{"id":906678,"date":"2026-04-20T11:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/906678\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:09:27","slug":"tex-mex-restaurant-chain-taco-bell-to-open-first-northern-ireland-outlet-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/906678\/","title":{"rendered":"Tex\u2011Mex restaurant chain Taco Bell to open first Northern Ireland outlet \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexican\u2011inspired quick\u2011service restaurant chain Taco Bell is to open its first Northern Ireland outlet in May.<\/p>\n

It will launch in Applegreen\u2019s Lisburn North location on the M1 as part of a \u20ac1 billion upgrade and expansion plan by the service station chain which will see significant investment across its operations in Ireland, the UK, and the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hugely excited to confirm this partnership to bring the iconic Taco Bell brand to Northern Ireland,\u201d said John Diviney, managing director of Applegreen UK. <\/p>\n

\u201cTaco Bell has been a huge success on the island of Ireland since we launched our first outlet in Co Meath last September, and it has also been very popular with our customers in Britain.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He added: \u201cApplegreen\u2019s core goal is to offer our customers high quality roadside hospitality by partnering with leading brands such as Taco Bell. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe enhancements that we constantly make to our business are designed to delight our customers and to provide them with an even better experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Applegreen currently operates three Taco Bell outlets in the Republic.<\/p>\n

\"BuckleKnown for its craveable and bold Mexican-inspired flavours, Taco Bell\u2019s menu offers a variety of delicious products and unique tastes. Consumer favourites include the famous Crunchy Taco as well as durritos, quesadillas, nachos, and the iconic Crunchwrap Supreme <\/p>\n

\u201cOur opening in Northern Ireland marks another exciting step forward in our rapid expansion across the UK and Ireland,\u201d says Keyur Patel, market leader at Taco Bell UK & Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Founded in 1962 and ased in California, Taco Bell operates more than 8,700 restaurants worldwide, serving tacos, burritos, quesadillas and other Tex\u2011Mex\u2011style fast food. <\/p>\n

Applegreen, one of Ireland\u2019s leading hospitality brands, currently operates 435 locations (including five in Northern Ireland) and has more than 700 branded food outlets across its international network. <\/p>\n

It employs 17,000 people and had annual sales of \u20ac3.8 billion in 2024.<\/p>\n

Applegreen has almost 200 sites in the Republic and also operates 61 service areas and 31 hotels in the UK through its Welcome Break business, which employs more than 6,000 people in the UK and serves 85 million customers a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mexican\u2011inspired quick\u2011service restaurant chain Taco Bell is to open its first Northern Ireland outlet in May. It will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[254968,254969,254970,254971,254972,254973,254974,16787,254975,254976,254977,1144,254978,254979,16,15,64927],"class_list":{"0":"post-906678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-applegreen","9":"tag-ballyfin","10":"tag-dunshaughlin","11":"tag-irish-wedding-photographer","12":"tag-joe-conroy-photogrpahy","13":"tag-joe-conroy-wedding-photography","14":"tag-joeconroy-ie","15":"tag-laois","16":"tag-laois-bridal-photography","17":"tag-laois-wedding-photographer","18":"tag-murray-group","19":"tag-northern-ireland","20":"tag-portlaoise","21":"tag-sweartaker","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-wedding-day"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116436728770614886","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}