Back by popular demand, it’s a recap of this year’s most read blog posts about company milestones (100 stores in Minnesota! 250 Taco Bells in the U.S.!), celebrated award winners and other 2025 highlights. We can’t help it, there’s so much to taco ‘bout!
- Coming Soon: Our 100th Minnesota Taco Bell
This was an announcement to remember! We planned for the unveiling of Minnesota’s 100th Taco Bell in the state. Located in Ramsey, this milestone gave us good reason to throw a party!
- Congrats to Our 2024 Signature Restaurants & Golden Bell Winners
Bringin’ home the gold! We celebrated another round of impressive restaurant and individual awards, the highest honors given in the Taco Bell system.
- New Heart of Border Foods Award Winners
Our heartwarming callout to the latest Heart of Border Foods honorees: Richelle Johnson, Tony Christiansen and Brenda Foley. These three make us proud that they call Border Foods their home away from home.
- Simply the Best of the Best Winners
This is THE list to be on around here! And it’s a best read blog post for a reason! Everyone wants to know who makes Best of the Best status and earns a trip to Mexico!
- Introducing Our Circle of Excellence Winners
Here we do a happy spin around this year’s Circle of Excellence winners, a small but mighty group of dedicated Area Coaches whose commitment and drive are nothing short of impressive. Congratulations to Connie Horan, Aaron Mechtel-Kilborn, Lori Sumner and LouAnn Hansen.
- Pam Hare: Leading Changed Her Life
Beloved Region Coach Pam Hare readies for retirement! We celebrate her 44-year-long career with the Taco Bell brand and the many things we’ll remember her for at Border Foods.
- Border Brings New Restaurant Design to Life
World, meet Kitchen X, Taco Bell’s latest restaurant design – more open, sleek and modern. It’s nacho average layout! Here we announce the first two of our restaurants to be updated with the new look and layout!
- Border Foods Grows to 250 Taco Bells Nationwide
We celebrate another saucy milestone – reaching the big 2-5-0. We don’t mean to brag but, that’s a whole lotta tacos over 30 years!
- Will Run for Tacos: Taco Bell 50K
It’s not surprising that an ultra run paired with Taco Bell pitstops would attract attention! Seven of our Taco Bells landed on the route for the inaugural Twin Cities Taco Bell 50K this summer. Here’s the scoop.
- David Ziemer Celebrates 30 Years with Border Foods
We journey through time with IT Operations Manager David Ziemer. His story starts like many with his first job in a Taco Bell restaurant but it spans three decades and lands him squarely in the middle of security, software and other high-tech systems.
