Taco John's controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2014
South Dakota franchise employment controversy
A former teenage employee at a Yankton franchise alleged that a supervisor used homophobic language and pressured him to wear an offensive nametag. The matter led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination charge. Taco John's condemned discrimination but stated that franchisees control day-to-day employment decisions.
2006
E. coli outbreak linked to Taco John's restaurants
Public-health authorities investigated illnesses and hospitalizations among customers who had eaten at Taco John's restaurants in Iowa and other locations. Lettuce in the supply chain was implicated. Taco John's dropped its produce supplier, while subsequent investigation cleared that supplier of wrongdoing and traced the contamination to California growing fields.