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Taco Bell gives away free tacos everywhere but New Jersey
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What has ‘Taco Tuesday’ got to do with the giveaway — and the NJ exception?
Taco Bell, the fast-food chain, is opening a $5 million tab to give away free tacos to customers across the U.S., except in New Jersey. That's because a fourth-generation Jersey Shore restaurant still owns the trademark in New Jersey for the phrase “Taco Tuesday.”
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Taco Bell gives away free tacos everywhere but New Jersey
Clip: 8/10/2023 | 1m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Taco Bell, the fast-food chain, is opening a $5 million tab to give away free tacos to customers across the U.S., except in New Jersey. That's because a fourth-generation Jersey Shore restaurant still owns the trademark in New Jersey for the phrase “Taco Tuesday.”
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipin our Spotlight on Business Report fast food chain Taco Bell is opening a 5 million dollar tab to give away free tacos to customers across the country except in New Jersey where a fourth generation Jersey Shore restaurant still owns the trademark for the phrase Taco Tuesday the giveaway is part of Taco Bell's celebration in successfully battling the regional chain Taco John's to drop a decades-long ownership of the term the fight has been playing out in ads and commercials for years even drawing big names like LeBron James to help Taco Bell quote Liberate the phrase but family owned Gregory's Restaurant and Bar in Somers Point didn't back down the local eatery has owned New Jersey's trademark for taco Tuesday since 1982 and the owners say they're not giving it up to the massive chain you can still grab the free tacos though on September 12th by hopping across the border to New York or PA [Music]
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