
Minnesota’s First Taco John’s® Drive-Thru Olé Digital Location Nears September Opening in Rice
Taco John's opens first Minnesota Drive-Thru Olé Digital location in Rice.
Taco John's is a company in Burnaze's franchise knowledge graph, mentioned since 2015. 214 stories link here, each summarized from the original publisher. * Business partners Matthew Keiser and Brad Paxton have turned their love of Taco John's into a restaurant portfolio of 22 locations across eight states [[2026-10-16 How Two Business Partners Turned a Love of Taco John’s Into a Restaurant Portfol (43b9eb)]]. * Presto has integrated its drive-thru voice AI tool with Toast's partner ecosystem, making it easier for restaurants like Taco John's to deploy the system [[2026-09-21 Presto integrates with Toast to scale drive-thru voice AI (b817fc)]]. * Taco John's will open a new location in La Porte, Indiana as part of its Midwest expansion [[2026-08-06 Taco Johns continues Midwest expansion with La Porte, Indiana franchise (5bce75)]]. * Taco John's has added Sarah McAloon, a veteran restaurant executive, to its board of directors [[2026-07-30 Taco John's adds veteran restaurant executive to board (24727e)]]. * The company is formalizing resale assistance programs to guide franchisees through the transition process [[2026-07-13 What Happens When Franchisees Want Out (3296af)]]. * Taco John's has completed the deployment of a cloud-based technology platform across its 324 locations to manage point-of-sale systems, digital ordering, and loyalty programs [[2026-05-06 Taco John's updates POS, loyalty systems across 21 states (084cd3)]]. * Taco John's has appointed Ian Poole as vice president of development to lead national expansion and franchise support [[2026-04-23 Taco John’s names Ian Poole VP of development (27eb3b)]]. * Taco John's is accelerating its strategic expansion, nontraditional growth, and franchisee-first investments after a year of disciplined growth and operational investment [[2026-02-24 Taco John's Accelerates Strategic Expansion, Nontraditional Growth, and Franchis (0b9cad)]]. Filed under Restaurants / Mexican.
Also known as Taco Johns

Taco John's opens first Minnesota Drive-Thru Olé Digital location in Rice.

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