That ultimately means more deals at better prices. The value menu now has different tiers, meaning you can start out with something like a Nacho Crunch Double Stacked Taco for a dollar and add on items like pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream for a few cents each. Those ingredients add up to make a filling meal while the costs stay low.
The new menu is very similar to the dollar menu that's been around and popular since the s, only it's now even more dynamic. Admittedly, this strategy isn't exactly unique to Taco Bell. Since the invention of modern fast food franchises, one key principle that has remained intact is the theory of economies of scale , which essentially means that each individual additional unit of output for Taco Bell, each individual taco costs the company less than the previous unit.
Say you're at home making yourself a taco from scratch. Why not make yourself a second taco? The ingredients are already out, and it will be significantly less work if you make it alongside the first. One of the reasons this principle plays out so well for fast food companies is that the companies can already bring in ingredients for fairly cheap. For better or worse, bulk ingredients like corn remain extremely inexpensive in America, and buying more of it generally means a better deal.
Taco Bell's final product allows you to stick to your budget, even as you buy another taco, and another one, and another one. This one sounds a bit grosser than it really is. But thanks to a lawsuit resolved in April , we now have a clearer picture of what you can expect from the beef taco you'll find at Taco Bell. So what's in the beef?
A handful of ingredients with really long, confusing names, for starters. According to a breakdown from First We Feast , the mystery meat includes maltodextrin, for texture, trehalose, as a sweetener, and torula yeast, for a savory taste. It also includes several stabilizers, lactic acid, and artificial coloring. But perhaps the beef's most surprising ingredient is one you might find in your baking cabinet at home. Emily Oneal. Popular Asks. Can I eat pizza on a low sodium diet?
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Recent Answers. Yes, usually. The ingredients are different and often more expensive. One reason is the psychology behind this: People perceive quality items to cost more, and so in order to market a premium ingredient, it should be more expensive. Do you already see the problem here for a brand like Taco Bell?
The other thing is, how are customers supposed to reconcile foods evoking freshness and health that share a menu alongside shit like a beefy crunch burrito or nacho fries? Yes — among the most vocal communities lamenting the removal of the seven-layer burrito and the Mexican pizza from Taco Bell menus were Indian Americans.
During the second wave of Indian migration to the U. The company then continually makes these core ingredients exciting by reconfiguring them as in the grilled stuft nacho or adding some kind of wild card — flatbread, nacho cheese, Day-Glo red tortilla chips or whatever else.
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