Taco Bell responds to the shakedown lawyers who sued them
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http://www.tacobell.com/company/news...ay_Youre_Sorry

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On May 27, 11:06*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Taco Bell responds to the shakedown lawyers who sued them
> he
>

Did they sue them over the beef, or over the water and the oat
"seasoning"? I'm still trying to figure out the (Wheat) Oats.

Seasoned Beef:

Beef, Water, Seasoning [Isolated Oat Product, Salt, Chili Pepper,
Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Oats (Wheat), Soy Lecithin, Sugar,
Spices, Maltodextrin, Soybean Oil (Anti-dusting Agent), Garlic Powder,
Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Cocoa Powder
(Processed With Alkali), Silicon Dioxide, Natural Flavors, Yeast,
Modified Corn Starch, Natural Smoke Flavor], Salt, Sodium Phosphates.
CONTAINS SOYBEANS, WHEAT

spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On May 27, 11:06 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>> Taco Bell responds to the shakedown lawyers who sued them
>> he
>>
>
> Did they sue them over the beef, or over the water and the oat
> "seasoning"? I'm still trying to figure out the (Wheat) Oats.
>
> Seasoned Beef:
>
> Beef, Water, Seasoning [Isolated Oat Product, Salt, Chili Pepper,
> Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Oats (Wheat), Soy Lecithin, Sugar,
> Spices, Maltodextrin, Soybean Oil (Anti-dusting Agent), Garlic Powder,
> Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Cocoa Powder
> (Processed With Alkali), Silicon Dioxide, Natural Flavors, Yeast,
> Modified Corn Starch, Natural Smoke Flavor], Salt, Sodium Phosphates.
> CONTAINS SOYBEANS, WHEAT

Oats are commonly cross contaminated with wheat due to the way they are
grown and stored. There are gluten/wheat free oats for sale but they are
very expensive.

On 2011-05-28, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Taco Bell responds to the shakedown lawyers who sued them
> he

Howzabout Taco Bell apologizing to its customers for foisting off the
same lame five ingredients they've been pushing for the last 40 yrs,
now at ludicrous prices, or to small businessmen for their predetory
business practice of overselling their franchises, so as to all but
ensure failure.

Yeah, that's gonna happen.

nb

On May 28, 3:04*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> spamtrap1888 wrote:
> > On May 27, 11:06 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> >> Taco Bell responds to the shakedown lawyers who sued them
> >> he
>
> > Did they sue them over the beef, or over the water and the oat
> > "seasoning"? I'm still trying to figure out the (Wheat) Oats.
>
> > Seasoned Beef:
>
> > Beef, Water, Seasoning [Isolated Oat Product, Salt, Chili Pepper,
> > Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Oats (Wheat), Soy Lecithin, Sugar,
> > Spices, Maltodextrin, Soybean Oil (Anti-dusting Agent), Garlic Powder,
> > Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Cocoa Powder
> > (Processed With Alkali), Silicon Dioxide, Natural Flavors, Yeast,
> > Modified Corn Starch, Natural Smoke Flavor], Salt, Sodium Phosphates.
> > CONTAINS SOYBEANS, WHEAT
>
> Oats are commonly cross contaminated with wheat due to the way they are
> grown and stored. *There are gluten/wheat free oats for sale but they are
> very expensive.

Thanks, Julie! Good answer.

On Sat, 28 May 2011 00:37:39 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888 wrote:

> On May 27, 11:06*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>> Taco Bell responds to the shakedown lawyers who sued them
>> he
>>
>
> Did they sue them over the beef, or over the water and the oat
> "seasoning"? I'm still trying to figure out the (Wheat) Oats.
>
> Seasoned Beef:
>
> Beef, Water, Seasoning [Isolated Oat Product, Salt, Chili Pepper,
> Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Oats (Wheat), Soy Lecithin, Sugar,
> Spices, Maltodextrin, Soybean Oil (Anti-dusting Agent), Garlic Powder,
> Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Cocoa Powder
> (Processed With Alkali), Silicon Dioxide, Natural Flavors, Yeast,
> Modified Corn Starch, Natural Smoke Flavor], Salt, Sodium Phosphates.
> CONTAINS SOYBEANS, WHEAT

yum!

maybe the labeling should read 'may contain meat.'

your pal,
blake

On 2011-05-29, J. Clarke > wrote:

> beef. Tells us a good deal about what's wrong with the legal profession
> in the US that the firm filing suit didn't first determine whether that
> was in fact the case.

The whole legal profession has lost its mind. There are now what are
called copyright trolls, companies that are simply filing threatening
lawsuits over copyright infringements on behalf of the companies that
know little or nothing about them. These intimidation suits, one's
the plaintiff is likely to settle out of court to avoid further fees,
have become an industry unto itself. One judge jes threw out a whole
slew of them cuz the legal company filing the suits did not hold any
legal right to the copyrights. That company is refiling in a
different district.

Too many lawyers being pumped out on the street and not enough cases,
so they're inventing them. Worse, the lawyers all move to places like
CA where they think they'll get rich and live in grand style. So,
there's a surplus of lawyers in CA while N Dakota goes a beggin'.



nb

On 29 May 2011 12:40:59 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> So, there's a surplus of lawyers in CA while N Dakota goes a beggin'.

What ever happened to the status of being a big frog in a small pond?

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"spamtrap1888" > wrote
>> > > Seasoned Beef:
>>
>> > > Beef, Water, Seasoning [Isolated Oat Product, Salt, Chili Pepper,
>> > > Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Oats (Wheat), Soy Lecithin, Sugar,
>> > > Spices, Maltodextrin, Soybean Oil (Anti-dusting Agent), Garlic
>> > > Powder,
>> > > Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Cocoa Powder
>> > > (Processed With Alkali), Silicon Dioxide, Natural Flavors, Yeast,
>> > > Modified Corn Starch, Natural Smoke Flavor], Salt, Sodium Phosphates.
>> > > CONTAINS SOYBEANS, WHEAT


> To list ingredients in that order there would have to be more than 50%
> beef, but there could be 40% water and 9.82% seasoning.

How do you arrive at 50% or more? If you have 18 ingredients, there could
be 10% beef and the other 90% split amongst the rest.

On Sun, 29 May 2011 11:45:02 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

> Taco Bell isn't multi-level marketing, but having a high
> failure rate among franchisees is not always an irrational
> or unprofitable business model.

It certainly is if they want to attract franchisees who have any
business sense what so ever.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

notbob wrote:

> Howzabout Taco Bell apologizing to its customers for foisting off the
> same lame five ingredients they've been pushing for the last 40 yrs,
> now at ludicrous prices, or to small businessmen for their predetory
> business practice of overselling their franchises, so as to all but
> ensure failure.
>
> Yeah, that's gonna happen.

I got some Taco Bell "volcano" tacos and a "volcano" burrito last week. I
liked them a lot, to the point where I sought out their "bold & creamy
chipotle sauce" at my local Safeway, and I've been putting it on a variety
of foodstuffs in the last few days. I don't feel that Taco Bell owes me any
kind of apology.

Bob

On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:24:58 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>
> I got some Taco Bell "volcano" tacos and a "volcano" burrito last week. I
> liked them a lot, to the point where I sought out their "bold & creamy
> chipotle sauce" at my local Safeway, and I've been putting it on a variety
> of foodstuffs in the last few days. I don't feel that Taco Bell owes me any
> kind of apology.
>
I may be the only person alive who didn't know what you were talking
about. I managed to miss all the advertising.
http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/09/t...chy-shell.html

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.