Taco Bell and KFC: Not so YUM-my?

**Bill5461** · 02-23-2007, 12:53 PM

By Elizabeth Strott

It looks like Yum Brands (YUM, news, msgs) has a bit of a rat problem.
Shares of the company, which owns the Taco Bell and KFC fast food chains as well as Pizza Hut, took a hit this morning after video began circulating showing rats scurrying around a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant in New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood.

The stock was down more than 1% in early trading, at $60.35, after a customer called a local television station and tipped off the news desk to the rat problem.

The incident was only the latest public relations debacle for Yum Brands, whose Taco Bell restaurants were hit this winter by an outbreak of e. coli, which sickened 71 people in five states. (In that case, the culprit wasn't a rat, but lettuce.)

Rat Video:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/Money.htm?...0top%20ten&fg=

edawg99 · 02-23-2007, 01:08 PM

Once they get rid of the rats I bet there going to have a new food item on the menu.

Dark Dude · 02-23-2007, 01:32 PM

gross. Id put little hats on the rats and itll be a sensation!

rats with hats! only at taco bell!

**MSFixR** · 02-23-2007, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edawg99

Once they get rid of the rats I bet there going to have a new food item on the menu.

What do you mean new item. Why do you think their food is so tasty and low in trans fat?

**Jocasta** · 02-23-2007, 03:38 PM

All food outlets have a rat problem, you're kidding yourself if you think they don't.

**Bill5461** · 02-23-2007, 04:08 PM

Right, but when it's this visable theres a big problem

SilverSpoon · 02-23-2007, 04:38 PM

Rats or not, that food is kind of gross.

Or maybe it was the rat flavouring that made it gross?

Or maybe Bruce Lee isn't really dead?

**eliza'snumber1fan** · 02-23-2007, 04:52 PM

Yet another reason not to eat that crap.. urhhh...

**open32** · 02-23-2007, 08:34 PM

I like taco bell. And its cheap, I love food thats cheap.

Jeff · 02-23-2007, 08:39 PM

i love taco bell...

if they use rats...well, fine. They taste damn good.

Dark Dude · 02-23-2007, 09:08 PM

I prefer real mexican food anyways

Jeff · 02-23-2007, 10:12 PM

yea, i grew up in Arizona... i hear ya... but taco bell is still good.l

Blackmask · 02-23-2007, 10:17 PM

awww, they're so cute. They seem to be having a nice time playing together. Such a big store, a lot to explore and discover.

They didn't seem to be on benches or in any food stock. Unless customers were planning on eating off the floor everything should be fine.

will · 02-23-2007, 11:18 PM

taco bell still kics ass

Mat · 02-23-2007, 11:20 PM

I like Dell Taco better

edawg99 · 02-24-2007, 12:08 AM

ewwww. I can't believe anyone would eat Taco Bell. Let say me that's not meat your eating on your Taco.

**open32** · 02-24-2007, 12:26 AM

It cost 60 cent, its tasty, and hasnt messed up my stomach yet, so I dont care what its made of. I mean I have paid a hell of a lot more to eat some snails, which didnt taste good, so how much worse could it possibly be.

02-23-2007, 12:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bill5461 Scarlett Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 12,717 My Profile	Taco Bell and KFC: Not so YUM-my? By Elizabeth Strott It looks like Yum Brands (YUM, news, msgs) has a bit of a rat problem. Shares of the company, which owns the Taco Bell and KFC fast food chains as well as Pizza Hut, took a hit this morning after video began circulating showing rats scurrying around a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant in New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood. The stock was down more than 1% in early trading, at $60.35, after a customer called a local television station and tipped off the news desk to the rat problem. The incident was only the latest public relations debacle for Yum Brands, whose Taco Bell restaurants were hit this winter by an outbreak of e. coli, which sickened 71 people in five states. (In that case, the culprit wasn't a rat, but lettuce.) Rat Video: http://video.msn.com/v/us/Money.htm?...0top%20ten&fg=

02-23-2007, 09:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
Dark Dude sla-pus a bit-chus Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: San Antonio Posts: 932 My Profile	I prefer real mexican food anyways Last edited by Dark Dude : 02-23-2007 at 09:10 PM.

02-23-2007, 01:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,583 My Profile	Once they get rid of the rats I bet there going to have a new food item on the menu.

02-23-2007, 01:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dark Dude sla-pus a bit-chus Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: San Antonio Posts: 932 My Profile	gross. Id put little hats on the rats and itll be a sensation! rats with hats! only at taco bell!

02-23-2007, 03:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 18,609 My Profile	All food outlets have a rat problem, you're kidding yourself if you think they don't.

02-23-2007, 04:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bill5461 Scarlett Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 12,717 My Profile	Right, but when it's this visable theres a big problem

02-23-2007, 04:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
SilverSpoon Kamen Rider Kiva Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: www.canofnothing.com Posts: 7,550	Rats or not, that food is kind of gross. Or maybe it was the rat flavouring that made it gross? Or maybe Bruce Lee isn't really dead?

02-23-2007, 04:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
eliza'snumber1fan moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,184 My Profile	Yet another reason not to eat that crap.. urhhh...

02-23-2007, 08:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
open32 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 7,821 My Profile	I like taco bell. And its cheap, I love food thats cheap.

02-23-2007, 08:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jeff The Former Owner - now just a poster! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 3,169 My Profile	i love taco bell... if they use rats...well, fine. They taste damn good.

02-23-2007, 10:12 PM	#12 (permalink)
Jeff The Former Owner - now just a poster! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 3,169 My Profile	yea, i grew up in Arizona... i hear ya... but taco bell is still good.l

02-23-2007, 10:17 PM	#13 (permalink)
Blackmask Protector of Inanity Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,158 My Profile	awww, they're so cute. They seem to be having a nice time playing together. Such a big store, a lot to explore and discover. They didn't seem to be on benches or in any food stock. Unless customers were planning on eating off the floor everything should be fine.

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02-23-2007, 11:18 PM	#14 (permalink)
will Administrator, Founder Join Date: May 2000 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 313 My Profile	taco bell still kics ass

02-23-2007, 11:20 PM	#15 (permalink)
Mat Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 1,030	I like Dell Taco better

02-24-2007, 12:08 AM	#16 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,583 My Profile	ewwww. I can't believe anyone would eat Taco Bell. Let say me that's not meat your eating on your Taco.

02-24-2007, 12:26 AM	#17 (permalink)
open32 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 7,821 My Profile	It cost 60 cent, its tasty, and hasnt messed up my stomach yet, so I dont care what its made of. I mean I have paid a hell of a lot more to eat some snails, which didnt taste good, so how much worse could it possibly be.