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Taco Bell was founded in 1962 by Glen Bell in Downey, California. The first franchise was sold in 1964.
Five items were on the original Taco Bell menu - tacos, beans, bean burritos, tostadas and Bell burgers. The first taco sold for 19 cents.
The first Taco Bell restaurant was 400 sq. ft., with a walk-up window only.
Taco Bell has approximately 4,800 restaurants in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.
Taco Bell employs more than 100,000 people nationwide in their company-operated restaurants, franchised units and corporate offices.
More than 55 million people visit a Taco Bell restaurant in any given week in the United States.
Taco Bell system wide sales exceed 5.0 billion.
About half of the US population (123 million people) see a Taco Bell commercial at least once a week. Taco Bell restaurants use over 92 million pounds of cheddar cheese in one year.

The Colonel started his business at the age of 65, while living on his $105 Social Security checks.
Colonel Harland Sanders perfected his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices in his Corbin, Kentucky restaurant in 1939.
KFC listed on New York Stock Exchange. Colonel Sanders buys first 100 shares.
KFC becomes a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc. for $840 million. Grand opening of Colonel Sanders Technical Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
KFC opens one restaurant every day around the world.
KFC was the first Western fast food restaurant to enter China, opening its first restaurant on Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1987.
KFC officially opens its 9,000th restaurant in the world in Shanghai, China and announces a $200 million investment over the next four years for 200 restaurants in 48 Chinese cities.