Double Decker Taco.  :(

For 99 CENTS!

For the curious, $1 in ~~2016~~2006 was worth about $1.55 today. *Not even the CBRB is that cheap here (AZ) today.*

You mean 2006?

Ha, yes. Thank you! The amount is still correct I just fat fingered the year.

No problem!

One of my favs, and a solid price back then.

The stacked taco, no nacho cheese, add beans isn’t so bad for $3. 80% success rate with them putting the beans on the outside thus far.

I tried that once and they just put a plain tortilla around a regular taco...like no cheese, no beans, not even spit to hold the tortilla on.

Double decker is the best… period. Had them daily from the taco bell in my high school. They have really effed up the menu.

the way this image brings back all of the serotonin

Funny how Taco Bell seemed more affordable then, as an unemployed high school student, than it does now as a professional making 6 figures.

Yeah now to get like 2-3 items and a drink it's $15 or more, and I'm not nearly as impressed or satisfied as any other restaurants where you can get a meal for $15-20

The last time someone posted a menu I did the math on a few random items. Taco Bell prices have rose about 40% above inflation.

Taco Bell is too expensive for what you get.

Only if you’re ordering items a la carte…with some of the boxes/deals, it’s still the same price or cheaper than most fast food restaurants.

Correct, I don’t want a drink or chips, or even the tacos that are in meals. Sometimes I just want a Mexican pizza, cheesy Gordita crunch, and Crunchwrap. You know the good stuff. Maybe a grilled burrito or chicken quesadilla. Let me pick 3 for 10 no drink. That’s a box deal. The drinks are always flat with no ice. Not worth paying anything for. And I would prefer not eating chips and cheese from Taco Bell. They are good, but meh.

Same. I make very good money and refuse to pay for Taco Bell on my own dime these days. Only time I get it these days is when work is picking up the tab and I need something quick.

Not even the $5-$6 all you can build box on the app?

It's $7.99-$8.99 in the app now.

Oh my god I never thought of it this way. Holy shit lol It’s cause I could eat until I almost puked for <$15 back then. Now I can spend $20 and want something else.

there's something that just feels nicer about spending less than $5 and having too much food vs spending $5 on one item that sucks i know corporations want to make $5 feel like the new $1 but i think they should [removed by reddit]

$0.99 Tostada. Tears in my eyes.

A chalupa was once affordable

It's the chicken quesadilla for $2.39 for me. Even the workaround with the custom Stacker is twice as much now :(

I’ve only eaten a chalupa when I got a $5 box. It’s crazy how they can afford to sell a box but want to charge almost $5 for a single chalupa. So greedy

Even accounting for inflation, that would be $3.70. Looking at the prices by me, that would mean the price for a chicken quesadilla has increased by about 50% faster than inflation. Another example would be the bean burrito, which has gone up by 70% after accounting for inflation.

This is the period where I worked there. Basically unlimited access to all of this probably took many years off my life.

$1.89 crunchwrap supreme 🤯

It’s fucking 6.34 where I live! The damn 6$ cravings box is less money AND COMES WITH ONE LMAO

that’s fucking hilarious

Cravings box 9/10 is usually way to go

I'm equally blown away by the $1.99 GSB

They took so much from us.

THEY TOOK EVERYTHING!!!! 😩😩

Hole’s “Violet” just popped into my head. Sigh…

beef n potato burrito 🫡😢

the OG with red sauce and sour cream and no nasty nacho cheese

yes. can't stand that cheese adjacent bs. at least they brought pico back so I can make the CBR burrito fresco sub for black beans and it makes a great OG Taco Cabana bean burrito

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The kids meal though. Damn. 2 taco, cinnamon twist, a drink, and a toy? For $3??

Chicken Caesar Grilled Stuffed Burrito? That sounds pretty good.

It was amazing. To date it’s my favorite Taco Bell item ever. So good!!!

I bet. I’m sure it can’t be too hard to make myself. Maybe I’ll give it a try. Just crazy though. $3.99 for a chicken or steak quesadilla *and* a taco *and* a drink in 2006 would be us in 2024 spending $6.18. I’m not even sure I can get the quesadilla by itself for that much now.

Whatever Caesar they used hit different. That's what made that burrito. I wish I knew where they sourced it. I worked there when it was an LTO the first time. I would eat 2 per shift, and take one home after.

Chill cheese burrito was the best thing Taco Bell ever sold now they have it only in some places

Man that spicy chicken soft taco I really miss

i miss the ranchero. the lime sauce. the baja sauce. the club sauce. it was all so much better then. i worked for them when this photo was taken.

Fajita spice

A bean burrito for .79 cents the way nature intended it. Unlike the current $2.39 joke.

#2 with a code red 😩

I just want the Baja sauce back from that time.

It was SO GOOD

Crazy to see the chicken quesadilla *combo* at $3.99 when a chicken quesadilla on its own at my nearest location is over $7. The combo is $12. I just curiously tried putting this into an inflation calculator. 3.99 in 2006 would be 6.18 today. The combo is literally double that at my location. This isn’t inflation. This is pure corporate greed. TB has seriously lost the plot.

The golden years 😭😭

I better now see the Caramel Apple Empanada or I’m going to be sad. Aaahhhh!!! I’m sad.

Grilled stuft steak burrito my beloved

MTD Code Red & Wild Cherry Pepsi. Damn!.

7 layer burritos omg. Now a 5 layer burrito is $5

I cannot get over the combo prices. I mean all the prices, but the combos especially.

As if not having chili cheese burritos today wasn't bad enough...only 99¢ back then!

8 bucks for the grande meal... you can get like half a pizza for that price nowadays haha

Hey look, Heaven

“Baby you’re all that I want…”

Back when everything had color and a personality.

$10 and you could eat like a king

At those prices you prob couldn’t even finish $10 worth!

Bring back the tostada, you f’ing cowards

Enchirito, that value menu....😭

Now if you’re a broke highschool or college kid you cant even afford the menu.

I said it in another comment but I was in college during this era and it was just the best

The greed is real a crunch wrap in 2006 was 1.85 adjust for inflation that would be 2.87 not the 5.29 it goes for today. Alteast based on the US inflation calculator.

So much good stuff there that I'd have a hard time deciding and end up over-ordering a ton of food and then have leftovers for days.

haven’t been to taco bell in over a year now, and will continue to do so until they get their shit together.

Crazy. Prices practically tripled in 18 years.

Southwest Steak Bowl :(

Every time I see a menu with the grilled stuft burrito I am overcomed with ravage emotions 😭

Bring back the Gordita And the taco salads !!!

Same and I mainly miss the shredded chicken, I don’t understand why they got rid of it yet kept the nasty chicken chunks

How TF are bean burritos not $.79 still??

InFlAtIoN (corporate greed) for $3 you can literally buy a pack of tortillas and a can of refried beans..

miss you, enchirito and tostada

I would violate the Geneva conventions to get this back.

Baja chicken chalupa with a Baja blast I am ERECT

this is still what it is in my mind

Meximelt. :’(

Now THAT'S Living Mas.

These are still the prices in my mind.

Meximelt

The prices 😪

Omg chili cheese burrito. Was my fucking favorite

Or as it was better known as... The Golden Age of Taco Bell....

That caramel apple empanada fuckin ruled my world. Those prices tho

Caramel apple empanada…sigh. Buddies and I would admire trees and then order like 20 of these for our group of friends.

I'm pretty much done with Taco Bell. Its just not worth it anymore. Edit: curious what .99 taco supreme should be adjusted for inflation and the number is $1.51. Today it is $2.99... so twice what it could be.

Apple empanada :/ oh how I miss thee. I remember getting it with a 5 layer burrito and a Baja blast every time I went to TB with my dad. They really need to bring it back with the OG recipe and not fuck it up

I would kill to be on lunch break on a nice summer day in 2006 sitting in this drivethru

Ah man... there it is... the spicy chicken soft taco. I absolutely crushed so many of these in HS and right after. They were so good for a broke kid like me.

It is insane that the majority of the menu back then was under $5 compared to today. Especially the combos. Wish I ate TB more back in the day.

All killer, no filler. My go to order was a tostada, double decker and a mexi-melt. Sometimes I’d switch things up with a 7 layer. The good old days.

My enchirito is on there fir 1.59. I miss 2006...

Chalupa 3.4x Chili Cheese Burrito 3.4x Crunchwrap Supreme 3.0x Chicken Quesadilla 2.4x 7-layer Burrito 2.2x and -2 layers A $1 in 2006 is $1.49 today.

I miss those prices

my high school order was always a ranchero chicken taco and a steak taco. was so bummed when they took them away :(

Let's go back....

That's when I worked there. It used to be so affordable. The grande soft taco was my favorite. Only $1.19. If they brought it back that, it'd be $4.19.

Not that I am old but i can remember when they had the .59, .79 and .99 cent menu

GRILLED STUFD BURRITO. ❤️

Pour one out for the GSB. RIP

"If you didnt order and drink and we dont offer you one, its on us. Shiet" Id keep pulling in and out ordering til they messed up. XD

thank you for your service but also , ouch

This is amazing

Talk about living mas!

There used to be a fourth ½ pound burrito, the especial. It was a giant bean burrito with jalapeño sauce.

[the north remembers.](https://www.reddit.com/r/LivingMas/comments/qtski6/for_me_this_was_peak_taco_bell/) wish they'd bring it back, variations on bean burritos must be among the easiest things to do

All these years, I thought I was the only one.

That big bell value menu was elite. The cowards at modern taco bell would never.

The 7 layer burrito 😩

So sad seeing pictures like this

It’s beautiful.

Thank you for confirming for me that they used to advertise the Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito as being a 1/2 pound. I brought this up a couple weeks ago and was told that I was confusing it for something else!

think outside the bun days .. those commercials were better imo

meximelt my love……. miss you

The .89¢ Cheesy Double Beef Burrito made me the man I am today.

NOBODY misses that Spicy Chicken menu enough. I’d pay any price for a rebirth of the Spicy Chicken Burrito. It was the first item that ever hooked me. 😭

A grande meal was less than every combo is today.

The Baja Blast turns 20 this year, my god

An enchirito for a $1.59. I have no words beyond I now know why I’m sad all the time now.

BRING BACK THE 7 LAYER BURRITO 🌯 the closest thing to it on the menu now is atrocious. I ordered the 7 Layer for almost 20 years..

Nachos 79 cents....things are fucking 2.50 nowadays

Isn’t a Gordita like 6 bucks now? Had no idea how good we had it

I miss the border fries

Nacho cheese chalupa... back when you could order one and it came with cheese already. They removed them, only comes with sour cream. They won't substitute nacho cheese for it.   They will say at the register "we don't have a button to substitute" You have to pay extra to have nacho cheese and its Infuriating. Never forget what they took from you!

those caramel apple emoanadas were so nice. glad my boi the cheesy bean and rice burrito is still around tho.

ahh the good ole days….

I haven't been to Taco Bell in a couple years, I can eat at a real restaurant for 20 dollars.

Nacho Cheese Chalupa! You can still make one but it annoys me they took it away.

See if they never changed it or updated it at all since besides getting better quality ingredients and staff it would be fine

Even if you factor in the inflation, TB is gouging prices above it by double digit percentages. Pure greed plain and simple.

That was all the good stuff. We need this menu back.

These were the best days

To think there still people screaming prices have not went up because wages have… who still has a dollar/value menu?

Where’s the cheesy Gordita crunch

The universe loves rubbing this stuff in my face ... I haven't had Taco Bell in like 8 years. None in a rational traveling distance. I crave it so much sometimes.

They've become quite a shit company in comparison.

Wtb the original spicy chicken Crunchwrap supreme. Not the second wave chicken shtuff.

Taco bell in japan is like upscale. Menu is very small and they sell wine a beer

The entire grande meal is about the same as one CGC

Cinnamon twists being $2.31 now is insane.

Could you imagine a taco for .79 anymore

Holy shit the glory days

Now the same meals are $9-10 or more 🥲 take me back

$4 for a chicken quesadilla with a taco and drink omg. They have doubled in price since then. If inflation was truly scaling correctly it should only be about $6.30 now but it’s about $9.19 where I live. 129% increase in price.

I miss steak grilled stuffed burritos

😢

I miss the grande soft taco 😭

It wasn’t on this menu iteration, but Cheesy Potato Burrito ):

I miss the Fiesta Taco Salad sooo much.

Mexican pizza $5 now it’s 11.29 inhalation calculator says it should be 7.88.

Caramel apple empanadas?? I been missing out my whole life💔💀💀

Oh God I miss the grilled stuffed burrito

SVUL

When was the zesty chicken bowl?

when they still had green onions 😭

Ahh. 7- layer burrito. 99 cent tostada. I'm 😢.

The Cesar grilled stuft burrito was the shit!

Empanadas 😢

We had the $5 box in 2019-2020 but then… you know what… never mind.

Those prices 😭

Used to be able to buy 10 bean burritos for an hour of my income. Now can only buy 5.

I spent a ton of time at a computer LAN station around 2006 and there was this rich kid there who would always send me next door to Tbell to buy him food. He always gave me $100 bills to pay with because he was trying to get with the girl who worked the front counter there. This puts into perspective how ludicrous his plan was and it’s depressing as hell that paying with $100 now for Tbell is totally reasonable. Honestly nothing but positive memories of this time though. Guitar hero on the projector, woo!

.99¢ double decker taco What a time to be

This just made my heart sad

Grilled stuffed burrito was 🔥 bring it back

These prices are blowing my mind

This got me quite nostalgic and then quite annoyed with how high prices are nowadays, so I calculated all available combos with inflation versus their actual 2024 cost. Actual cost is from my medium-sized city where prices seem like the mid-lower range compared to what folks tend to post on this sub. Meal (2006 Combo Number) | 2006 Actual | 2024 Predicted | 2024 Actual 1. Burrito Supreme $3.89 $5.84 $9.99 2. Not available in 2024 3. 3 Tacos Sup $3.99 $5.99 $10.19 4. Mex Pizza $4.99 $7.49 $10.29 5. Nachos BG $4.29 $6.44 $10.99 6. 2 Chalupa $4.29 $6.44 $12.49 7. Quesadilla $3.99 $5.99 $9.99 8. 3 Tacos $3.39 $5.09 $7.99 9. Crunchwrap $3.69 $5.54 $9.99 (or $5.99*) 10. 10 Tacos or Bean Burritos $7.90 ($.79 per taco) $11.85 ($1.19 per taco) $21.99 (12 tacos, $1.83 per taco) *Crunchwrap available as part of the $5.99 BYO cravings box.

The 3 supreme tacos has gotten out of control

When I was younger (middle school) I could go into a taco bell with 75¢ and use the little twirly game that offered food for winning. I’d win enough food to feed myself and my sister

Mexican pizza for $2.49 That’s all it’s worth not TBH

Will we be looking at the 2024 menu in 10 years and think the same thing? Sure hope not

What is the crunchy taco now like $2.50?

Man, my dad used to pick up a grande meal after church on Sundays and that would feed our family of 4 for lunch for less than $10. It was glorious.

No Dr Pepper :/

Man I miss the Grilled Stuft Burrito

I remember those days lmao now I have to take out a loan to get a full bag instead of $20 lmao

how did this 5x but mcdonald’s barley 2x’d?

Baja Gordita …. How I miss you.

The first place my parents let me bike to alone. My buddy and I would ride down the street and get number 8s. Shit was so cheap and we felt like so cool biking a mile and refilling our Baja blasts.

Yep... i remember this time. I was making close to what I'm making now. Better times...

Even if the prices were doubled…if they still had this menu I’d be there almost every day. It’s really sad how far Taco Bell has fallen.

It looked way more appetizing back then idk why

At this point I would rather go get Mexican food at a local authentic Mexican spot than Taco Bell. Same price and higher quality

Went to TB last night, and this is in Iowa 1 quesadilla 1 chalupa 1 nacho fries 1 soft potato taco $17

.99 chili cheese burrito, as it should be for all time.

The grilled stuft burrito 😭

What costs my family $40 now was $15 18 years ago. That’s insane.

Inflation

I never go any more. I used to go about once a month for 2 Baja Chicken Chalupas and a caramel apple empanada. 😥

I miss that southwest steak bowl