Taco Maker
 Taco Maker in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico | |
| Industry | Fast food |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| Founder | Gil L. Craig |
| Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Areas served | Puerto Rico Central Florida |
| Website | TacoMaker.com (Spanish) TacoMakerUSA.com (English) |
Taco Maker is a Mexican fast food franchise founded in Puerto Rico by Gil L. Craig in 1968.[1][2][3] The majority of the stores are in Puerto Rico with one location in Florida (in Orlando) and another in Caracas, Venezuela[4] and, formerly, in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, India, Russia, Dominican Republic,and the Philippines. Taco Maker used to own two franchise locations in the American state of Rhode Island.[5] There were also Taco Maker locations in New Haven, Connecticut, as well as Las Vegas, Nevada In 2006, FransGlobal bought the restaurant chain, along .with its sister chains Jake's Over the Top and Mayan Jamma Juice.[6][7] In 2009, Taco Maker moved its headquarters to Central Florida but as of 2019, its website states its headquarters are in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Zilkia Janer (30 March 2008). Latino Food Culture. ABC-CLIO. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-0-313-08790-5.
- ^ "Gil L. Craig: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Empresa". Tacomaker. Archived from the original on 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Tacomaker".
- ^ RETRO Rhode Island: the Taco Maker
- ^ "Taco Maker purchased". DeseretNews. 2006-10-20. Archived from the original on 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Taco Maker con hambre de crecer". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2011-06-02. Archived from the original on 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Downturn can't slow Taco Maker expansion". Tribune Digital Orlando Sentinel. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Spanish)
- Official website (in English)
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