Restaurants & Bars

Taco Bell Now Offering $100K Salaries: See Gwinnett Co. Locations

The company that owns the fast-food Mexican chain announced a new program that will test out boosting managers' salaries big-time.

Yum! Brands, which owns Taco Bell, will test paying general managers a $100,000 salary at selected locations.
Yum! Brands, which owns Taco Bell, will test paying general managers a $100,000 salary at selected locations. ( (Photo via Taco Bell Newsroom))

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - Yum! Brands, which owns the Mexican fast-food chain, The announcement was part of a series of initiatives the company rolled out Thursday that is says are meant to enhance restaurant performance, employee satisfaction, recruitment and retention.

In Gwinnett County, there are Taco Bells located at:

4291 Hwy 20 Buford - Phone: (770)932-5681

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555 Dacula Rd, Dacula - Phone: (678)985-3782

2121 Pleasant Hill Road Duluth - Phone: (770)476-8514

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4165 Pleasant Hill Rd, Duluth - Phone: (770)813-9978

1855 Grayson Highway, Grayson - Phone: (770)995-4095

5518 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross - Phone: (770)446-7744 H

1720 Indian Trail Rd., Norcross - Phone: (770)923-5830

4025 Holcomb Bridge Rd, Norcross - Phone: (770)242-7186

2617 Main St W., Snellville - Phone: (770)972-9230

50 Gwinco Blvd., Suwanee - Phone: (770)932-0447

455 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Suwanee - Phone: (770)831-5560

3579 Peachtree Pkwy., Suwanee - Phone: (770)844-5998

The company did not announce which locations will test out the $100,000 manager's salary.

Current salaries for the managers of company-owned Taco Bell restaurants range from $50,000-$80,000, Bloomberg reported.

Other programs that Yum! announced Thursday included "Makers," a program for employees who may not want to be managers but want to get leadership experience and "elevate their passion for the brand."

The company also announced that all nationwide company employees can become eligible to receive at least 24 hours of paid sick time per calendar year, starting in 2020.

Also, Yum! has a plan to make all of Taco Bell's packaging material used by customers recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025. Recycling or composting bins will be added to all restaurants where it's possible and PFAS, Phthalates and BPA — potentially hazardous substances used in plastics — will be removed from all customer-facing packaging materials.

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