Nice ad placement Lemmy!
I know right? Taco Bell has always been cheap garbage to shove in your face when you’re having a depression day.
Now it’s just garbage.
Really? Last I went it was around 5 USD for a crunchwrap and the cheese burrito nonsense was less than 2 USD a piece. 28 USD would be an absolutely obscene amount of food even by American standards
Edit since people think I’m bullshitting: these pictures were taken at a Taco Bell in Portland, Oregon, USA today, 31st January 2024:
We’ve gentrified cheap Mexican food and food trucks in general now.
It wasn’t even 10 years ago that you could get a pretty hearty meal at a taco stand for like 8 bucks. Now it’s at least double that and around me. It’s oftentimes triple. There’s no case to be made that the inputs for a taco have risen that dramatically in price. Businesses are doing what businesses do so I’ve moved on to Vietnamese food which is still pretty cheap around me.
Yeah I see several ads every time I get on now. Was really hoping to leave that garbage behind on Reddit.
that’s what I gave up on trying to explain to r/hailcorporate: you don’t have to get paid to be an advertiser. these empty souls will do it for free, because they’ve already fused their identity with their fav corporations
and calling the shit out and reposting it is just another layer of advertising, too, so r/HC got the unsub too
Lol, maybe if only $28 worth of taco bell was worth my time. It takes damn near $5o for 2-3 people worth of trash food.
$28 is a fucking joke, when you’re hungry enough to even consider ordering it
That’s why you order 3 rice and bean burritos. It comes out to like $3.24.
They’re not that great but enough fire sauce fixes anything
Do you have a time machine? They are $2.49 each now, or $1.89 if you’re lucky. And smaller than before so you need two of them to equal an old one.
https://www.aol.com/popular-taco-bell-burrito-shot-202926104.html
What is that these days, 3 bean burritos and a drink?
Taco bell is easily one of the most affordable fast food chains in my area now
Only if you get the right menu items. As much as I love the chalupas, $4.99 for each one is ridiculous.
The bean burritos do a good job filling you up though and they’re about half the price. I miss when they were less than a dollar though.
Surprisingly, you can get some items for cheap like their $5 box in the app.
I remember I tried to order a $5 box from Taco Bell a few years ago. The employee was confused and said “it’s $10 here”. Idk how they are able to put ads saying it was $5 when it actually was double that in most areas lol. Are you still getting the original price in the app nowadays or something?
Man I went to the drive through after work one day, got a few things, and holy shit how is it almost $30?!
Unfortunately these days to get the old prices you have to use their app. Fortunately (at least for me) it works pretty well and it might actually be better value than it used to be.
Yeah like holy shit… Used to be a dollar for their burritos… Now you’re lucky if it is $2, and portions haven’t improved to reflect the price.
I used to work there. All the meat comes in frozen plastic bags. You heat them up in a hot water bath before putting it on the hot line.
For the prices these days it really doesn’t make sense unless there’s a specific item you like from Taco Bell.
I’d rather go to chipotle where they actually put their meats on a grill and prepare everything. I’m not saying it’s not a fast food chain, but I’ve noticed their ingredients are less processed and more fresh.
At least it’s not UK Taco Bell prices.
I think TB thought they’d be a neat novelty, and have people queuing out the door. So they priced tacos at £5+.
The result was, lots of people went there…once. They parted with £15/head, and got bland tacos.
All major fast food chains are trash now. Same garbage food, 5x the price. I live in an area abundant in taquerias, and I can get way better food for the same price. Taco Bell can fuck right off unless it’s 1am and nothing else is open, and I need to eat something to sober up.
Agreed I only go if they have good deals on the apps fuck ordering at the retail prices they charge.
I rarely go there anymore since my usual order went from $10 to $18. Their deal boxes are still good tho, they’re still only around $5 here.
Make that a cool $36 bucks and have it delivered for ultimate degeneracy.
The whole gig-economy, random motherfuckers delivering your food situation is just impossible for me to get down with. I already worry about the rando who made the food spitting in it, throwing his dingleberries in there, etc.
If I get it delivered by some weirdo, too, am I just supposed to hope that maybe his fecal bacteria will get into a fight with the cook’s fecal bacteria, and they’ll wipe each other out, by the time I eat it?
My department was outsourced this year. So, I have been working as one of those weirdos while I seek new employment. Most businesses seal the food so the driver can’t touch it without it being VERY obvious. (Like a ripped sticker seal) Just know that not everyone delivering is some creep who wants to put poop in your food. I personally don’t even put orders into the cabin of my car. It goes into the trunk inside a sealable cooler that I provide/clean between shifts.
You really do sound like the guy I’d want delivering my stuff. I think part of my apprehension comes from the way I’ve seen even medical personnel going about their jobs with a VERY half-assed attitude, toward things like sterility.
Also, I am chronically and genetically cheap-assed. Food is expensive enough (as per OP’s meme) that I often go entire calendar years without eating any sort of restaurant food. Getting me to pay for delivery + tip would just be incredibly difficult, from the outset.
I feel very seen right now ngl.
I’ve had a stressful couple of weeks, and got a B on a paper.
I drove 1.5 hours away today to go to a local fastfood chain to get my favorite burger today. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
