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Taco Bell promotes Michelle Beasley to COO

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Taco Bell promotes Michelle Beasley to chief operations officer.

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Taco Bell promotes Michelle Beasley to COO. Taco Bell Photo courtesy of Taco Bell Taco Bell has promoted Michelle Beasley to chief operations officer of its domestic system. Beasley joined the chain in late 2024 as its senior vice president of operations. According to her LinkedIn account, she previously spent more than 23 years in various operations roles at Panera Bread, including most recently as senior vice president of franchise operations. Beasley began her career as a store manager at McDonald's. In her new role, she will oversee Taco Bell's company restaurants and franchise operations, bringing together support center operations, field teams, and restaurant evolution teams to continue executing operations and provide support to franchisees. Prior to Beasley's promotion, Jason Kidd served as Taco Bell's global chief operating officer, joining the company in February 2024. In that role, he led the launch of the Live Más Service model to execute "meaningful moments," accuracy, and seamless experiences for customers and employees. Kidd departed in the spring of 2025 to take on the same position at Chipotle. Beasley joins the quick-service chain's leadership team that recently promoted several other executives. In September, Taylor Montgomery, former chief marketing officer, U.S., was elevated to global chief brand officer. Also, Luis Restrepo was promoted to chief...

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Event
Promotion

What this signalsA newly promoted leader often gets the budget to change how the team works.

Person
Michelle Beasleychief operations officer

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People

  • Michelle Beasleychief operations officer · Named in the story

Details

Category
Promotes

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Job title tags

  • operations

Extraction

Confidence
67%
Detected
Jan 29, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
promotes

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