Tacala\u2019s journey began in 1989, when founders Dick Reese and Don Ghareeb opened our very first Taco Bell in Columbiana, Alabama. Over the past 30+ years, we\u2019ve grown more than threefold, now operating over 380 locations across the Southeast and Texas! With the support of Altamont Capital Partners since 2012, our growth has been unstoppable. In recognition of his lasting impact on our company and culture, Don Ghareeb was named Chairman Emeritus.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Even after three decades and hundreds of restaurants, our focus hasn\u2019t changed: serve our customers, support our teams, and give back to our communities\u2014with kindness at the heart of everything we do.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We exist to serve our customers, empower our teams, and partner with our Brands and communities. By living Tacala\u2019s core values \u2013 Hardworking, Selfless, and Kind, we continue to set the standard as the premier Taco Bell franchisee in America.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Explore Our Roots Tacala\u2019s journey began in 1989, when founders Dick Reese and Don Ghareeb opened our very first Taco Bell in Columbiana, Alabama. Over the past 30+ years, we\u2019ve grown more than threefold, now operating over 380 locations across the Southeast and Texas! With the support of Altamont Capital Partners since 2012, our growth… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1793,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-our-story.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacala.com\/staging2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacala.com\/staging2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacala.com\/staging2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacala.com\/staging2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacala.com\/staging2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/tacala.com\/staging2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1780,"href":"https:\/\/tacala.com\/staging2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/1780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacala.com\/staging2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacala.com\/staging2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Our Purpose:<\/h4>\n