Taco Bell To Replace Arby’s, Offer New Hang-Out Area

LSU The Reveille:

B&G Food Enterprises gained possession of the former Arby’s restaurant on Burbank Drive on June 29 and will convert it into a Taco Bell.

Gregory Hamer, B&G Food Enterprises franchisee president, said he had hoped to have the restaurant opened by the start of the fall semester, but after recent delays, he now hopes to have it open by Sept. 1.

Hamer said the company would not tear down the current building.

“We are going to do a major remodel,” he said. “We will keep some parts of the building, but it will look completely new.”

The Taco Bell will have dining packages, an idea being tested at a Taco Bell in New Orleans. Read more.