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Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#91

Post by Loughla »

camkego wrote: post #46
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.

Apparently the prices are scraped from the mobile app. I installed the mobile app and for some reason, and that location can’t be found inside the mobile app. Actually, you cannot (I can’t anyway) order from that location from the website either. It just goes to show data cleaning is hard. It’s true for statistics and it’s probably just as true for LLMs.

Why does Taco Bell have an app? What is its purpose?

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by brianjking »

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.

Yeah, I used to live down the street from that Taco Bell. Two 3 soft taco combo meals and cinnamon twists was like $40 before I moved.

It was nuts.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#93

Post by techwizrd »

pimlottc wrote: post #85

For the umpteen millionth time, please please please do not use red/green for the scale, it is very difficult for colorblind people to distinguish, which is ~5% of the male population. Look at Colorbrewer for some alternative suggestions: https://colorbrewer2.org/

It's about 1 in 12 or 8% of men and 1 in 200 women, but I agree. Pay special attention to the accessibility of your visual communication. Avoid red/green/yellow, and try to use color _and_ pattern if possible.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#94

Post by batch12 »

Loughla wrote: post #91
camkego wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the prices are scraped from the mobile app. I installed the mobile app and for some reason, and that location can’t be found inside the mobile app. Actually, you cannot (I can’t anyway) order from that location from the website either. It just goes to show data cleaning is hard. It’s true for statistics and it’s probably just as true for LLMs.

Why does Taco Bell have an app? What is its purpose?

The purpose of the McDonalds app seems to be to replace cashiers. I assume the Taco Bell app was created for the same reason.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#95

Post by nemomarx »

Loughla wrote: post #91
camkego wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the prices are scraped from the mobile app. I installed the mobile app and for some reason, and that location can’t be found inside the mobile app. Actually, you cannot (I can’t anyway) order from that location from the website either. It just goes to show data cleaning is hard. It’s true for statistics and it’s probably just as true for LLMs.

Why does Taco Bell have an app? What is its purpose?

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.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#96

Post by jscheel »

Not sure why almost all of Tennessee is unavailable, but I can say that their prices here have risen astronomically. Our Taco Bell used to have a line around the building pretty consistently, now it’s essentially empty all the time.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#97

Post by mminer237 »

FrustratedMonky wrote: post #89

Why is Greenville SC in the red, but Greensboro NC in the Green. Both in south, both similar size cities. This is pretty fascinating showing how prices are skewed to what the local market will withstand. For max profits. If I'm reading this correctly.

Usually it's just who the franchisor is. Different owners have different philosophies. Every Taco Bell around me is operated by the same guy and is expensive regardless of economic condition, but most of the Taco Bells around it are much more reasonable despite some being in higher-cost-of-living areas.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#98

Post by jdestaz »

pimlottc wrote: post #85

For the umpteen millionth time, please please please do not use red/green for the scale, it is very difficult for colorblind people to distinguish, which is ~5% of the male population. Look at Colorbrewer for some alternative suggestions: https://colorbrewer2.org/

As a developer with a red/green colorblindness, I've had to point this out to UX designers I've worked with over the years.

I ended up making a small game to show how frustrating it can be to use UIs that rely on color alone to express information.

https://jdestaz.itch.io/colorblind-curse

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#99

Post by tialaramex »

Loughla wrote: post #91
camkego wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the prices are scraped from the mobile app. I installed the mobile app and for some reason, and that location can’t be found inside the mobile app. Actually, you cannot (I can’t anyway) order from that location from the website either. It just goes to show data cleaning is hard. It’s true for statistics and it’s probably just as true for LLMs.

Why does Taco Bell have an app? What is its purpose?

I would imagine they let you order food and then when you arrive your food is already made?

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

#100

Post by jt2190 »

Loughla wrote: post #91
camkego wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the prices are scraped from the mobile app. I installed the mobile app and for some reason, and that location can’t be found inside the mobile app. Actually, you cannot (I can’t anyway) order from that location from the website either. It just goes to show data cleaning is hard. It’s true for statistics and it’s probably just as true for LLMs.

Why does Taco Bell have an app? What is its purpose?

U.S. labor is expensive, and the app delegates the order-taking job from an employee to the customer, keeping food prices more competitive and/or keeping the restaurant profitable. (Land cost is the other big expense.)
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