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A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR GMs & ACs
Golden Bell is Taco Bell’s premier restaurant leadership award. To be selected among 8,000 restaurant managers and only 24 Area Coaches (ACs) nationwide is exceptional and we’re proud of the 11 individuals here at Border Foods who won this year. These special people have just returned from their celebratory trip to Hawaii! “This lifetime experience is available to all general managers.” – Gay Demaree, Director of Operations According to Gay…
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RGM Skyla Has the Best Time at BOTB
Border Foods’ Best of the Best 2024 reward trip represented a series of “firsts” for Restaurant General Manager (RGM) Skyla Behm: It was the first time she’s been to Mexico AND the first time leaving her 10 month-old baby girl. Skyla admits it was a challenge to leave the baby. Good thing she’s always up for a challenge! Per Skyla’s own admission, the Rice Street Taco Bell location she manages…
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ED HESKETT RETIRES AFTER 50 YEARS IN QSR INDUSTRY
Ed Heskett has been our Loss Prevention Manager since May 2012, but to many, he’s “Mr. Ed” and so much more. As Ed prepares for retirement and handing the reigns over to Area Coach Logan Alderson, he remains revered for being a wonderful listener, friend and conversationalist, and a humble and trustworthy leader. “Ed is what I like to call a ‘Border Foods soldier,’” company President Aaron Engler says. “He’s…
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TESTING IN PROGRESS: NOT ALL SHELVING CREATED EQUAL!
When it comes to making lives better at Border Foods, there’s usually plenty to taco ‘bout! One place we review with laser focus is the “back of house” or kitchen area. Behind-the-scenes updates can go a long way for comfort, ease, convenience and efficiency. And that’s what we want for our people! Enter … Border Foods’ first installation of rolling rack shelving on a track. Simply investing in better layout…
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Brandon’s Best of the Best Year Begins
Manager Brandon Wagner’s year is off to a pretty saucy start. Fresh off the plane from Cancún, Mexico (our treat!), Brandon has been flying high in recent months with extra attention and recognition from within the company. Brandon is Border Foods’ GM of the Year, which earned him a coveted spot in Cancún for our annual all expenses paid “Best of the Best” (BOTB) reward trip. Part of his recent…
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Live Más 2024 Scholarship Winners!
It’s everyone’s favorite season! Live Más Scholarship winner announcements! And Border Foods is proud to reveal 13 winners from our very own Taco Bell restaurants. This is no ordinary scholarship, Live Más is a passion–based opportunity that allows recipients to make their dreams come true and, in the process, make the world around them a little better, too. Per Taco Bell requirements, applicants share their education plan and how it…
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REMODELING SEASON REVS UP
Spring has barely sprung and we’ve already completed four of our 2024 Taco Bell remodels! One recently completed project in Holland, MI is holding our attention. Located on South Washington, it’s a midterm remodel (occurs every 10 or 12 and a half years) with updated exteriors, digital drive-thru menus, new décor and updated LED lighting. Eighty percent of Border Foods’ 2024 remodels through June are midterm. What makes this revamped…
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ALWAYS A BLAST AT BORDER’S BOTB!
Many of our top performers are sun-kissed, having just returned from Border Foods’ company-sponsored “Best of the Best” (BOTB) rewards trip in Cancún, Mexico. Bringing the best of Border and the ‘Bell straight to the beach! To snag a seat at BOTB is a big deal around here. The majority of this year’s trip winners represent the top 20% of our 250-plus Taco Bells. And as many will tell…
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Area Coach Nicole Leads by Example
Nicole Terry began her career with Taco Bell as a crew member in 1996 at the age of 19. After a brief hiatus, she returned in 2019, shortly after welcoming a baby. Nicole did a lot of growing up during those years away, and it’s safe to say Border Foods did, too! Border owned just 81 stores when Nicole stepped away and now we’re up to 240 locations! One thing…
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TJ: HAPPY TO BE BACK AT BORDER
TJ Wegler is a repeat hire at Border Foods. He worked for us a decade ago, left to explore other opportunities in restaurant management, and then returned in the midst of the pandemic. He‘s now RGM of our Osseo, MN Taco Bell on the border of Osseo and Brooklyn Park. TJ can tell you exactly what drew him back to Border Foods in 2020 — it was a career defining…
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