Border Foods Companies

Border Foods is a Minnesota based franchisee of Taco Bell, the nation’s leading Mexican-inspired quick service restaurant. We own 180+ locations, and are still growing, throughout Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, making us one of the largest Taco Bell franchisees in the country.Founders, and brothers, Jeff Engler and Lee Engler got started in the quick-service restaurant business in the late 1970s. They began operating Taco Bell franchises in the 1980s. In 1996 they acquired 60-plus Taco Bell locations and launched Border Foods.Our culture, and our incredible team members, are what separate us from the rest!