If that's a Taco Bell 5-layer burrito, I don't remember them being 29 cents (grew up poor, we rarely ate out). But by the time I was out on my own as an adult, I could get two 5-layer burritos and a drink for around $3 - $4 USD and some change. It was enough food to sustain me for a day if it came down to it.

But yes, these days the 5-layers are more like dried out 3-layer mini-burrito abominations that cost $3 or $4 a piece. They are pretty much nothing like the large succulent many layered dollar / value menu beasts of the past.

I guess if typing up this post is considered yelling and web hosting is basically all cloud-based these days and I'm an old man by 2025 standards, then yes, I am indeed an old man yelling at clouds. But mostly I'm an old man avoiding Taco Bell now that it's completely ruined its brand.

Anyone else see this as a gold nugget in the thumbnail?

I used to get Taco Bell like twice a month because it was tasty and cheap, even if it was garbage. But when fast food prices exploded the last few years, it really lost its appeal. The quality and variety dropped, too, and it just doesn't make any goddamn sense to drop $15 to eat at fucking Taco Bell. There are countless better options for that price. I think I maybe ate there once in the last year and nothing about it made me feel like I missed it. A bit sad since I used to enjoy it, but in the end I'm better off.

Zero point two nine cents? That's cheap!

Fedral minimum hasn't changed either since then... Something is deeply fucked with that

If you ask for no sauce and no cheese it’s literally a chicken nugget wrapped in a tortilla.

you could just fill a tortilla with laxatives and blunderbuss buckshot for similar end results

5 bees for a quarter.

Three for less than a cent? That seems implausible.

It also was vegetarian because it was corn pretending to be beef

1 Lb beef : $10.00 20 ea Tortilla: $7.00 Garlic 1oz: $1.00 Cumin: $1.00 Oil 2 oz: $2.00 Cheese: $6.00 Sour cream 10 oz: $3.00

Total: $30 For Ea 20

$1.50 is that floor for a good one of these. Bulk pricing and cheap labor could make this price possible. I think 3 is what a person might pay. PS not a chef, not a finance person.

And even at that price I still wouldn't eat it.

Haha, I love how enthusiastic and forgiving OP is when it comes to these things. I’ve never had one, but higher prices and less ingredients/filling seems to be an unfortunate trend everywhere. Most sandwiches I see lately are 90% bread.