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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 first Pizza Hut restaurant opened in 1958 in Wichita Kansas, started by two college-aged brothers who borrowed $600 from their mother.
"Putt-Putt to Pizza Hut" musical jingle was developed in 1965 for Pizza Hut's first television commercial.
In 1966, Pizza Hut built its home office in Wichita to handle business for 145 Pizza Hut restaurants.
The red roof was adopted for restaurants in 1969.
In 1971, Pizza Hut became the number one pizza restaurant chain in the world in both sales and number of restaurants.
In 1989, for the first time in history, Pizza Hut pizza was delivered to the White House. First Lady Barbara Bush threw a party for 200 Washington, D.C. children during a "Reading is Fundamental" reception.
In 1990, Pizza Hut delivered more than 1,340,000 pizzas, or about 7,000 pies a minute on "Super Bowl Sunday".
Pizza Hut made its fastest and farthest delivery in 1993, Six hundred large pepperoni pizzas were delivered on a 24 hour flight for Dover Air Force Base to U.S. service personnel in Mogadishu, Somalia

The first Pizza Hut restaurant opened in 1958 in Wichita Kansas, started by two college-aged brothers who borrowed $600 from their mother.
"Putt-Putt to Pizza Hut" musical jingle was developed in 1965 for Pizza Hut's first television commercial.
In 1966, Pizza Hut built its home office in Wichita to handle business for 145 Pizza Hut restaurants.
The red roof was adopted for restaurants in 1969.
In 1971, Pizza Hut became the number one pizza restaurant chain in the world in both sales and number of restaurants.
In 1989, for the first time in history, Pizza Hut pizza was delivered to the White House. First Lady Barbara Bush threw a party for 200 Washington, D.C. children during a "Reading is Fundamental" reception.
In 1990, Pizza Hut delivered more than 1,340,000 pizzas, or about 7,000 pies a minute on "Super Bowl Sunday".
Pizza Hut made its fastest and farthest delivery in 1993, Six hundred large pepperoni pizzas were delivered on a 24 hour flight for Dover Air Force Base to U.S. service personnel in Mogadishu, Somalia

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.