Don’t know about the same owner. But I know they are all franchises. Closest one is a major college town.

They, and most fast food, forgot what they are and why they are there. Cheap and fast food. Not sit down and expensive.

It’s cheaper to go to our local Mexican place than to Taco Bell. My wife gets the two chalupa combo. And to switch from chicken to ground beef, the combo is $13. Her standing #4 at the Mexican place is $8.75.

When Taco Bell was advertised the $5 box, all the local ones had it at $5.99. Now it’s $8.99. There’s one Taco Bell about 20 miles away that actually does follow the advertised prices. But it’s not worth driving that far.

This. I worked in municipal government years ago. And there were a few different depots for the county vehicles, including police, to gas up.

Pretty sure he means the surface temp of where he’s about to put the food to cook.

Use the laser to see how hot the cast iron is before putting the meat on. Or how hot the oil is before deep frying. The laser thermometers are good for that.