15 Facts About Taco Bell

1. On March 31, 2011, Priszm, owner of Taco Bell, went into bankruptcy protection in Ontario and British Columbia.

2. On 4 April 2017, Taco Bell opened its first restaurant in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

3. In 2003 Taco Bell entered the Chinese market by opening a restaurant in Shanghai's People's Square named "Taco Bell Grande".

4. On September 21, 2018, Taco Bell announced National Taco Day celebrating its global reach outside of the United States, to be celebrated in 20 countries.

5. On September 15, 2016, Taco Bell introduced the Cheddar Habanero Quesarito, a quesadilla shelled burrito.

6. In October 2015, Taco Bell launched a certified vegetarian menu.

7. On June 6, 2012, Taco Bell announced it would be testing a new "Cantina Menu" with upscale items in their Kentucky and California restaurants.

8. In March 2012, Taco Bell teamed up with Frito-Lay and created the Doritos Locos Tacos, which is a taco with a Dorito Nacho Cheese flavored taco shell.

9. On July 1, 2009, Taco Bell replaced 20-year sponsor McDonald's as the fast-food partner of the NBA.

10. In 2009, Taco Bell introduced a music video style commercial entitled "It's all about the Roosevelts" composed and produced by Danny de Matos at his studio for Amber Music on behalf of DraftFCB Agency.

11. In March 2001, Taco Bell announced a promotion to coincide with the re-entry of the Mir space station.

12. In 2016, Taco Bell built a restaurant out of five cargo shipping containers for the Texas music festival, South by Southwest.

13. In February 2014, Taco Bell made its hot sauces available for purchase, sold in bottle form at grocery stores.

14. In March 2016, Taco Bell introduced private beta testing of an artificial intelligence bot on the messaging platform Slack designed to take orders of select menu items from local Taco Bell locations and have the orders delivered.

15. In 2016, Taco Bell launched the Taco Bell Catina flagship store located on the Las Vegas strip.