{"id":36395,"date":"2021-05-06T15:26:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T14:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=36395"},"modified":"2021-05-06T15:26:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T14:26:18","slug":"why-does-south-yorkshire-love-taco-bell-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/05\/06\/why-does-south-yorkshire-love-taco-bell-so-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does South Yorkshire love Taco Bell so much?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hooray! It\u2019s Cinco De Mayo!<\/p>\n<p>Well, it was yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The famous Mexican holiday is a celebration of the day Mexico won in battle against the French Empire in Puebla. All of this celebrating made me start to crave a Taco Bell, the best takeaway you can get in Sheffield and the heart of Mexican fast food.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude0b| \ud835\udddf\ud835\udde8\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd6\ud835\udddb \ud835\udde7\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde0\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde9\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde7\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddda \ud835\udde0\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udddf<\/p>\n<p>Are you out voting and stopping for a snack to eat? <\/p>\n<p>\u2753\ud835\uddea\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde7&#39;\ud835\udde6 \ud835\uddec\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde8\ud835\udde5 \ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde9\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde8\ud835\udde5\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde6\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddd9\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd7 \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddde\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddea\ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddec \ud835\udde2\ud835\udde5 \ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde6\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde8\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde1\ud835\udde7\u2753<\/p>\n<p>\ud835\ude13\ud835\ude0c\ud835\ude1b \ud835\ude1c\ud835\ude1a \ud835\ude12\ud835\ude15\ud835\ude16\ud835\ude1e \ud835\ude09\ud835\ude0c\ud835\ude13\ud835\ude16\ud835\ude1e\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sheffield?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sheffield<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Election2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Election2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lunch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lunch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ShefNews (@ShefNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShefNews\/status\/1390269166469451777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I crave a Taco Bell everyday and I&#8217;m definitely having one this evening after writing this article.<\/p>\n<p>But anyway, whilst I was eating my glorious Crunchwrap Supreme and Volcano Burrito, I wondered why it took me moving to South Yorkshire to study that awakened my love for the best restaurant in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Why was the south so bad for Taco Bell and why does South Yorkshire love it?<\/p>\n<p>Turns out, 7 out of 59 UK Taco Bells are in the region with two each in Sheffield, Barnsley and Doncaster and one in Rotherham. That\u2019s 12% of the UK restaurants! That\u2019s an astounding number (well, I think it\u2019s astounding), why are there so many?<\/p>\n<p>A quick bit of twitter research, always a good idea, revealed some answers.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsey (@chelseymward) believes the UK exclusive churros speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Churros and toffee\/chocolate\/incredible sauce &#8211; need I say more!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chelsey (@chelseymward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chelseymward\/status\/1389923221244420101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>@YorkshireSM, a social media agency were very happy with the chalupas.<\/p>\n<p>That tweet went viral with 19 likes <em>and<\/em> a retweet so I&#8217;m sure you agree, this is social science in action.<\/p>\n<p>Yaroslav Matveev, an international student from Russia, has South Yorkshire to thank for his love of the restaurant: &#8220;I love Taco Bell, I&#8217;m a big fan of Mexican cuisine with all the different flavours and stuff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Russia we don\u2019t have Taco Bell, and it was a revelation to me when I came to Sheffield and had a chance to actually try it. Fast food plus Mexican cuisine, what&#8217;s not to love!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rahul Warrier, who has come from Singapore, says similar: &#8220;Taco Bell is class, I don\u2019t have one in Singapore so I indulge myself here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We have reached out to Taco Bell to ask them why their strategy is so dependent on South Yorkshire but, unfortunately, they haven&#8217;t got back to us.<\/p>\n<p>So far it just seems to be a location that has a lot of Taco Bells, but I&#8217;m not complaining.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very proud to be part of the Taco Bell capital* of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>* I&#8217;m going to make this thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turns out, 7 out of 59 UK Taco Bells are in the region with two each in Sheffield. That\u2019s 12% of the UK restaurants! 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