LVE is excited to announce the grand opening of the newest Taco Bell in North Carolina! Located in Gateway Commons minutes from the Heritage and Traditions communities in Wake Forest. This new location is our First with Double Drive-Thru!
We are proud to join the community and further build the brand! Congratulations to the LVE Development team led by Mario Flores, Area Coach Desmond Toon, and General Manager Asmar Wilson!
951 Gateway Commons Circle, Wake Forest, NC
Taco Bell restaurants nationwide have introduced a dairy-based coffee creamer and a new coffee drink. The vanilla creamer replaces a non-dairy product and will become a permanent offering. Consumers who order 12-ounce hot or 20-ounce iced coffee drinks have the option of adding the creamer. The creamer also is featured in the Cinnabon Delights Coffee, which is available at participating U.S. locations for a limited time. The creamer and the Cinnabon Delights flavor demonstrates Taco Bell’s commitment to grow its breakfast business.
Kentucky native and multiple-GRAMMY nominated rapper Jack Harlow is sharing his favorite KFC menu items to be featured on the KFC app and KFC.com. Beginning March 24, fans can find Jack Harlow’s Kentucky Fried Favorites on the KFC app and KFC.com. Included in Jack’s Kentucky Fried Favorites are the rapper’s go-to menu items— the Spicy KFC Chicken Sandwich, Secret Recipe Fries, Extra Crispy Tenders, a side of Mac & Cheese and of course, KFC’s famous biscuits.
“Partnering up with KFC feels like poetic justice. I’ve begun traveling the world and no matter how far I go, KFC is one of the first things people want to bring up when they find out where I’m from,” says Jack. “I’m excited to align myself with something that started in Kentucky, but resonates all over the globe. I grew up going to the restaurant with my family, here are a few of the menu items I’ve been enjoying since I was a child.”
You can skip the drive-thru line and enjoy Jack’s Kentucky Fried Favorites faster by ordering through KFC’s Quick Pick-Up option on the KFC app or KFC.com at select locations. After placing a digital order for Quick Pick-Up, guests can head to the restaurant, park in dedicated VIP parking spots, and run inside to grab their hot and ready order waiting for them on KFC’s new Quick Pick-Up shelf.
Taco Bell is giving away free Nacho Fries Thursday through Saturday with its app and a $1 minimum purchase. Taco Bell Rewards members can get the app deal once per day for in-store or drive-thru pickup orders.
Through Sunday, spend $20 or more before taxes, fees and gratuities and get $5 off your order for delivery at participating locations for users who place an order on the Uber Eats or Postmates websites or apps.
The Colonel’s Secret: Eleven Herbs and a Spicy Daughter, a memoir written by Sanders’ daughter Margaret about his life and their complicated relationship is being adapted into a feature film. The movie will take a deep-fried dive into Colonel Sanders’ life, which is sure to be a wild ride for audiences. For a man who made his fortune perfecting fried chicken, the movie is suitably titled A Finger Lickin’ Good Story: The Life of Colonel Sanders. No word on when production begins or scheduled release date.
Taco Bell turns 60 this summer and our team members will have new outfits to mark the occasion. Employees will be given a new T-shirt that’s designed by Los Angeles-based streetwear creator Born X Raised that celebrates Taco Bell’s Southern Californian heritage. The shirt commemorates this milestone and features the our signature colors with a unique take on the Taco Bell logo.
After the country’s invasion of Ukraine, Yum! Brands Inc., parent company of KFC, is pausing investment in Russia, a key market that helped the brand achieve record development in 2021.
Yum!, which has at least 1,000 KFC locations and 50 Pizza Hut locations in Russia that are nearly all independent franchisees, said in a post on its website dated March 7th that it had “suspended all investment and restaurant development in Russia while we continue to assess additional options.”
Last year was a record year of development for KFC, led by new restaurants opening in China, India and Russia, executives said during an earnings call on Feb. 9. In Russia, the company was opening about 100 new restaurants annually and had expected to continue a “a similar expansion strategy going forward.”
Many companies have begun to pull their business out of Russia amid sanctions and outrage over the invasion of Ukraine.
This limited-time offering will soon return for the year. Taco Bell fans on the Taco Bell Rewards program will get special early access. Those who use the app will be able to get Nacho Fries Early Access March 8th and 9th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. local time. Nacho Fries will then officially return for everyone else nationwide on Thursday, March 10th.
Nacho Fries will remain at Taco Bell locations nationwide at least through April with two promotions scheduled. The first promotion—other than early access—will take place between March 24th and March 26th. Then, Taco Bell Rewards users will get a free order of Nacho Fries if they order at least a dollar’s worth of food through the app.
The second promotion will then start Monday, March 27th and remain active through April 13th. That promotion will see free Nacho Fries given to anyone who orders Taco Bell through GrubHub. A minimum of a $15 purchase is required with the second promotion.
Outside of the promotions, Nacho Fries will be available a la carte for $1.49 or as part of a Nacho Fries Box for $5.49. That box also includes a Beefy 5-layer Burrito, Crunchy Taco, and medium drink in addition to the Nacho Fries. Those prices are subject to change based on location.
Kentucky Fried Chicken and TikTok creator Isaiah Garza have teamed up to launch the #KentuckyFriedGivingChallenge, a grant fund that will give away $500,000 in cash grants to nonprofits fighting hunger in communities across the U.S. via TikTok. KFC was inspired by TikTok’s Creator Fund and philanthropic creators like Isaiah, best known for spreading positivity and changing lives through random acts of kindness on TikTok, to create the unique grant program.
Through the #KentuckyFriedGivingChallenge, KFC will award $40,000 to 11 nonprofits. Then, between April 4–18, fans will have the chance to cast their vote for one of the 11 finalist videos where the grand prize-winning nonprofit will be awarded an additional $60,000. Between Feb. 23 to March 4, 2022, creators affiliated with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit must submit a video up to 30-seconds in length on TikTok showcasing how their organization helps its local community; submissions must include the official hashtag and song/audio used in the launch/announcement video and be associated with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to be considered. Detailed instructions are available at kfc.com/KentuckyFriedGiving, and you enter your submission into the #KentuckyFriedGivingChallenge by posting a TikTok video. Deadline to enter is March 4, 2022.
Taco Bell announced that the first month of the taco subscription service was a success! Fans that subscribed to the pass visited the restaurant three times as many times throughout the month as those who didn’t have a subscription. The Taco Lover’s Pass program can be purchased in the app and resulted in 20% new rewards members, bolstering the loyalty program that was first introduced in 2020. It also generated a 16% renewal rate for those opting into a second month.