Article: Fast Food Outlets Moving into Gas Stations, Other Sites. (Originated from The Orange County Register, Calif.)

Sep. 13--Fill 'er up means more than gas these days at local service stations and truck stops, where travelers are filling tummies with brand-name tacos, hot dogs and hamburgers.

Fast-food restaurant chains such as Taco Bell Corp. of Irvine and Wienerschnitzel, owned by Newport Beach-based Gilardi Group, are increasingly selling food to travelers via gasoline stations and convenience stores. It's one of the latest twists for fast-food companies in search of non-traditional restaurant sites.

"In this business, the theory used to be that if you build it, hopefully they will come," said Ira Blumenthal, president of Co-Opportunities Inc., a Georgia-based ...

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