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Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by ranger_danger »

cortesoft wrote: post #235
ranger_danger wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't mean to be rude but I'm just curious... did you try simply not giving them junk food? I have done some research on this and have not found any good evidence that most autistic children will actually starve themselves for any meaningful amount of time if their picky foods are not provided.

To add additional context to my other reply, I do not find this question rude, but I do get frustrated with people who seem to think our food problem is easy to solve. My wife and I have agonized for most of our daughter's life about feeding her. She has autism and ADHD, and will often forget to eat if we do not work hard to get her to eat. If she eats a food whose textures, smell, or taste trigger her, she will vomi…

Very well thought out response, I appreciate it. I think it's easy for people to form strong opinions about things they are shielded from the consequences of.

When I made that comment I lacked all of this context of being underweight, having already struggled with this for so many years and also regularly seeing all the different types of doctors that you go to, so without that information I think it's easier for people to jump to conclusions, but I understand it can be time-consuming to add all that context every time you want to comment. As you can imagine a lot of people are quick to call out things that might look like bad parenting when they assume none of that context exists.

Good luck!

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

hunter2_ wrote: post #139
nemomarx wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

lots of fast food have apps that track purchasing and give you coupons or deals that you can't get just ordering in the store now. It's like loyalty cards for McDonald's or tb.

This is the real answer. Price discrimination used to involve physical coupons, but now the coupons are in the app. Since apps are easier to obtain (and have in your pocket at all times) than physical coupons, the price discrepancy (between full price and discounted price) is wider than ever, to ensure revenue is sustained despite the higher percentage of discounted orders. That means high menu prices making the news…

I've come to realize I don't want to put that kind of brain energy into ordering fast food. So I just stopped going. I make up some refried beans and some meat (normally chili verde) and freeze them (separately) for when I want 'fast food'. If I have to play (and learn how to maximize) some corporate dark pattern games then nah, I'm good bro.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by resource_waste »

reducesuffering wrote: post #24
EcommerceFlow wrote: post #3

Cool map. Taco Bell is no where near economical anymore though.

Idk, I'm getting a $6 combo with a drink and 3 items filled with potatoes, beans, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream in one of the most expensive metros in the US. Not too bad.

'filled'

False, you get a few sprinkles.

My toddler unwrapped one of their burritos and... it was all shell. It was pretty traumatic. I stopped thinking I was getting a deal. My homemade burritos are literally 10x more filled. Taco bell is great at wrapping their shells.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by resource_waste »

fuzzy_biscuit wrote: post #152

A lot of the data for my area is over a year old. Feels like this needs a refresh.

Best of luck, these people arent making any meaningful money off their work. They are novelty websites that make the internet cool. These are good people, not paid people.

Enjoy your free information, don't expect better. There is no money in it. At best, you can cheer on the owner for a few years before they realized they helped a million people save a few dollars at taco bell, and they had 15 minutes of internet fame.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by resource_waste »

guidedlight wrote: post #61

Wow. Most of these are really close together. The US clearly eats way too much fast food.

Abundance shows itself.

I semi-agree. We have too many people complaining about economics. Cut out fast food, and suddenly they have an extra few thousand dollars to spend.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by royaltjames »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #30

They are missing the Seattle Lower Queen Anne Taco Bell/KFC combo store that is known to be the most expensive Taco Bell in the nation. https://locations.tacobell.com/wa/seattle/210-w--mercer-st-.... Anyways, you hear horror pricing stories about this one store.

I live up the hill from this one and spent >$70 on a few items last Friday for my gf. Insane price for satiation and eventual butt mud.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by amock »

ghastmaster wrote: post #135
phkahler wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have wondered how true this is: 1) Covid caused a huge reduction in business. 2) Businesses charged more per person to sustain themselves. 3) Post-Covid people are buying less due to the higher prices so its sticky. My local Qdoba is so expensive I won't eat there any more, but a few people do. What would happen if they dropped prices significantly and advertised that to bring people back? I don't know... There are…

1) Initially 2) Absolutely 3) False. Consumer spending on non durable goods is still rising. Disposable income is still available. Durable goods spending exploded after COVID. https://wolfstreet.com/2024/08/30/our-drunken-sailors-are-at...

Just because spending is rising doesn't mean people are buying more things. Prices have increased, so people can be buying fewer goods and still spending more.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by cortesoft »

ranger_danger wrote: post #241
cortesoft wrote: post #235

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To add additional context to my other reply, I do not find this question rude, but I do get frustrated with people who seem to think our food problem is easy to solve. My wife and I have agonized for most of our daughter's life about feeding her. She has autism and ADHD, and will often forget to eat if we do not work hard to get her to eat. If she eats a food whose textures, smell, or taste trigger her, she will vomi…

Very well thought out response, I appreciate it. I think it's easy for people to form strong opinions about things they are shielded from the consequences of. When I made that comment I lacked all of this context of being underweight, having already struggled with this for so many years and also regularly seeing all the different types of doctors that you go to, so without that information I think it's easier for peo…

Thanks, and this is exactly why I took the time to type out the longer reply. I could tell from your phrasing of the question that it was made in good faith, and was not an unreasonable question in the abstract. I figured giving a more detailed reply would help you and others see all of the things that make the real situation more complicated than it might seem on the surface.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by gnulinux »

wkat4242 wrote: post #217

Taco Bell here in Barcelona is ridiculously expensive and extremely poor quality. There's so many great taco restaurants here where you actually get great food for good money. I guess they're just aiming at rich tourists.

I live in Boston, MA. Taco Bell is horrendously low quality, I can only imagine it's right at the border of being "barely legal to sell" it as food. If you eat it and don't get explosive diarrhea you should consider yourself lucky. People still eat it because (1) it used be (before COVID) actually extremely cheap (really, in Boston's expensive standards it was almost as cheap as cooking food at your home, but worse quality) now it's about the same as any other fast-food chain maybe slightly cheaper (2) some people like the comfort food aspect of it.
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