{"id":22299,"date":"2026-11-03T18:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/?p=22299"},"modified":"2026-11-03T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:40:41","slug":"every-kfc-and-taco-bell-in-puerto-rico-has-temporarily-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/every-kfc-and-taco-bell-in-puerto-rico-has-temporarily-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Every KFC and Taco Bell in Puerto Rico Has Temporarily Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Craving a Crunchwrap in San Juan? You\u2019ll have to wait.<\/p>\n

All KFC<\/a> and Taco Bell <\/a>restaurants in Puerto Rico have temporarily closed after parent company Yum! Brands ended its relationship with Encanto Restaurants, the island-based franchisee that ran them, The Associated Press<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

Yum! <\/a>says it made the \u201cdifficult decision\u201d because Encanto \u201ccan no longer operate in a way that meets our standards.\u201d Encanto did not immediately respond to the AP\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Both brands say they\u2019re working to find a new franchise partner. \u201cWe hope to be able to serve you again very soon,\u201d KFC Puerto Rico wrote on Instagram. Yum! says it\u2019s moving \u201cas quickly as possible to welcome customers back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Encanto has deep roots on the island. Puerto Rico\u2019s first KFC opened in 1967, and Encanto began operating Taco Bell there in 1985. <\/p>\n

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Craving a Crunchwrap in San Juan? You\u2019ll have to wait. All KFC and Taco Bell restaurants in Puerto Rico have temporarily closed after parent company Yum! Brands ended its relationship with Encanto Restaurants, the island-based franchisee that ran them, The Associated Press reports. Yum! says it made the \u201cdifficult decision\u201d because Encanto \u201ccan no longer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/no-kfc-taco-bell-puerto-rico-1126_g2151539657.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22301,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22299\/revisions\/22301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}