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title: "NRN Interviews Taco Bell Co-President Liz Williams"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/49eca566-0a21-439c-8375-5b512b4c2e8f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nrn-interviews-taco-bell-co-president-liz-williams-2707236
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2018-07-24T16:11:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:09:03.953Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7f6459233d5ded679092dab8e53caf9983.jpg
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# NRN Interviews Taco Bell Co-President Liz Williams

**TL;DR:** Taco Bell Co-President Liz Williams discusses the franchise's international development plans and maintaining brand hype in an interview with Nation's Restaurant News. Williams is unconcerned about speculation that former CEO Brian Niccol may poach Taco Bell talent in his new role at Chipotle.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-07-24. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nrn-interviews-taco-bell-co-president-liz-williams-2707236).*

## Story

Nation’s Restaurant News published an interview with Taco Bell Co-President Liz Williams this morning. The interview, conducted at the Taco Bell headquarters in Irvine, CA earlier this month, is focused primarily on the fast-food chain’s leadership landscape after the departure of former CEO Brian Niccol earlier this year, but the wide-ranging discussion also touches on the franchise’s international development plans, maintaining brand hype and developing new menu items.

When asked about speculation that Niccol may poach Taco Bell talent in his new role at Chipotle, Williams said she was unconcerned.

“In the industry, people always come and go. Brands are certainly bigger than that. We have a deep bench of terrific leaders. No, we’re not worried, and we think we have a great brand to retain top talent,” she said.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- Taco Bell (company)
- Chipotle (company)
- menu development (topic)
- Brian Niccol (person)
- international development (topic)
- Liz Williams (person)
- brand hype (topic)
- leadership landscape (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nrn-interviews-taco-bell-co-president-liz-williams-2707236). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/49eca566-0a21-439c-8375-5b512b4c2e8f).