The Consolidated "Taco Bell" thread
Mar 27, 2014, 10:22 pm
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McDs does own brekkie, but I'll give Taco Bell a shot next time it's convenient. I generally allow 800-900 calories for breakfast out of my ~1800 daily intake.
Mar 28, 2014, 2:31 am
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AGREED! The only better taco is the Choco-taco.
Mickey D's owns breakfast. The steak bagel (no egg) has been my favorite for many years. The hashbrowns are amazing. And the McGriddle? Amazing. (Although I learned never to eat a mcgriddle and hashbrowns and drive over bumpy sugarcane roads on Kauai.)
Mickey D's owns breakfast. The steak bagel (no egg) has been my favorite for many years. The hashbrowns are amazing. And the McGriddle? Amazing. (Although I learned never to eat a mcgriddle and hashbrowns and drive over bumpy sugarcane roads on Kauai.)
No wonder some sugar crop wasn't good that year.
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Mar 28, 2014, 8:44 am
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Hey if Ronald McDonald himself is endorsing it, it must be good.
Mar 28, 2014, 4:52 pm
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AGREED! The only better taco is the Choco-taco.
Mickey D's owns breakfast. The steak bagel (no egg) has been my favorite for many years. The hashbrowns are amazing. And the McGriddle? Amazing. (Although I learned never to eat a mcgriddle and hashbrowns and drive over bumpy sugarcane roads on Kauai.)
Mickey D's owns breakfast. The steak bagel (no egg) has been my favorite for many years. The hashbrowns are amazing. And the McGriddle? Amazing. (Although I learned never to eat a mcgriddle and hashbrowns and drive over bumpy sugarcane roads on Kauai.)
Mar 28, 2014, 7:31 pm
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I hate BK's little rounds. Hm. I don't know what to make of this.
Mar 29, 2014, 5:25 am
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Mar 29, 2014, 8:54 am
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The taco looks borderline edible, but the rest looks absolutely disgusting.
I think I've only ever once had taco bell as a kid - I like the idea, but my system just can't handle that kind of cheap food.
I think I've only ever once had taco bell as a kid - I like the idea, but my system just can't handle that kind of cheap food.
Apr 4, 2014, 11:43 pm
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Brought Taco Bell lunch take out for my wife today. I didn't notice a breakfast menu here in Calgary. Is this just a States thing right now?
Apr 12, 2014, 10:32 am
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Taco Bell seems to be taking full aim at McDonalds with these new items. Have you seen the commercials? Wow. I wonder how successful they will be at cutting into McDonald's breakfast meals share. I wonder if Oak Brook is nervous.
Apr 12, 2014, 10:48 am
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Not if they've eaten the TB breakfast. Not good. 
I agree that they're trying to take McD's head-on. But they're going to lose that battle.
Nothing about it makes much sense.
IMO, they should just be offering the full menu from 7 AM, rather than messing with these off-the-wall items. That would be a differentiating entry into the AM market.
I agree that they're trying to take McD's head-on. But they're going to lose that battle.
Nothing about it makes much sense.
- The food is barely Mexican. Waffle taco? No chorizo? Heck, Whataburger's breakfast menu is more Mexican-themed than this dog's breakfast of choices.
- Logistically, I ended up having to wait 3-4 minutes for my food, where McDonald's can throw it at me as I'm pulling up to the second window.
- They have to staff for 7 AM openings from a crew that previously was oriented to working graveyard shifts.
IMO, they should just be offering the full menu from 7 AM, rather than messing with these off-the-wall items. That would be a differentiating entry into the AM market.
Apr 12, 2014, 12:19 pm
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Not if they've eaten the TB breakfast. Not good.
I agree that they're trying to take McD's head-on. But they're going to lose that battle.
Nothing about it makes much sense.
IMO, they should just be offering the full menu from 7 AM, rather than messing with these off-the-wall items. That would be a differentiating entry into the AM market.
I agree that they're trying to take McD's head-on. But they're going to lose that battle.
Nothing about it makes much sense.
- The food is barely Mexican. Waffle taco? No chorizo? Heck, Whataburger's breakfast menu is more Mexican-themed than this dog's breakfast of choices.
- Logistically, I ended up having to wait 3-4 minutes for my food, where McDonald's can throw it at me as I'm pulling up to the second window.
- They have to staff for 7 AM openings from a crew that previously was oriented to working graveyard shifts.
IMO, they should just be offering the full menu from 7 AM, rather than messing with these off-the-wall items. That would be a differentiating entry into the AM market.
I may have to go down and try one of these days. No Taco Bell around me though, so I'll have to drive out of the way.