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Chicken at Tresidder   Pollo Rey, a locally based chain of restaurants specializing in Mexican food and rotisserie chicken, was selected in April to open an outlet in Tresidder Memorial Union. The announcement came several weeks after students collected signatures of more than 2,000 people who opposed a bid by PepsiCo’s Taco Bell to open a campus outlet. Dean of Students Marc Wais and members of the Tresidder Advisory Board said Pollo Rey was selected because the chain’s bid met all the primary criteria ­ quality food, affordable prices and late-night hours.The petitions were not a major factor in the decision, Wais said. PepsiCo had become the subject of protests around the country in recent months because of its corporate ties to Myanmar (formerly Burma), a country many consider one of the world’s worst offenders on human rights issues. ST

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