Austaco, Ltd is a franchisee of Taco Bell Corporation and has been in business for over 40 years. From its home office in Austin, Texas, the company operates more than 75 Taco Bell restaurants in over 30 Central Texas, east Texas and south Texas communities. In October 1968 the first Taco Bell opened in Austin. Within two years, three more stores were opened. In 1976 Austaco began storing paper products and delivering them to the restaurants. In March 1998, the company purchased 39 Pizza Hut restaurants in the Central Texas area which they operated until 2005.