Taco Bell Demands an Apology After Beef Lawsuit Dropped

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Apr 21st 2011 @ 1:00PM

Love may mean never having to say you're sorry, as the old Love Story theme goes, but lawsuits are another thing. Taco Bell would like an apology from the folks who brought (and then withdrew) the lawsuit against them that claimed their meat mixture was less than 35 percent beef. "Would It Kill You to Say You're Sorry?" asks the ad Taco Bell has launched today in newspapers across the country. Damage control is expensive, and the fast-food giant has spent millions in an ad campaign bolstering up its image as a result of the lawsuit.

They've even produced a video of Taco Bell CEO Greg Creed explaining that "Lawyers Got it Wrong!"

We'll see if an apology makes tomorrow's news, but we're not holding our breath.

Filed Under: Chain Stores / Restaurants
Tags: Taco Bell lawsuit

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Reader comments (Page 6 of 7)

4-22-2011 @4:57PM Larry said... Taco Bell demanding an apology ??? You've got to be kidding. I'm still having a 8.4 earthquake in my intestines and recovering from blowing my toilet through the floor last night. Get real.Taco Bell gained from the publicity.
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4-22-2011 @5:41PM poot said... Yeah, my guess would be you've never even eaten at one. Why bother posting?

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4-22-2011 @5:04PM PJ said... Say what you want about Taco Bell but the lawsuit cost the company millions and they should have the right to go after the idiots that filed this suit in the first place! The company that owns Taco Bell (YUM Brands) is actually doing incredible inspite of those who want to say stupid and idiotic things about the company! Don't like them? Then just shut up and go eat somewhere else!
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4-22-2011 @5:09PM Toad Lips said... the thing about mexican food is that it looks the same going in as it does coming out..........
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4-22-2011 @5:13PM marc said... I dont care wat they use, i'll always love taco bell anyway!
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4-22-2011 @5:14PM Mr Taco said... TB, serves the best quality, and the meat is on the salty side. It never used to be that way. On the chicken, and steak, they used to be grilled. Now all meat products are boiled in bags. TB needs to bring that style grilled back. Chili cheese burritos used to be called just chilito's.To make chilito mix, you need 16 ounces of gb, and chilito powder, and water. The refried beans are from a bag and then mixed with water, sit, stir, and serve, now that's fast food.I think TB needs to serve actual chili something better than Wendy's, chili is mexican.
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4-22-2011 @5:43PM poot said... Sorry, chili isn't Mexican, it's American. Look it up.

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4-22-2011 @5:52PM Mr Taco said... What I ment by that is..TB's chili is mexican, and it should have it's own style of mexican chili better than Wendy's

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4-22-2011 @6:06PM Mr Taco said... Don't use the same mixture as in a chili cheese burrito, but a south west chili TB style. With cheese, onions, cheese, refried beans at the bottom. With tomatos. and topped off with sour cream. That sounds like a good south west chili bowl to me.

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4-22-2011 @5:29PM Maddy said... Would it equally kill Taco Bell to apologize to customers who got food poisoning as a result of eating in one of their restaurants? I have told friends and family members and I will NEVER go to a Taco Bell again. I was sick for days.
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4-22-2011 @5:44PM poot said... over 90% of food poisoning is caused in the home. No one cares about you.

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4-22-2011 @8:33PM Mark P. said... Do you wash your hands before eating at home? Do you wash your hands before eating everywhere else? Your stomach issues came from you, unless it made the news that 100's got sick at that restaurant, did it? I've often wondered how many people/kids have handled that menu I'm holding in a restaurant, just food for thought.
A test for everyone: Next time you go out to eat, does everyone with you wash their hands? At your next family dinner (Easter is coming), how many wash their hands before eating?

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4-22-2011 @5:16PM Digi said... Doesn't really matter WHAT they use as long as it's A. Not Toxic (in the traditional sense of being POISONOUS), and B. Tastes good or at least descent. As far as I'm concerned they satisfy those requests...sure they can be UNHEALTHY, but thats a matter of self control. Eating Chocolate ALL the time would be harmful too, so yeah that's not their fault.
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4-22-2011 @5:47PM poot said... It really does seem that there aren't a hell of a lot of people capable of figuring that out. And, I'll point out, the people talking the most smack are now on their way to McDonalds, with a stop on the way home at the Dairy Queen. Bear witness, you don't know how bad or good a place is unless you eat there a fair amount. That's pretty sad, actually, talking a bunch of crap about a place, and then going back. These simple asses are too stupid to go to the market.

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4-23-2011 @2:12PM LEIGHTON said... I only eat out when travleing ,Taco Bells is one of the best, darn near as good as I make at home,only smaller.
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4-22-2011 @5:47PM davidhall1013 said... i dont care what the heck is in their beef! all i know is that it tastes awesome! dont change a thing. but dont hold your breath for an apology either. morons like that never say im sorry. mmmmm gonna make a bell run now, this article makes me want a ton of taco supremes! :)
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4-22-2011 @6:13PM billy baker said... Bueno man myself. The bell used to be great, too greasy,doesn't taste like it used to.
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4-22-2011 @6:17PM Louis said... The only food I trust is my own. Occasionally, when I eat fast food, I honestly feel like I'm playing Russian roulette with my health and my weight. Even processed supermarket food is scary. When I make homemade ice cream, it has 2 ingredients --fresh cream and whatever fruits or nuts I choose for the flavor. What do you get with supermarket ice cream?----modified food starch, maltodextrin, artificial flavoring, caramel coloring, corn syrup --or worse yet--high fructose corn syrup, and my favorite---- polysorbate 80 LOLOL (still have no clue what the hell that is) and that's only the tip of the iceberg as far the other additives.
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4-22-2011 @6:30PM J said... The Tea Party Loves Racism,hating fellow Americans, and good ole Taco Bell!
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4-23-2011 @1:27PM trancemed said... I like Taco Bells food but every time I eat it I am on the toilet and I feel sick. I don't have this problem with any other food.
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