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I don't understand how taco bell survives in my city when I'm surrounded by dozens of real mexican restaurants and food trucks.
Probably on price.
Taco bell is hella overpriced, but I'm sure that just gives an excuse to the other scumbags to charge even more. I'm always disgusted at the prices food trucks charge vs. the quality of food they shit out.
Useful idiots gonna useful idiot ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Food truck food prices are indeed insane, but it's even crazier how much the food trucks themselves cost to own and operate. It takes years of hard work running them before they even come close to paying for themselves.
TBF Taco Bell and other large chains can afford to be their own distributors and not have to pay interest on financing their vehicle fleets (although they might do that anyways if their accountants decide the interest rate is lower than the RoR of investing the cost of the vehicle minus down payment).
A food truck guy pays interest on his truck, and they pay whatever distrubutors and vendors charge for supplies.
It use to be the spot when you had 3AM cravings and only $6 to spend. Now it’s overpriced meat-hose garbage.
Taco bell is one the the few fast food joints that still has decent cheap options.
They have a $7 luxe box ( if you use the app you can customize it.) That actually gives a worthwhile amount of food.
And as far as I can tell it's an all the time deal, not some shitty limited time promotion like mcshit offers trying to get people to come bsck to their overpriced garbage. ($6+ just for fucking "large" french fries)
Not ever since they got rid of the $1 beef burrito.
Taco bell is scamcity just like the rest of them.
if youre up at 3am with a craving and only $6 to spend its probably crack, and you're not gonna be hungry.
Taco Bell doesn't compete with mexican food, it competes with Jack in the Box and Taco Johns, perhaps anywhere that has a salad bar.
Sure bud.
Taco Bell isn't Mexican food. It's shitty American fast food with a Mexican slant.
Edit: Downvote all you want but Taco Bell is to Mexican food like McDonalds is to a burger house. It's low tier fast food.
The elitism surrounding ground beef, cheese, beans, and tortillas is always amusing.
I bet you also think less or more of people based on how they like their steak.
Nope. But Taco Bell is definitely American style fast food. And it's shit-tier quality. It's delicious, but so is McDonalds and no one argues it's quality food.
Would you believe that it is the favorite “Mexican” restaurant in the country?
Taco Bell did win the restaurant wars...
This makes me sad...
My favorite Mexican place is a local place where the staff doesn't speak English well. Their salsa bar is amazing and all the food is super fresh and flavorful.