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Hamdi Keeps Climbing the Career Ladder
Restaurant General Manager (RGM) Hamdi Abshir started with Border Foods Taco Bell when she was just 16 years old, in part, because our Northtown Mall restaurant in Blaine, MN was close to her home. Nine years later, she’s still going strong! Hamdi joined as a team member and quickly moved up to a Shift Lead and then Assistant General Manager (AGM), before scoring the RGM role. And she did a…
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Growing Up with Taco Bell: Dominic’s Story
Dominic Pagan is the Restaurant General Manager (RGM) for Border Foods’ Taco Bell restaurant in Byron Center, MI. You could say he grew up with Taco Bell, having started with us at 16 years old. Dominic was having lunch at Taco Bell with his dad when they learned that the restaurant was out of his favorite menu item. When asked by a team member what they could do to make…
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JOSE’S CAREER CLIMB: FROM CLEANING CREW TO MANAGEMENT
Jose Jimenez immigrated from Mexico to the U.S. when he was 26 years old. Of all the places he could land, he says he came straight to Minnesota at the prompting of a friend. Once he got to here, everything just fell into place. Jose joined Border Foods in March 2006 as a Cleaning Captain at our Woodbury Taco Bell, where relatives of his already worked. Today, this great guy…
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SPEAKIN’ THE SAME LOVE LANGUAGE: TACOS RULE
Here at Border Foods, we’re proud to provide opportunity to team members of diverse backgrounds and nationalities throughout our many Taco Bells. Meet Shift Manager Vanessa Green, who knew little English when she joined our company 24 years ago. Now, she’s essential to restaurant operations at our Edinburgh Centre Taco Bell in Brooklyn Park, MN. “Taco Bell is my second home.” -Vanessa Green, Shift Manager Vanessa has been an incredible…
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SUSY LEADS BY EXAMPLE IN MAPLE GROVE
Susanna “Susy” Gonzalez is an Assistant General Manager (AGM) for Border Foods’ Maple Grove, MN Taco Bell location who boasts 22 impressive years of service to the brand. We simply had to sit down with Susy and figure out her recipe for career success! Susy began working as a crew member at our Brooklyn Center, MN location. After only one month on the job, she was well on her way…
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MARIA FLORES CONTINUES FLOURISHING!
Market Training Manager (MTM) Maria Flores has been with Border Foods for 27 faithful years, spending a third of that time leading one of our most challenging restaurant locations (Franklin and Cedar avenues, now closed). Maria began her career with Taco Bell in California and says that it’s the promise of more opportunity that moved her with the brand to Minnesota in the ’90s. And opportunities are what she landed!…
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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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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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RGM Matar is Fluent in Family
Matar Ndiaye is the Restaurant General Manager (RGM) of Border Foods’ Roseville, MN Taco Bell, but his story begins much farther away in Senegal, West Africa, where he is from. His international upbringing allowed him the opportunity to learn four languages and instilled a mindset to approach new opportunities with excitement. Matar may have moved thousands of miles away from where he grew up, but he has found family in…
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