Congratulations to this year’s KFC Foundation Scholarship winners! Applicants have the opportunity to apply for up to $20,000 in scholarship funds to attend the two- or four-year college, trade school, or graduate school of their choice. We’re so thrilled to have eight DDO team members representing our KFC business so proudly! From nursing, to computer...Read More

In Kingman, AZ, a unique collection of restaurants called The Fork in the Road, showcases Desert De Oro Foods’ (DDO) commitment to culinary creativity. This group includes a community favorite, Mattina’s Ristorante. At the center of Mattina’s is Executive Chef and General Manager (GM) Yashica Oliver, whose story is as memorable as the dishes she...Read More

Once a year we get this AWESOME opportunity to celebrate a group of thoughtful, ambitious students setting out to bring their passions to life. This is thanks to the generosity of the Taco Bell Foundation. We’re proud to announce that we have six first-time Live Más Scholarship winners this year from the Desert De Oro...Read More

If Area Coach (AC) Bryce Carroll looks familiar, it’s probably because he’s no stranger to being featured on our blog. Now he’s back celebrating another promotion — his fourth in the nearly four years he’s worked with us! This role may be his most adventurous yet, because it requires a move from Texas to New...Read More

There’s a connection, a sort of calm familiarity that takes over when meeting Dulcelene “Dulce” Barros, the Restaurant General Manager (RGM) at our Norwood, MA Taco Bell. She’s described as having a “Mona Lisa-type” smile and a twinkle in her eye. It’s hard to imagine now, but Dulce was a self-proclaimed introvert in her early...Read More

We’d like you to meet Jeana Gould, our new Corrigo Administrator. After commuting the last six years from Kingman, AZ to Nevada for her previous employer, this Kingman resident is happy to now work closer to home! She joins our administrative team at the Restaurant Support Center (RSC) in the desert town of our original...Read More

We recently caught up with Desert De Oro Foods (DDO) Area Coach (AC) Tyson Gilmore to learn more about our latest Glendale, AZ Taco Bell opening.   Tyson is a Taco Bell veteran, having been with the brand for 26 years, eight of which have been spent with us here at DDO.  Despite being a...Read More

Israel “Izzy” Moya is a Restaurant Training Leader (RTL) with Desert De Oro Foods Taco Bell in San Antonio, TX and is described as someone with a renaissance spirit.  Not one to be contentsitting on the sidelines while life passes him by, Izzy is all about experiencing things to the fullest. Which, most recently, included...Read More

We’re celebrating the stars of Desert De Oro Foods (DDO) — this year’s Estrellas de Oro (gold stars) award winners! Last year’s inaugural reward trip was so much fun, we decided to make it an annual occurrence! DDO’s top ranking 15% of Taco Bell and KFC Above Restaurant Leaders (ARLs) will be handsomely rewarded for...Read More

Nate Sleeper is Region Director of 31 of our Pizza Hut locations in Arizona, but his journey with the QSR brand began in the much colder locale of Michigan, where he grew up. Nate moved to Arizona in his 20s, working for a number of different retailers before returning to the Pizza Hut fold. Today,...Read More