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  • Giving

Congrats to our 2022 Live Más Scholars!

This year, the Taco Bell Foundation awarded $2,250,000 in Live Más Scholarships to 218 Taco Bell Team Members across the country. We are thrilled to share that 7 of those recipients are Border Foods team members!   Please join us in recognizing: Ethan Grilz, $10,000 Interest: Computer Science Location: Maplewood, MN James Brillhart, $10,000 Interest: Construction Location: Lowell, Mi Jayden Beach, $10,000 Interest: Cyber Security Location: Zeeland, MI Lee Lor,…

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  • Operations

Re-live the Best of the Best 2022 trip!

We were honored to take 87 “Best of the Best” team members and a guest of their choice on an all-expenses-paid vacation to Haven Riviera Cancun from March 30 to April 3. (Check out the full list of winner here). Relive the fun with us, which included plenty of pool volleyball, basketball games, book reading, relaxation, beach walks, dinners and more!  

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  • Culture

The Values We Live, for the Customers We Love

At Border Foods, our values act as the principals for how we serve our communities and interact with our teams. We’re proud to share our Core Values below: We are collaborative with one another to improve our potential for success; never hesitating to give or receive guidance, support, and encouragement. We take initiative, embrace challenges, and work to exceed expectations while striving to realize opportunities for continuous improvement. We are…

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  • Recognition

Congrats to our Signature Restaurants!

At Border Foods, we pride ourselves on securing many signature restaurant awards each year! Signature Restaurants are locations that deliver best-in-class service and have the people, culture and fundamentals in place to serve fast, craveable food from open to close! If you’re leading or working at a Signature Restaurant, that means you’re at the helm of a premier Taco Bell. How to become a Signature Restaurant: Top 20% of restaurants…

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  • Team Member Spotlight

Border Foods Team Members on Core Values

This spring, we caught up with several of our busiest Restaurant General Managers (RGMs) throughout the U.S.: Ziggy Arrington, Shawn Belknap, Nate Bowie, Barb Bunney, Lisha Burke and Martika Cox and Gayle Grigsby. Looking to start your career? Apply today! Ziggy Arrington says coming to work is really more like coming home at Border Foods where he loves the family atmosphere, and seeing team members grow and change. “I enjoy what…

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  • Team Member Spotlight

RGM Gayle Grigsby on Empowerment

If there’s anyone who knows the ins and outs of quick service restaurants (QSR), it’s Gayle Grigsby. An on–again, off–again employee since 1997, Gayle says there’s no other brand in the world like Taco Bell.  “From when I was young, I knew I wanted to be in the restaurant industry,” Gayle says. “My dad always said, ‘Things change in the world, but one thing remains: People have to eat.’” With…

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  • Team Member Spotlight

RGM Shawn Belknap on Integrity

We caught up with Shawn Belknap, a Restaurant General Manager in our Wisconsin market, and asked a simple question: “Why do you think your team members like coming to work each day?” His answer was simple, too, “Because I’m myself,” he says. “The person I am in my restaurant is the person I am at home.” It’s that kind of integrity that keeps Shawn’s restaurant team cohesive and high-performing. “We…

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  • Team Member Spotlight

RGM Ziggy Arrington on Family

“People ask me, ‘Why are you always smiling?’” says Restaurant General Manager Ziggy Arrington. “Because I enjoy what I do. It’s that simple.” Ziggy knows Taco Bell like the back of his hand. He’s been with the brand for 30 years and joined Border Foods when we acquired the South Dakota market in 2015. “When Border Foods took over our market, I didn’t know what to expect,” Ziggy says. “But…

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  • Team Member Spotlight

RGM Lisha Burke on Accountability

Lisha Burke always knew she wanted a career at Taco Bell. So much so, that she declared her dreams of becoming a Taco Bell employee in her high school senior paper. And where there’s a will, there’s a way. Growing up in a small coal mining town in Montana, she didn’t have access to a local Taco Bell. Between her junior and senior years in high school, however, Lisha decided…

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  • Team Member Spotlight

RGM Barb Bunney on Teamwork

When Barb Bunney was hired to work at Taco Bell six years ago, she was scared and nervous.  “I was coming straight out of the bakery and deli space, and I didn’t know what to expect,” Barb says, reflecting on the transition. “But Border Foods had patience and my managers let me learn and ask questions. It was a smooth, easy transition.” Before her role as Restaurant General Manager in…

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