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Because of their prices I'd basically given up on Taco Bell except for the value menu. But now every item that was $1 jumped to $1.5 (and everything else went up with it) so I'm cutting out Taco Bell completely. A few months back one of their limited time offers was $5 but when ordered à la carte was $12.47 -- that kinda revealed just how (unreasonably) skewed their profit margins must be.
It used to be $5-10 to feel gross and full, now it's $15-20 and takes 15 minutes both inside or drive through. I haven't been back in a couple years because of price and incompetence, there's better options for cheaper and quicker. Sheetz the gas station has been nailing Amerimexican for years if you're north east.
My local gas station attached Mexican joint has been cranking out local amazing cuisine for years, I would literally never even consider Taco Bell
Laredos has the best gas station breakfast tacos I have ever had
Taco Bell has stayed the cheapest food place for as long as I've known.
It's like $12 for a crunchwrap meal in my super low CoL town. Wemdy's still has their $5 buggie bag. I used to love Taco Bell but it now costs more than freaking Chipotle.
$5.69 for a crunchwrap in my relatively high CoL town. $5.99 for a "build your own cravings box" that's kinda like a biggie bag but maybe slightly less food and the specialty item can be a crunchwrap.
Build your own cravings box is amazing. Where I live you can’t order it in-store, it’s online order exclusive. But I think some locations don’t do it, which is sad.
And the crunchwrap is smaller and virtually empty
I still love the food, but Taco Bell is one of the most expensive fast food places around me.
They never have deals. Everyone else has something like a 2 for $6 and/or they offer good coupons.
I only go when I want to have the specific flavor profile they create. If I want actual Mexican food, they're my absolute last option
Yeah but that Breakfast Steak Crunchwrap with extra creamy jalapeño sauce…
Greatest fast food breakfast item. And I’ve eaten an embarrassing amount of fast food breakfast.
The McDonald's app always has pretty good deals. 2 spicy chicken for $3 right now.
The over-reliance on apps and the privacy/security implications that entails is a separate issue for me. I also don't have the Google Play Store (or the associated underlying services) that all the apps require to function on my phone (CalyxOS). Comcast was decertifying my ancient modem so I finally bought a new one. When I needed to swap the hardware id info over and called their support line all of their workflows now apparently rely on using their app. When I told them it was between them supplying me with a vanilla smartphone or me cancelling my service because I didn't own any devices that supported their app they were then magically able to just update some fields in their database and my modem was set-up with no mobile phones or apps involved. I've had a passion for technology my entire life but its current predatory and user hostile default state just makes me hate it.
No worries mate, that's pretty hardcore. Guess we gotta make lunch at home or pay up 😂