Damn, that shit is $1.59 here. Not saying that's break the budget money, but if you're going cheap that's a huge difference.
I've ranted many times about how it used to be back in the 80s, and the shit they serve now just disgusts me. Literally everything we made was fresh. Pinto beans came in a big giant sack like you'd see at a feed store or something, and someone would have to sift through it on a stainless steel table to get all the little rocks out. Then we'd cook them in a giant pressure cooker WITH LARD, pray someone kept an eye on it so it didn't explode, then take a drill with a blender attachment on it to blend it into the refried bean consistency. Then they got refrigerated and then cooked again in a giant pan on a gas burner, just like the raw ground beef did. We got big boxes with heads of lettuce in them, 10 lb blocks of cheese that had to be cut up and then grated, fresh onions and tomatoes, etc. The only thing that came in a bag pre-made was the red sauce (which I would kill to get a box full of those powder bags) and pizza sauce.
Sad thing is, I bet it is cheaper to get the premade shit, even if you don't count labor costs at all. It probably costs more to buy a box full of lettuce heads than bags of pre-shredded. At least for a restaurant like that, not talking supermarket shopping.
If they brought back that way of making their food (and kept the enchirito on the permanent menu) I'd eat at Taco Bell all the fucking time. Now I never go there.
