Taco Bell Adding Thousands of Stores in International Push

  • Chain to focus global growth in China, Brazil, Canada, India
  • U.S. urban areas to add 300 restaurants over next five years

A customer pulls apart a Taco Bell Corp. Quesalupa.

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Taco Bell is running for the border.

Yum! Brands Inc.’s Mexican-themed restaurant chain will open at least 100 new locations each in China, Brazil, Canada and India during the next five years, according to a statement Thursday. The plan will help boost Taco Bell’s store count to 9,000 globally by 2022 from 6,650 now.