Taco Bueno
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| Mexican Restaurants | |
| Industry | Quick Service Restaurants |
| Founded | Abilene, Texas (1967) |
| Founder | Bill Waugh (Founder) |
| Headquarters | Farmers Branch, Texas |
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Key people
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Michael Piccolo |
| Products | Tacos, burritos, and other Mexican-related fast food |
| Revenue | $187 million |
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Number of employees
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3,856 |
| Parent | TPG Growth |
| Website | tacobueno.com |
Taco Bueno is a U.S.-based fast-food restaurant chain specializing in Tex-Mex-style Mexican cuisine. The company is currently headquartered in Farmers Branch, Texas; its first location was in Abilene, Texas (in 1967). The chain also has locations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado and Texas, as well as in North Texas and Eastern Oklahoma. The chain currently includes 176 restaurants.
Taco Bueno was founded in 1967 by Bill R. Waugh, an art graduate from Abilene Christian University. The first store was located in Abilene, Texas. In 1981, Taco Bueno was acquired by British food manufacturer Unigate. In 1996, Taco Bueno was sold to Carl's Jr.'s franchisor CKE Restaurants.
In 2001, the private investment group Jacobson Partners purchased the chain for $72.5 million US dollars to help aid CKE Restaurants in a debt battle.
On August 10, 2005, Palladium Equity Partners announced the purchase of Taco Bueno from Jacobson Partners. At the same time, John Miller was appointed CEO of Taco Bueno. In 2011, Ed Lambert became CEO of Taco Bueno, LP.
In fall 2015, Taco Bueno announced its first delivery expansion partnership with application Tapingo. In early December 2015, Taco Bueno was purchased by TPG Growth, a division of Fort Worth private equity firm TPG.
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