May 17 2013
This Federal Prison Inmate Really Believes Taco Bells’ Doritos Locos Taco Invention Was His
Taco Bell claims that its product developers came up with the idea for the Doritos Locos Taco — probably the most successful new fast food item of the 21st century so far, with more than half a billion sold in the past 14 months — at a summit with Frito-Lay executives at its Irvine, Calif., headquarters. But a lawsuit filed by federal prison inmate Gary Cole in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on May 15 alleges that the story behind the taco is a lie. In his 35-page handwritten complaint, Cole insists that he invented the Doritos Locos Taco — and that Taco Bell and Frito-Lay stole the idea from him through the mail. [Continue Reading]
The fact this case went to a U.S. District Court makes me believe that Gary Cole may have actually invented Doritos Locos. I need to think of some random sh$t just so I can get my hands on a lawsuit. I’m pretty sure I invented something in my life. I just can’t think of it right now. Who would have thought it? Gary Cole the brains behind Taco Bell.



























