Taco Bell unveils new wave of stores

Samantha Bailey
10 December 2018
The Australian

Taco Bell North Lakes in Queensland, to open this weekend. Picture: David Alexander.
Taco Bell’s comeback in Australia is gathering pace with the announcement of a new wave of Tex-Mex fast food restaurants set to open over the next six years.
New Zealand-based Restaurant Brands announced today it plans to open more than 60 restaurants in New South Wales, the ACT and New Zealand.
It follows rival fast food franchisee operator Collins Foods’ announcement in October that it plans to roll out 50 new Taco Bell restaurants in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia over the next three years.
America’s Taco Bell, a subsidiary of US giant Yum! Brands, unsuccessfully tried to establish itself in Australia in the 1980s, and again in 1997, but by 2005 had pulled out again.
But Collins Foods said last month it had successfully opened its second Taco Bell restaurant in Queensland and it expected to open another two restaurants by the end of the calendar year.
Today Restaurant Brands, which currently owns and operates 36 Taco Bell stores in Guam and Hawaii, said it had reached agreement with Taco Bell Restaurants Asia to bring the brand to New South Wales, the ACT and New Zealand.