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Family Fun Rewind 2023: Recap of Border Foods’ Multi-State Summer Celebration
At Border Foods, we’re serious about summer fun — for one grand day, we really make it happen for our managers and their families. And we look forward to it! Our annual Family Fun Days are part of the contagious Live Más spirit! This year’s series of Border Foods get-togethers, from Minnesota to Michigan and beyond, kicked off at Valleyfair in July. From there we hit up other amusement parks…
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Border Foods Expands to Nebraska, Now in 10 States!
We’re excited to announce that Border Foods is opening its first Taco Bell in Nebraska! Located on 27th Street in Scottsbluff, NE, we’re plowing full speed ahead toward an October grand opening for the newly remodeled restaurant. Facilities Vice President Brian Davies recently interviewed with local “rural radio” station KNEB News about this exciting event. Listen now “We can remodel the restaurant, give it a facelift, make it fresh and…
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Corpse Whale Century RECAP
Over 20 riders. 100 miles. 1,000 Baja Blasts. Okay, we’re exaggerating on that last part – but the Corpse Whale Racing team members did put Baja Blasts in their water bottles! Said one of the members, “we’re going to Baja Blast off!” Beginning at 215 E Lake St. in Minneapolis, the group of FTW (fem, trans, and/or women) racers spent Saturday, August 19th biking nearly 100 miles and visiting 12…
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Tour de Taco Bell: Border Foods Style
Can you ride a bicycle through a drive through window? That’s the question that the Corpse Whale Racing bicycle team might just answer for us on Saturday, August 19th. The team has planned a century ride (100 miles of biking), and the only rule of the ride is that they must fuel themselves exclusively with Taco Bell. Raven Dewitt, one of the members of Corpse Whale Racing, said she originally…
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Celebrating Scholarship Winners Never Gets Old!
We have some pretty fantastic summertime traditions at Border Foods. In tandem with annual Family Fun Days throughout our markets, this is the time of year when we catch a handful of deserving scholarship winners by surprise with much-desired scholarship checks. “For us, it’s all about making lives better,” says President Aaron Engler. “When we make our people a priority, of course the guests benefit, too. We love surprising people…
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Meet Soni: She Brings the Sauce to East North Street
Team Member, Sonrisa “Soni” Stafford makes people laugh all the time. She’s not sure how but it’s something she’s become endearingly known for. Another thing Soni’s known for? Her signature catchphrase. “Let’s get saucy” is Soni’s trademark line she says (since Taco Bell is famous for its sauces). This is how she adds flair to the guest experience — and a little personality. Soni says one of many great reasons…
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Scott Harman on Stuffing Tacos, Being an RGM
Scott Harman is one of our many high quality leaders. He’s been with Border Foods for 10 years and currently serves as Restaurant General Manager (RGM) of our Endeavour Boulevard Taco Bell in Rapid City, SD. Working in a restaurant is what he’s done most of his life: “Food is what I know,” he says. So why Border Foods? Scott stays happily employed with us because of our great benefits…
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Kick-off to Summer: MN Family Fun Days
It’s that time again! Every Summer, Border Foods hosts special family fun days in all of the markets we do business in. And this year, Minnesota kicked off the special event series. Hundreds of leaders and their families gathered at Valley Fair, an amusement park in Shakopee, for a day full of roller coasters, water slides, and a company-hosted lunch. We also had two special scholarship awards: Quinn James, a…
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Border Foods: Good Vibe and Inclusive
This is Rosalie “Rose” Nevarez, Restaurant General Manager (RGM) of our Rapid City, SD, Taco Bell. We caught up with her during filming for the company’s quarterly video newsletter, a portion of which was filmed on location at her restaurant. Rose says getting ready for the video team and the presence of company leadership was nerve racking for her team. “But I think deep down they’re kind of like how…
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PRESS RELEASE: Border Foods opens new Taco Bell in Grandville
First 50 customers to visit new restaurant will receive free tacos for a year NEW HOPE, Minn. (July 13, 2023) — Border Foods today announced it will be opening a new Taco Bell restaurant in Grandville, Michigan, on Mon., July 17, located at 4629 Wilson Ave. SW. This location is Border Foods’ 55th restaurant in the Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo area, 61st restaurant in Michigan and the company’s 240th restaurant in the upper Midwest. “We…
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