By 1965, Glen owned 15 Taco Bells and in that same year, he sold the first Taco Bell franchise to Kermitt Bekke, who opened a Taco Bell in Torrance, CA.
Glen started the Taco Bell chain with a $4,000 investment and the first Taco Bell opened in Downey, CA.
Wishing to be independent and go out on his own, Glen eventually sold his interest in El Taco to his partners for what he put in, which was $10,000.00.
John eventually got hired to work for Baker Burgers and with the help of both Glen and Neal Baker, he founded Der Wienerschnitzel.
Hired and then eventually fired due to a consultant's recommendation, John Galardi to run the restaurant commissary.
Celebrity partnership with football players, Charley Toogood and Harland Svare as well as Phil Crosby, son of Bing Crosby, resulted in a new chain of restaurants called El Taco, with the first location opening in Long Beach.
Glen opens Taco Tia location on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, but it wasn't profitable.
After opening two more Taco Tia locations as well as selling one franchise, Al wasn't comfortable with expanding, so Glenn sold his share of the partnership to Al and moved to Los Angeles with his family.
Neal Baker of Baker Burgers also added Mexican food to his American menu, which is still prevalent today.
Ed went on to become the founder of Del Taco.
The Barstow location still sold burgers along with tacos with the addition of tostadas.
Hired Ed Hackbarth to oversee Bell's Hamburgers in Barstow, which he turned into a second Taco Tia location after the success of the first one.
Partnered with Al McDonald (no relation to the McDonald Brothers) to open up Taco Tia.
With the success of the tacos, Glen contemplated opening up a Mexican only fast-food restaurant.
Glen moves to Barstow and opens up two more restaurants and sells both tacos and hamburgers.
Divorces first wife and to ensure the security of his son, Glen gives the two restaurants to his wife.
Introduces his "fast service" Mexican food at his second restaurant with much success.
Inspired by soft tacos sold at Mexican restaurants, Glen comes up with the idea of a crispy taco that could be made and sold assembly-line style.
Worried about the saturation of burger stands in San Bernadino, Glen explores the idea of selling a different product.
Bell builds a second restaurant and eventually sells that smaller burger stand to finance yet another restaurant.
Best friend, Neal Baker and Glenn Bell, open competing burger stands.
Giving into pressure from his wife to get a 9 to 5 job, Glenn sold Bell's Hamburgers to his sister's in-laws.
Even the MacDonald Brothers Drive-In at the time was built around car hop service.
Built from the ground up by Glenn and his best friend, Neal Baker, even though they had no construction experience, Bell's Hamburger is considered to be one of the first walk-up, take-out restaurants in existence.
Influenced by the MacDonald Brother's success, Glen Bell opens Bell's Hamburgers and Hot Dogs at the age of 24 in San Bernardino County.
Before I talk about the Volcano menu and what I saw, did and tasted while we are at the Taco Bell Headquarters, I wanted to give you a peek into the early history of Glen Bell and what it took for him to start Taco Bell. That timeline was pretty helpful, but it wasn't until I read the Taco Titan, the biography of Taco Bell Founder, Glen Bell, that I developed a better appreciation of what a dynamic man he was and how much influence he really had on the fast food scene in Southern California.
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