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How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#32
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Looks like this only includes ones that allow you to use the app, so it is missing ones like the most expensive one in Seattle (possibly the US?). https://www.thestranger.com/food-and-drink/2023/05/16/789929...

Ah, I should have looked through the comments before posting my own comment to similar effect. The mercer street taco bell in lower Queen Anne (aka uptown). I pass by it on the D line whenever I take my kid downtown, but we've never been there before (with Dick's a few blocks away I wonder how they survive).

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#33

I didn't realize there was this much price variance in Taco Bell. That's the most interesting feature, to me.

I have an autistic kid who went through a phase where she would only eat McDonalds chicken nuggets... I live in a city and have 3 McDonald's pretty close to me, and the price for the same order of nuggets would vary by up to 50 cents between the 3... the cheapest place is only a half mile away from the most expensive one. It really is strange.

Ah geez, we have a five year old who has a physical disability so ate via feeding tube for a long time, and when she finally started on actual foods had the McDonald’s chicken nuggets phase. We bought an air fryer and she prefers those nuggets now thank goodness, and has been branching out to other foods.

And since we were getting her McDonald’s, we often ended up getting it, especially during Covid, and gained weight, and it was a vicious cycle.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#34

This map needs to be scaled by rent cost/sqft for commercial real estate in the county. Otherwise, the results are really just a pass-thru of rent in the burrito price.

There's always a comment like this I find. Some extra layer of data people want to see that explains the first layer, and it never ends - the data on data. Sometimes we just want to know the damn burrito prices and don't care about the excuses.

If you want to know the burrito price, you open the app/website and look at the burrito price... you don't go to a "Taconomics" website comparing taco prices across a continent. As it stands, there are a number of uncontrolled variables that mean this is not an effective analysis of "How economical is your local Taco Bell?"

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#35
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My usual time for Taco Bell is well past when taco trucks are open. For me it's "the tastiest and healthiest [late night food] on the go".

Healthiest? I haven’t eaten there in a while but I don’t recall thinking it was healthy at all, quite the opposite.

Compared to other late-night food places, such as McDonalds, Burger King, Jack in the Box, Shake Shack and similar.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#36
post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have an autistic kid who went through a phase where she would only eat McDonalds chicken nuggets... I live in a city and have 3 McDonald's pretty close to me, and the price for the same order of nuggets would vary by up to 50 cents between the 3... the cheapest place is only a half mile away from the most expensive one. It really is strange.

Ah geez, we have a five year old who has a physical disability so ate via feeding tube for a long time, and when she finally started on actual foods had the McDonald’s chicken nuggets phase. We bought an air fryer and she prefers those nuggets now thank goodness, and has been branching out to other foods. And since we were getting her McDonald’s, we often ended up getting it, especially during Covid, and gained weigh…

You can apparently eat them 15 years straight before it causes a problem

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/british-teen-stacey-irvine-hosp...

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#37
post #14

This map needs to be scaled by rent cost/sqft for commercial real estate in the county. Otherwise, the results are really just a pass-thru of rent in the burrito price.

Since when does San Diego have cheaper real estate than Wyoming?

Jackson WY https://www.zillow.com/wy/luxury-homes/

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#38

> Restaurant is more expensive in places that are more expensive. Gee, thanks. If this factored in local cost of living this might actually be useful so you could see where Taco Bell is unusually cheap or expensive relative to the area.

There are big variations in price within short distances that can be useful for someone who’s looking to get a cheap taco at 11p.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#39
post #14

This map needs to be scaled by rent cost/sqft for commercial real estate in the county. Otherwise, the results are really just a pass-thru of rent in the burrito price.

Since when does San Diego have cheaper real estate than Wyoming?

Jackson Hole is a huge exception in Wyoming (also the only blue county they have). It basically compares to Aspen and other ultra high end luxury resort towns, except the Grand Tetons (and then Yellowstone) are right next door.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#40

I didn't realize there was this much price variance in Taco Bell. That's the most interesting feature, to me.

I have an autistic kid who went through a phase where she would only eat McDonalds chicken nuggets... I live in a city and have 3 McDonald's pretty close to me, and the price for the same order of nuggets would vary by up to 50 cents between the 3... the cheapest place is only a half mile away from the most expensive one. It really is strange.

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.
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