd can supply the meat to the Taco Bell restaurant. Other than that Taco Bell must ensure that the suppliers are not outside from the Malaysia, when the supplier logistic is far so the cost of delivery will be high....
Words: 3112 - Pages: 13
...D’s Tacos Menu Loaded Nacho Supreme: $8.00 Tasty Beef Taco: 3 Crunchy or soft Taco’s with a side of Mexican rice. $6.00 Cheese steak Taco with side of Mexican rice: 2 crunchy or soft taco’s. $7.00 Buffalo Chicken Taco with side of Mexican rice: $6.00 Taco Salad: $6.00 A Dozen Buffalo mild Wings: $5.00 Cheesy bacon loaded fries: $6.00 Business Plan: Objectives are to acquire exact food cost to make each item and the most delicious way but affordable way to purchase food. Loaded fries: Get French fry maker that way I can make own fresh fries and save cost of frozen food fries. Meats I can purchase from Lucky seven in bulk: Beef, Chicken, Steak, bacon. Are the main meats that will be used. I will however have to buy chicken wings from either grocery store or food vendor. Vegetables that we will use: Red Onions Lettuce Jalapenos Peppers for cheese steak taco’s Taco Shells: I will have to use trial and error to make my own taco shells, soft shells are cheap to buy. Also will need to get Nacho’s for the loaded nacho. Sauces: Taco sauce Sour cream Cheese (for loaded nacho and cheese steak taco) Homemade buffalo chicken sauce for wings. Mexican rice: Find recipe for a good Mexican rice. Food Cost: Corn Tortilla’s a package of them at weis for $1.89. Corn Tortilla’s Utilization: Nacho’s, Taco Shells, and Taco Bowl for Taco Salad. Ingredients for good shells: Put tortilla in canola oil, sprinkle salt for seasoning...
Words: 466 - Pages: 2
...What kind of farm was this?” said Taco. “It was a pig farm.” said Fruit Loop. Then they went back to the farm and went to the pigs and checked them over. And then Taco found exactly what he was looking for. On one of the pigs there was a deep cut and pieces of glass in his pen. “Quick, Fruit Loop come over here!” yelled Taco. ,But it was to late the two pigs were on the run and taco had no choice but to bust a cap in each pig's leg and the fell over. When they interrogated them they took a blood sample and it matched the one at the farm. “I think I know how this happened. So the two pigs were next in line to be chopped up and they did not want that so, they knew that Chris was Farmer Guadalupe’s nephew. We knew this by the blood we sampled and he went out there to steal some meat we know this because we checked the total meat and 4 pounds were missing. That is why your boot prints were out there. Then each pig slipped through the broken window and went up the catwalk and pushed the farmer in.” explained...
Words: 452 - Pages: 2
...For the exclusive use of M. Alshahri, 2015. W14536 TACO BELL: A MEXICAN-INSPIRED RESTAURANT IN INDIA Lubna Nafees, Ashok Bajpai, Akshay Kumar, Anoop Chand, Maryne Ann James, Bonney Luke Thomas, Jayakrishnan B. Nair, Kunal Hazari and Garima Konda wrote this case solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. This publication may not be transmitted, photocopied, digitized or otherwise reproduced in any form or by any means without the permission of the copyright holder. Reproduction of this material is not covered under authorization by any reproduction rights organization. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, contact Ivey Publishing, Ivey Business School, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, N6G 0N1; (t) 519.661.3208; (e) cases@ivey.ca; www.iveycases.com. Copyright © 2014, Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation Version: 2014-10-29 With four outlets of Taco Bell opened in Bangalore by December 2013, Niren Chaudhary, managing director of Yum! Restaurants India, felt eager to expand its market offerings. He pulled out the morning newspaper and impatiently ruffled through the pages until he reached the business section. He paused briefly, folded the paper and leaned forward to read better. Focusing his attention...
Words: 6383 - Pages: 26
...expose exploitation of immigrants and child labor, it instead resulted in a national outcry over the condition of its own food supply, leading to a number of reforms to improve the supervision and standard of meat packing and food processing prior to reaching the consumer. However, there continue to be consumer concerns today – some more unfounded than others – regarding the safety and quality of food available for mass production and consumption. Though the specifics – ingestion of nitrates and antibiotics versus potato flour – may differ by time period, some root concerns such as purity and...
Words: 2157 - Pages: 9
...Mexican Grill has been able to grow exponentially over the past 20 years, is they have gone completely above and beyond any other chain restaurant when it comes to ingredients. In 1999 Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle Mexican Grill learns how pigs are raised and makes the decision he wants to have naturally raised pigs produce the pork he puts in his burritos. Any other company is looking for the best price on pork and probably could care less how they are raised. Over the years customers have enjoyed having the right pork in their burrito and that is a strength that has made this restaurant very popular. Just when you thought that was enough, in 2002 Steve Ells instituted naturally raised chickens. Now, not only is the pork a finer meat than most restaurants, now the Chicken is top quality. In 2004, Zero trans-fat frying oil was introduced to incorporate a better and healthier choice...
Words: 1092 - Pages: 5
...“You are what you eat”. Americans love their Mexican food, whether from a tiny taqueria or a major chain like Chipotle or Taco Bell. But did you know that what we call Mexican food is really Mexican-American? This hybrid cuisine has been popularized in the states that border Mexico (like Texas, New Mexico and California) and is really an American invention. Now let’s see the differences and the similarities of this mix and what food means for every country. In the U.S, there really is no such this as “traditional” American food, simply because America is considered to be the “melting pot” of many different heritages and cultures. Cuisine will vary based on location, and is largely influenced by the people living in the area. Meanwhile in Mexico...
Words: 428 - Pages: 2
...versus the average sit-down restaurant hamburger that charge you nine dollars and take about 20 minutes to create? Spam. Glycerin. Mechianchally separated meat. Propylene glycol. Silicon dioxide. Just to name a few. Some of these chemicals are used very heavily in soaps and sexual lubricants. So why are they in our foods? They make cheap preservatives and help the food look fresh. But are they healthy for you? There has been roughly 96,000 reports of e. coli and 3,643 of salmonella from 1973 to 2011 from ground beef. Unfortunately, several fast food companies and restaurants don’t properly cook their meat at 160 degrees, which is the lowest your food can be cooked at so bacteria gets killed. Food can be sitting out under infrared lamps for hours, losing heat and growing all different types of bacteria, much worse than e. coli. If your delicious McDonald’s hamburger doesn’t stay at least 140 degrees, it could be growing more and more bacteria. And you want to know what’s worse than bacteria? Maggots and flies in your yummy delicious pasta and chilli. The FDA legally allows restaurants to contain 30 or less maggot and fly eggs in any 100 grams of sauce. You won’t really notice, right? It’s just extra protein, anyways. You wouldn’t eat your own bones, so why eat a chicken's? McDonald’s chicken nuggets are “mechanically separated meat” with a hint of sperm,...
Words: 471 - Pages: 2
...it may also lead to the loosing of jobs, and it may also lead to the failure of a new product. To ensure that one’s data is accurate one may double check the data given to them, as well as has more than one person researching the data they are researching. Project 3C and 3D Mastering Excel: Project 3G CGS2100L - Section 856 MAN3065 - Section 846 | | 1. (Introductory) Do you think Taco Bell was treated fairly by the mass media when the allegations were made about the meat filling in its tacos? I think so being that they are serving the people for which I must say that if you are serving the people then it’s in the people rights to know what exactly you are serving them. 2. (Advanced) Do you think the law firm would have dropped its suit against Taco Bell if there were real merits to the case? It’s hard to say but do think that with real merits it would have changed the playing feel for wit real merits whose the say that Taco Bell wouldn’t have had an upper hand in the case. 3. (Advanced) Do you think many people who saw television and newspaper coverage about Taco Bell's meat filling being questionable will see the news about the lawsuit being withdrawn? I doubt that they will for I’ve learned that with these type of allegations the people tend to remember the allegation and never what the outcome of the case was rather that’s due to the lack of public viewing of the case or not I can’t say but I highly doubt that they will see it. Status: Individual Not Started...
Words: 857 - Pages: 4
...Taqueria Don Sige is a hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant. They have a really large menu and approximately 10 tables that can seat 4 people per table. If you have a party larger than 4, it's really difficult to get a table to seat you. For a hole-in-the-wall, I thought the restaurant was super clean and spacious. They also got a 94 on their health score which is a huge plus. The food is pretty good. Not the best I've had in the area but I would say their tacos are really good (which might be the one thing I would come back for). Their tacos have two layers of tortillas (corn is what it seemed to be) and they seem to keep the crunchier texture which I liked. Choose your meat for about $1-2 and add on cilantro, onions, and some spice and it'll...
Words: 291 - Pages: 2
...variety of different cuisines,” it left many optimistic that lighting, perhaps, could strike twice and that ShopHouse might prove to be a second home run for both Ells and Chipotle. Core Competencies Chipotle Mexican Grill has two core competencies that can best be rolled up and described as “the Chipotle Experience,” namely the quality of their food, prepared as per Ells’ mantra of “slow food served fast,” and their setting being more upscale than a traditional fast food restaurant. Figure 1 – Core and Distinctive Competencies Figure 1 illustrates that these core competencies are arrived at through four distinctive competencies of the five elements of Ells’ original strategy for Chipotle: - Serving a focused menu of burritos, tacos, burrito bowls, and salads; - Using high quality raw ingredients and classic cooking methods to create great tasting and reasonably priced dishes ready to be served to customers minutes after they were ordered; - Creating an operationally...
Words: 2103 - Pages: 9
