The Urban Daily » Taco Bell http://theurbandaily.com The eyes and ears for African-Americans looking for what's hot online, on the airwaves, on TV, in the theaters and on the streets. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:39:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 The Urban Dailyhttp://theurbandaily.com/files/2010/08/tud_logo_220x100_web.pnghttp://theurbandaily.com What’s Beef? Taco Bell Meat Is Real Says President [VIDEO] http://theurbandaily.com/special-features/wtf-special-features/theurbandailystaff1/taco-bell-meat-is-real-says-president/ http://theurbandaily.com/special-features/wtf-special-features/theurbandailystaff1/taco-bell-meat-is-real-says-president/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:44:17 +0000 The Urban Daily http://theurbandaily.com/?p=1144505 What's Beef? Taco Bell Meat Is Real Says President [VIDEO]Greg Creed, President of Taco Bell, released a video statement in response to the lawsuit against the company, claiming that their taco meat does not qualify as "beef." "The lawsuit is bogus and filled wit... Read more..]]> Greg Creed, President of Taco Bell, released a video statement in response to the lawsuit against the company, claiming that their taco meat does not qualify as “beef.”
“The lawsuit is bogus and filled with completely inaccurate facts,” he says on the Taco Bell website. “Our beef is 100% USDA inspected, just like the quality beef you would buy in a supermarket and prepare in your home. It then is slow-cooked and simmered with proprietary seasonings and spices to provide Taco Bell’s signature taste and texture. Our seasoned beef recipe contains 88% quality USDA-inspected beef and 12% seasonings, spices, water and other ingredients that provide taste, texture and moisture. The lawyers got their facts wrong.”

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]]> http://theurbandaily.com/special-features/wtf-special-features/theurbandailystaff1/taco-bell-meat-is-real-says-president/feed/ 2 Taco Bell Serves Up More Beef To 50 Cent http://theurbandaily.com/music/the-urban-daily-staff/taco-bell-serves-up-more-beef-to-50-cent/ http://theurbandaily.com/music/the-urban-daily-staff/taco-bell-serves-up-more-beef-to-50-cent/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:15:00 +0000 The Urban Daily http://theurbandaily.com/?p=67411 Taco Bell Serves Up More Beef To 50 Cent Lawyers for the Taco Bell fast-food chain are calling 50 Cent's federal lawsuit filed in Manhattan against Taco Bell just another attempt to "burnish his gangsta rapper persona by distorting beyond all recognition a ... good faith offer." The beef is over a fake letter sent out b... Read more..]]>

Lawyers for the Taco Bell fast-food chain are calling 50 Cent’s federal lawsuit filed in Manhattan against Taco Bell just another attempt to “burnish his gangsta rapper persona by distorting beyond all recognition a … good faith offer.”

The beef is over a fake letter sent out by the company asking 50 Cent — aka Curtis Jackson — to change his name to “79 Cent,” ”89 Cent” or 99 Cent” forone day to help publicize its value menu.

In return, the company offered to donate $10,000 to the charity of Jackson’s choice. The rapper sued for trademark infringement.

Jackson’s attorney Peter Raymond said he wonders why Taco Bell would use his client’s name in an ad campaign if Taco Bell thinks 50 is such a bad character.

In the statement, lawyers for Taco Bell called 50 Cent a “self-described former drug dealer and hustler” and that “Jackson has used his colorful past
to cultivate a public image of belligerence and arrogance and has a well publicized publicized track record of making threats, starting feuds and
filing lawsuits.”

Yo 50, we got your back. Ecoli doesn’t belong on the value menu.

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