An old Taco Bell receipt discovery had customers baffled at Taco Bell prices, specifically the cost of the Beefy 5-Layer Burrito ten years ago.
TikTok account LovelyOcean, posted a video after coming across her old Taco Bell recent from 2012 during a move.
She said: “Two beefy five-layer burritos. Total $2.59. Can you even get anything for $2.59 from Taco Bell anymore? Like even one item?! Where did we go wrong?”
A look at the current price of one 5-Layer Burrito sees a cost of about $3.69, a marked increase (well over half the cost previously) from 2012’s approximate $1.29 including tax…almost three times the cost in today’s market.
The comments flooded in exacerbated by the low cost of the Beefy 5-Layer Burrito compared to today. katyasaxewound said:
“I remember when you felt kind of greedy if you spent more than $10 there, because that meant that you must have an insane amount of Taco Bell.”
The ever-rising cost of not just fast food but food across the board, brings to mind the term, Greedflation. It’s a trending term used to describe companies, and corporations that are taking advantage of inflation to pad their pockets with more money by using inflation as their excuse to raise prices…more than they need to.
Not only that but while prices climb, so are portions shrinking. Ounces in chips are disappearing, reports on Betty Crocker cake mixes (confirmed) are shrinking, Doritos were taken off of shelves in the UK for smaller bags at the same prices and these are just the tip of the iceberg…
LovelyOceans video has since gone viral with over 666.8k views, and almost 2000 comments.
