Taco Bell, Pizza Hut to set up shop
in Iwakuni by early 2002
By Greg Tyler, Sasebo
bureau chief
IWAKUNI MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, Japan — Anchovies and
guacamole.
Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants are set to open at the
base’s Crossroads Mall food court by early 2002.
Only minor details need to be smoothed out in the contract with
Tri-com Corp., the restaurants’ international arm, said Dale Smith, director of
Iwakuni’s Marine Corps Community Services department.
“Everything is looking good, and everything is on track,”
Smith said Tuesday. “We are now working with our facilities department here and are
beginning to purchase the necessary equipment.”
Smith said the Iwakuni community has wanted a Taco Bell for quite
some time.
“People have clamored for a Taco Bell for a least a couple of
years, and I’m thoroughly convinced it will be a big success here,” he said.
Two eateries currently operating in the food court, Papa Joe’s
Pizza and Pepe’s, a Mexican food restaurant, will close to make way for the new
eateries, Smith explained.
“The Taco Bell with be a full-service version, and the Pizza Hut
will be an express version carrying most of the popular Pizza Hut items,” Smith said.
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