Taco Bell tech stack

Tex-Mex QSR. Runs on Yum's Byte platform: its back-of-house system rolled out brand-wide in 2025, and AI labor scheduling runs in 5,000+ U.S. restaurants.

Map the Taco Bell stack

Required and recommended systems

Sales & POSRequired, brand-built

Byte by Yum (ordering and POS)

Yum's own platform; franchisees adopt it module by module.

Restaurant Business, 2025

Hiring & OnboardingNot disclosed

Franchisee's choice, as far as public sources show

Scheduling & TimePreferred

Byte AI labor scheduling (brand-built); Harri at corporate-negotiated pricing; Altametrics at some franchise groups

Byte scheduling runs in 5,000+ U.S. restaurants. Harri's Taco Bell program covers time tracking, scheduling and forecasting, with setup pricing locked in by corporate. Altametrics publishes a case study from a ~90-store Taco Bell operator.

Integrations: Harri Scheduling, Altametrics

Harri Taco Bell program page

OperationsRequired, brand-built

Byte back of house (formerly Tracks)

In 1,500+ restaurants in 2024, with plans for the whole system in 2025.

CX Dive

Tips & Pay AccessNot disclosed

Franchisee's choice, as far as public sources show

Payroll & HRNot disclosed

Franchisee's choice, as far as public sources show

AccountingNot disclosed

Franchisee's choice, as far as public sources show

From franchise disclosure document (FDD) summaries, brand and vendor announcements, and ProLiant's data-partner records (marked "partner data"). Brands change vendors; confirm against the current FDD before relying on any of this.