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STARR Restaurants: Stephen Starr. How a Non-Foodie Built Thriving Restaurants on Gut Instinct Jun 22, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:51 Guy Raz If you really want to make money in the restaurant business, you're better off trying to buy a Taco Bell franchise where margins are closer to 20%.

Advice Line with Steve Ells of Chipotle Apr 9, 2026 · 1 mention

Wingstop: Antonio Swad. A Brilliant Idea — And a Nail-Biting Exit Apr 6, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 43:41 Guy Raz I mean, if you own one Wingstop or one Taco Bell or one McDonald's, you can do pretty well, but you really, to, to see serious money, you gotta own 10.

Gymboree: Joan Barnes. How Building a Beloved Brand Nearly Destroyed Its Founder Jan 19, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 27:22 Guy Raz It wasn't like, um, hey, you want to own a Taco Bell or a McDonald's?

Crumbl: Jason McGowan Aug 11, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:34 Guy Raz In fact, Crumble Cookies has more followers on the platform than Starbucks, Domino's, and Taco Bell combined.

Dave’s Hot Chicken: Arman Oganesyan Jun 10, 2024 · 1 mention

Advice Line with Tom Rinks of Sun Bum May 23, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:07 Guy Raz Tom is the mastermind creative behind some of the most innovative products of the past 25 years, including the Taco Bell Chihuahua, Daily on Tequila, and of course, Sunbomb Skin Products.

Twilio: Jeff Lawson Apr 3, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 54:14 Jeff Lawson So I remember I showed up at one of these hackathons at two AM with about 700 dollars worth of Taco Bell. 3 times in the scene

Sun Bum: Tom Rinks Mar 27, 2023 · 33 mentions

  • ▶ 3:16 Guy Raz And one of his most iconic contributions to the world of branding, the Taco Bell Chihuahua, as in 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 22:12 Tom Rinks I don't remember who else other than the big one, you know, Taco Bell came by. 13 times in the scene
  • ▶ 26:20 Guy Raz And at the end, the Chihuahua says, yo quiero Taco Bell. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 27:37 Guy Raz He and his partner Joe are shocked to discover that Taco Bell has basically stolen their mascot for a national ad campaign, which, by the way, is going to become huge. 10 times in the scene
  • ▶ 34:05 Guy Raz All right, but meantime, you're, you're not, uh, done with, with Taco Bell, because, you know, as we, as we said earlier, uh, you and Joe decide to appeal that case, and, and this goes to, uh, this is a federal court, and, and now you have…
  • ▶ 1:09:34 Tom Rinks Other than the depositions for the Taco Bell trial, which were more intense than this, trust me. 3 times in the scene

Culver's: Craig Culver Oct 17, 2022 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 2:56 Guy Raz On that basis, it's more profitable than Burger King, KFC, and Taco Bell.
  • ▶ 30:26 Craig Culver We're in a small town, small town in Wisconsin, and for example, Taco Bell, you know, has a pretty defined audience.
  • ▶ 1:02:57 Guy Raz With raising canes and Chick-fil-A, it's a huge, I mean, even Taco Bell now has chicken, like, everyone's doing chicken.

Merge Records: Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan Dec 6, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 58:20 Mac McCaughan I mean, I think that, you know, this was definitely talked about in a different way, and it was kind of funny to me that it was spoken of with some sort of mystery, because in our experience, they were also just, like, a band stopping at…

Chipotle: Steve Ells Oct 30, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 33:01 Steve Ells I think that was at Taco Bell and the dollar value menu and things like this.
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