At Shortland Street from June 16, 2020
Staff Reporter
Auckland, June 13, 2020
Taco Bell has announced the opening of its new restaurant at Shortland Street in the Central Business District in Auckland with the promise of a different dining experience.
The Shortland Street restaurant, which will open on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, is the second outlet for the Taco Bell brand.
Opening Hours
The new restaurant will be open from Sunday to Tuesday from 10 am to 10 pm and from Wednesday to Saturday from 10 am to midnight.
Shortland Street Taco Bell forms a part of a wider rollout of approximately 60 restaurants across Australia and New Zealand over the next five years, with more stores likely to open before Christmas 2020.
Arif Khan, Chief Executive of Restaurant Brands which operates Taco Bell in New Zealand, said that while Covid-19 slowed the spread of the Tacos brand, liberation from the virus has enabled the company to return with enhanced energy.
“Our Taco Bell national roll out was temporarily slowed but we are pleased to be back opening restaurants and serving delicious tacos. The Shortland Street site will be one of the first new Taco Bell restaurants to open, globally for the brand, since Covid-19 arrived and we could not be more excited for Kiwi fans,” he said.
Record consumption
“In the first month after launching at The Brickworks, Kiwis had consumed 18,000 Burritos and a whopping 40,000 Tacos, with the most popular item being the world renowned signature menu item, the Crunchy Taco,” Mr Khan said.
He said that the brand’s flagship store has served enough burritos stacked end on end to reach the top of Auckland’s Sky Tower over 140 times.
Taco Bell has also proved a hit with Restaurant Brands’ Shareholders when it was recently announced the brand delivered over $700,000 in sales in the first two months of operation in The Brickworks, New Lynn.
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