Taco Maker

{{Short description|Fast food franchise founded in Puerto Rico}}

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| image = Taco Maker in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.png

| image_caption = Taco Maker in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico

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| industry = Fast food

| founder = Gil L. Craig

| hq_location = San Juan, Puerto Rico

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1968}}

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| areas_served = Puerto Rico
Central Florida

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| homepage = {{nowrap|[https://www.tacomaker.com/ TacoMaker.com (Spanish)]}}
{{nowrap|[https://www.tacomakerusa.com/ TacoMakerUSA.com (English)]}}

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Taco Maker is a Mexican fast food franchise founded in Puerto Rico by Gil L. Craig in 1968.{{cite book|author=Zilkia Janer|title=Latino Food Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxYTgVXvc3oC&pg=PR18|date=30 March 2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-08790-5|pages=18–}}

{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=105604565&privcapId=71511512&previousCapId=71511512&previousTitle=The%2520Taco%2520Maker,%2520Inc.|title=Gil L. Craig: Executive Profile & Biography|website= Bloomberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112200515/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=105604565&privcapId=71511512&previousCapId=71511512&previousTitle=The%2520Taco%2520Maker,%2520Inc.|archive-date=2019-01-12|url-status=live|access-date=2019-01-12}}

{{Cite web|url=http://www.tacomaker.com/empresa|title=Empresa|website=Tacomaker|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720114408/http://www.tacomaker.com/empresa|archive-date=2018-07-20|url-status=live|access-date=2019-01-12}}

The majority of the stores are in Puerto Rico with one location in Florida (in Orlando) and another in Caracas, Venezuela{{Cite web|url=http://www.tacomaker.com/donde-estamos|title = Tacomaker}} and, formerly, in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, India, Russia, Dominican Republic, and the Philippines. Taco Maker used to own two franchise locations in the American state of Rhode Island.[https://retrori.blogspot.com/2009/12/taco-maker.html RETRO Rhode Island: the Taco Maker] In 2006, FransGlobal bought the restaurant chain, along with its sister chains Jake's Over the Top and Mayan Jamma Juice.

{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/650200132/Taco-Maker-purchased.html|title=Taco Maker purchased|date=2006-10-20|website=DeseretNews|language=en|access-date=2019-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114153251/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/650200132/Taco-Maker-purchased.html|archive-date=2019-01-14|url-status=dead}}

{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/negocios/finanzas/nota/tacomakerconhambredecrecer-980472/|title=Taco Maker con hambre de crecer|date=2011-06-02|website=El Nuevo Dia|language=es-pr|access-date=2019-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112150020/https://www.elnuevodia.com/negocios/finanzas/nota/tacomakerconhambredecrecer-980472/|archive-date=2019-01-12|url-status=live}}

In 2009, Taco Maker moved its headquarters to Central Florida but as of 2019, its website states its headquarters are in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2009/01/19/downturn-cant-slow-taco-maker-expansion/|title=Downturn can't slow Taco Maker expansion|website=Tribune Digital Orlando Sentinel|date=19 January 2009 |access-date=2019-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804015900/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-01-19/business/restaurants19_1_taco-maker-central-florida-locations|archive-date=2015-08-04|url-status=live}}