Buckle up buttercup!
I’ve almost completely eliminated fast food from my diet (Taco Bell is the only one I will go to on occasion because it really is its own genre of food. I love me some real Mexican food, but I also love Taco Bell. They are different things) because it has gotten so goddamn expensive.
At this point, I can spend another $3 and go to a local place with fresh cooked food that is 1000% better, and then have enough leftovers for two more meals.
The only reason it ever made sense to get fast food, historically, was that it was dirt cheap. I remember when Chick-fil-a value meals were $5-6. That price has increased by like 150% in ~10-15 years.
And in the same time, the wages that they pay have dropped relative to inflation.
I just spent 25 dollars at Hardee’s for two meals. I never buy fast food but I wanted to get my kid something quick at 6am for wrestling. Breh. What.the.hell…
You used to be able to get a soft or hard-shelled taco for 59 cents.
Taco Bell is fine but have you seen Wendy’s prices? Holy crap!
Yeah except I can get s whole ass meal every Wednesday and Friday for $2… No matter what I have to pay $7 at taco bell. Used to be like $2-$3 for a few decent filling burritos
This wondering is how you get into politics
Their $7 lux cravings box is the best deal out there right now as far as I know. But that’s it, the rest of the menu is overpriced just like the others.
Rally’s also has a $7 meal, some brisket burger. It’s nowhere near as filling as the luxe cravings box though.
Oh and Popeyes has a $6 meal that is two pieces of dark meat, a side, a biscuit, and a drink. Still not as filling as the luxe box, but more filling than Rally’s thing.
Fast food is still affordable!!!
If you use the app and don’t get only exactly what you want but what the app gives deals on! At the low low cost of sharing your personal data to their marketing and development teams! (And maybe their 3rd parties depending)
“I found a way to stay tied to giant megacorporations!”
head pats at the speed of light
WHAT A GOOD CONSUMER
You’re not getting better deals. They’re subsidising the cheaper prices with the data they collect on you with the app.
The amount of people who have responded to me saying “I don’t go to fast food anymore, it’s too expensive” who proudly proclaim “just use the apps!!!” Just saddens me.
For all the reasons you said and more. No, they lost my business, I go to the local place now. Only time I get fast food now is in airports
my local Domino’s has a store specific coupon that sells large pizza 1 toppings half off. Had it for years. It’s great paying $9 for a large pizza, but i know one day corporate will ruin it :(
Taco tarrifs: the downfall of society
Class consciousness is what we need, comrade
And enjoy your taco
If they’re too expensive, stop giving them money. Make food at home or go to a local small business, not a chain franchisee.
Making food at home is great, but how does going to local small business help? Taco Bell taco costs $4.69 and local restaurant taco costs $21?
Sometimes you just want a Crunchwrap quick, and you can’t get that from a local joint. I don’t always want to wait 20 minutes for a local joint, and half of them are closed by 8. So they’re useless at the time I want Taco Bell.
My question is, why does the crunchwrap suck so much now?
I started making my own at home using the seasoning packet and sauces. Target also sells a kit that includes the tortillas. Tastes like a better Taco Bell, you can stuff it as much as you want, and you don’t get spicy butthole after.
Way less of everything in it. Seems like it’s just tortilla, tostada, and lettuce now. A token smearing of beans and/or protein.
It seems the same as it’s always been where I am, but my local Taco Bells are out of beef every other day or their system is down…so I’m lucky if I can just get them
Greed
And it’s so much worse quality than it was just like, 5 years ago
because the cost of food has nothing to do with world politics.
The price of taco bell has very little to do with the cost of food.
The price of anything has less to do with the cost
The app-only build your own box is still one of the best deals in fast food IMO. $6
