Taco Maker

Taco Maker

Taco Maker in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
Industry	Fast food
Founded	1968;57 years ago (1968)
Founder	Gil L. Craig
Headquarters	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Areas served	Puerto Rico Central Florida
Website	TacoMaker.com (Spanish) TacoMakerUSA.com (English)

Taco Maker is a Mexican fast food franchise founded in Puerto Rico by Gil L. Craig in 1968. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The majority of the stores are in Puerto Rico with one location in Florida (in Orlando) and another in Caracas, Venezuela ^[4] and, formerly, in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, India, Russia, Dominican Republic, and the Philippines. Taco Maker used to own two franchise locations in the American state of Rhode Island. ^[5] In 2006, FransGlobal bought the restaurant chain, along with its sister chains Jake's Over the Top and Mayan Jamma Juice. ^{[6] [7]} In 2009, Taco Maker moved its headquarters to Central Florida but as of 2019, its website states its headquarters are in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ^[8]

References

1. Zilkia Janer (30 March 2008). Latino Food Culture. ABC-CLIO. pp. 18–. ISBN   978-0-313-08790-5.
2. "Gil L. Craig: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
3. "Empresa". Tacomaker. Archived from the original on 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
4. "Tacomaker".
5. RETRO Rhode Island: the Taco Maker
6. "Taco Maker purchased". DeseretNews. 2006-10-20. Archived from the original on 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
7. "Taco Maker con hambre de crecer". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2011-06-02. Archived from the original on 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
8. "Downturn can't slow Taco Maker expansion". Tribune Digital Orlando Sentinel. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2019-03-05.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Official website (in English)