Gee, it’s almost like corporations are gouging consumers so badly that their market advantages are being lost due to greed. Inflation this quickly isnt real. It’s what happens when you come off a global pandemic with millions dead and corporations see they can freely abuse you by exploiting the public zeitgeist that prices are going up due to inflation.

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      Dude Taco Bell is one of the worst offenders. I don’t eat there anymore but I know they’re charging up the ass for rice, beans, and what can only be described as meat product that barely meets the legal definition of “beef.”

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      Have you had it recently? When I was a teenager there was a “taco bell challenge” to see if you could eat 20 dollars of taco bell. It would be impossible to eat that much food. Now it’s like 2.5 things off the menu.

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              Preach, even then it’s just tomatoes and onions. Since cilantro got phased out.

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                  I honestly think it had to do with a salmonella problem, Jimmy John’s stopped offering alfalfa sprouts for the same reason…miss those too.

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        It’s worth trying if you’re interested, IMO.

        Nothing mind-blowing (except the morning crunch wrap, which is mind-blowing). But they are pretty consistent, and have a lot more options than most fast food places when it comes to healthy-ish options.

        It’s not Mexican food, it’s not even tex-mex. It’s just taco bell. It’s its own category of food. Go in without preconceived ideas of what it should be and you might find that you enjoy it.

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        Honestly the only thing you’re missing out on is the Mexican Pizza. That’s the only thing the Bell has that I cannot find at any Mexican restaurant, and I live in San Diego, where you can throw pocket sand in any direction and 3/4 of the time you’ll hit an authentic Mexican food truck/ restaurant.