Taco Maker Explained
Taco Maker |
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Industry: | Fast food |
Founder: | Gil L. Craig |
Hq Location: | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Areas Served: | Puerto Rico Central Florida |
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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] 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]
Notes and References
- Book: Zilkia Janer. Latino Food Culture. 30 March 2008. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-08790-5. 18–.
- Web site: Gil L. Craig: Executive Profile & Biography. Bloomberg . https://web.archive.org/web/20190112200515/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=105604565&privcapId=71511512&previousCapId=71511512&previousTitle=The%2520Taco%2520Maker,%2520Inc.. 2019-01-12. live. 2019-01-12.
- Web site: Empresa. Tacomaker. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180720114408/http://www.tacomaker.com/empresa. 2018-07-20. live. 2019-01-12.
- Web site: Tacomaker.
- https://retrori.blogspot.com/2009/12/taco-maker.html RETRO Rhode Island: the Taco Maker
- Web site: Taco Maker purchased. 2006-10-20. DeseretNews. en. 2019-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20190114153251/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/650200132/Taco-Maker-purchased.html. 2019-01-14. live.
- Web site: Taco Maker con hambre de crecer. 2011-06-02. El Nuevo Dia. es-pr. 2019-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20190112150020/https://www.elnuevodia.com/negocios/finanzas/nota/tacomakerconhambredecrecer-980472/. 2019-01-12. live.
- Web site: Downturn can't slow Taco Maker expansion. Tribune Digital Orlando Sentinel. 2019-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20150804015900/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-01-19/business/restaurants19_1_taco-maker-central-florida-locations. 2015-08-04. live.