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Team Member Spotlight: Rich Ruuti
Last October, if you were out and about on Halloween night in Area 23, you may have stumbled into a peculiar sight: Border Foods Area Coach Rich Ruuti dressed in a professor costume, checking in on his restaurants. Today, Rich is known as “Professor ICOS,” a tag line that was born from his creative costume that evening. But he’s also embodying the nick name to its fullest. Fast-forward to today,…
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WATCH: Border and Carol Williams Scholarship Recipients Revealed
When it comes to working at Border Foods, one thing’s for sure: We’re about more than just making tacos (although let’s admit it, our tacos are pretty dang tasty). This month marked the inaugural unveiling of the Border Foods and Carol Williams Scholarship recipients — an event that took our scholars by complete surprise as Border leaders traveled to a few locations to deliver checks and celebrate with friends and…
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- Human Resources
Partnership with Community Rebuilders helps make lives better
Throughout our Taco Bell locations in Michigan, something special is happening. Thanks to Region Coach Vince Bosscher and his team, homeless community members in need can have a chance to work at our restaurants and start new lives for themselves. The program is called Community Rebuilders, and it uses government grants to help folks find housing and work. Plus, the program supports the new employee until they’ve saved enough money…
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Border Foods Raises $300k for Taco Bell Foundation
Twice a year, Border Foods team members participate in a nation-wide fundraiser for the Taco Bell Foundation and the Live Más Scholarship program. The scholarship allows Taco Bell team members to fund higher education goals and ultimately achieve their goals. In order to bring these scholarships to life, for two weeks this Spring, we asked customers in our stores make a donation. And wow, did they ever: In total, we…
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Border Team Member Makes Taco Bell’s 30 Under 30 List
Every year, Taco Bell Corporate announces a “30 Under 30” list — a compilation of Taco Bell team members who go above and beyond their daily tasks in the restaurant. And, they’re all 30-years-old or under. Most of the leaders who make the list are making big waves in their community, going out of their way to serve customers and working hard to further develop their skills. This year, it’s no…
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VIDEO: Re-living our Rally Days
At the beginning of 2019, we took time to reflect on 2018’s accomplishments and celebrated during our company-wide rallies. But what actually goes into a “rally”? What makes the time so special? We think a video will show more than our words can describe:
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- Human Resources
Vacation Donation Program Now Live!
We take our company promise — to Make Lives Better — seriously. That’s why we’re so excited to introduce the Border Foods Vacation Donation program. This new benefit allows Border Foods team members who are experiencing catastrophic life events to be eligible to receive donated vacation hours from their co-workers. Team members who are ready to be part of this movement can simply complete our new Vacation Donation Contribution form.…
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WATCH: 30-year-old Taco Bell demolition, rebuild incoming
Spring and Summer are the busiest seasons for the Border Foods Development Department. The warm weather gives our construction crews easy access to the unfrozen ground for new construction, and allows us to make repairs and remodels without the burden of snow and ice. It takes a whole village to complete these important development projects, from working with our own facilities team and contractors who help build new restaurants, to…
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Congrats to our 4 Live Más Scholarship winners!
At Border Foods, we take pride in making sure our team members are working toward goals both inside and outside the restaurant. We care about professional development, growth, opportunity and education. That’s why the Live Más Scholarship means so much to us. Funded through the Taco Bell Foundation, the annual scholarship allows Taco Bell team members to further their education and fuel their outside-of-work passions. This year, after reviewing more…
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Richfield, MN Wins Food Safety Award
At Border Foods, one of our goals is to build and maintain pristine restaurants. So, when a team wins an award for doing just that, we get pretty excited. Congratulations to our Richfield, MN restaurant (and accompanying team) for winning their city’s Food Safety Award for a second year in a row! “Sandy and the entire Richfield team deserve all of the recognition for this award. It takes a village…
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