hello everyone this is running on empty Food review well hello ladies gentlemen
and everyone watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of The Running on
Empty Food review series I'm your host the report of the week thanks for checking in
well right off the bat I'll say this is going to be a bit of a hybrid review so to speak there is
something that I want to try out but there is a bit of a story that I want to tell as well and
a question that I want to pose to you the viewing audience and the question is a very direct one and
it's something that really was it's what prompted me to do this video what is Taco Bell's problem
and that's just it now I know you could direct that question a lot of ways but the things that
I've noticed with Taco Bell especially in light of really just this whole thing has a story behind it
I just don't get it I I really don't get it I understand that other fast food chains have
various problems but the level just that Taco Bell has I don't get it well let's get to it there's
been an item from Taco Bell that I've been meaning to try for the last couple days really I saw that
they were going to be getting rid of it in the next week or two and I thought I might want to
give it a shot I want to see what it's all about and go from there and this item was their seven
layer nacho fries Bowl so what it is of course is you have their famous nacho fries that a Taco
Bell was actually contemplating putting on the menu permanently and you'll have the nacho fries
within a variety of other ingredients in a bowl and then you'll have a little bit of everything
and you'll be able to enjoy it and it seems like a generally well received item a lot of people
like the nacho fries and anything that they incorporate said nacho fries into like I said
it's a common item there's a lot of interest but I think they've really done all right in terms of
the availability and I thought all right I'm going to give it a shot and see what it's all about
the latest that I tried and failed to to go through to uh to get this item where to even begin
so the other night I know that Taco Bell was open late and a lot of the places advertised as having
quite late hours so first thing I tried to do was uh place an order at around 11 pm which isn't too
late I'd say but I tried to place an order to get the item delivered I got everything ready for the
review you know so all right let's give it a shot I placed the order and uh after about 10 minutes
or so the order got canceled now that happens it's rare but it does happen I mean not you know not
the biggest deal in the world it happens I'll just try again tomorrow so that's precisely what I did
and I made sure to uh try to order it a little earlier too because I thought
yeah 11 p.m maybe it's a little late Etc so I got up earlier I got up at around 8 P.M
place the order again and it got canceled again
now I thought all right this is this is starting to get strange but maybe it's just a problem with
my local Taco Bell I'm gonna try to do try to do another one I'm gonna try to get it delivered from
another establishment because I have the ability to choose a number of Taco Bells in the area
it's not like there's only one place that's the only establishment in the area so I tried again
place the order and it sat there for a while got canceled again from a different location
I tried a third Taco Bell and again this is still a reasonable hour we're talking around
the nine o'clock hour tried the third Taco Bell that got canceled I tried a
fourth Taco Bell that order went through but despite being charged for the entire thing
I ordered another thing with it I got a Crunchwrap just for me to eat the Crunchwrap arrived
but the seven layer nacho fries ball did not arrive and I was still charged for it
and it continues I tried another establishment and the hours were completely wrong on that I
couldn't get anything there now it's the next day and it's the morning and I thought all right
at this point I just want to I want to try to get anything from Taco Bell I'm just gonna make
a video about them and uh heck I just don't think it's it's meant to be in terms of trying out this
nacho fries seven layer Bowl so maybe I'll just try out some of the breakfast selections so I
this time I actually went out to try to get them went over to a Taco Bell that said they were open
and they weren't open the place looked like it was derelict like it was abandoned practically
went to another Taco Bell and that place was open and then I asked about the availability
of the nacho fries and all of that and they were mostly just confused I don't really know
what was what was going on there they mentioned that maybe some places have you know ingredient
availability issues but they said that everything was was fine with theirs so I just don't really
know what's going on here now I know in the world of fast food when it comes down to it
of course there are logistical shortfalls right there are those times and I'm sure some of you
watching this know that you might even work at a fast food place or you're familiar with how it
all occurs sometimes the ingredients are there for certain things and if a crucial ingredient
is unavailable then you obviously can't make certain items and that does happen absolutely
and that's why I tried to ask the question and I was trying to look either any availability issues
here but as far as I know there really aren't any and then the thing that I noticed just with Taco
Bell because there's other establishments in the area as well and none of them seem to have the
issues in terms of hours and canceling orders and just all of these problems compounded into one for
instance with one Taco Bell there's a McDonald's right next door and they're doing fine in terms
of managing things in terms of Logistics in terms of service hours handling everything Etc one issue
I also noticed with a lot of Taco Bells is a huge disparity in the hours in terms of just what gets
announced on their website and even on the stories themselves compared to what you actually see in
person and I think that's another reason why a lot of the the orders wind up getting canceled because
maybe some places that everyone including the system itself thinks are open wind up not being
but I see these problems and I see it so repeatedly it's not like I'm just like this
one experience was suddenly the worst thing that could ever happen it's really just a
trend that I noticed when it comes down to Taco Bell that if there's one establishment one chain
I'm trying to say that seems to so consistently have problem after problem after problem it's
always Taco Bell not even Burger King has these sorts of issues so broadly and so consistently
as Taco Bell and that just makes me ask the question
what is it about Taco Bell why why is it that that it's always Taco Bell that has these sorts
of issues because we know chains like McDonald's and Wendy's and Burger King and KFC they're
just as widespread right they're just as as big chains they have broad Supply uh chains
Etc but somehow they just don't have the same problems that like I said I consistently see
Taco Bell facing again and again and again so what is it about Taco Bell if anyone has any thoughts
on this why Taco Bell what happened with them does does the universe just have it out for Taco Bell
why do you think that is do you notice these issues do you happen to notice all these sorts
of problems be that in terms of logistics or hours or service whatever it might be in regards to Taco
Bell wherever you are or you think this maybe is just something that's that's impacting me I'm
just curious if you happen to notice the same thing that I've been noticing for so long now
that you have all these problems with Taco Bell and seemingly only Taco Bell and all the other
establishments despite their similarities seem to be immune to such Misfortune so what do you notice
do you have these problems with Taco Bell too I'm curious leave a comment with your thoughts but
this is just the final thing that just kind of left me in in disbelief because I've had I mean
more frustrating experiences with Taco Bell than I could possibly count and a lot of the time I
just accept it you know I just think look it's 20 22. this is the fast food experience I know
I'm not going to a five-star restaurant so I'm not necessarily going to expect that level of service
but when things has happened so consistently you can't help but notice certain patterns and
that's just what's got me thinking and and this is finally the thing that thought you know what I'm
just going to ask the question and see if anyone else notices the same thing that I'm noticing
so just something I wanted to share in that regard and I'm curious what you make of it
now like I said this is going to be a little bit of a hybrid review I've got a little bit
of a holiday theme going behind me and I just wanted to try out some breakfast from Taco Bell
real quick just just for the heck of it you could see the going with the trippy Taco Bell insignia
foreign
breakfast
Crunchwrap
four dollars in price it's a breakfast themed Crunchwrap and you can get it with bacon or
sausage and I might have had this before and I remember enjoying it at the time but this
has bacon egg cheese creamy jalapeno sauce and then I also got some breakfast salsa on the side
I think some years ago there it is you could see typical Crunchwrap design
years ago I think I tried out the breakfast from Taco Bell and if my memory serves me correct
I think I enjoyed it so I'm just going to try this out just for the fun of it really I just
wanted to vent a bit and ask that question and just do a little bit of a review on the side for
the fun of it so I'm going to try it out now The Breakfast Crunchwrap bacon from Taco Bell going in
oh yeah that's right there there's a little bit of potato in here as well
real quick I'll try out some of the salsa now just give a little assessment here
all in all the Breakfast Crunchwrap has one Saving Grace I would say and that is the
creamy jalapeno sauce in it without that sauce this is one of those items where I think the
sauce definitely makes it without it I would have said that it's a bit Bland if anything
it's not very cheesy and it was actually a little a little bit dry which is kind of odd you don't
usually associate that especially with um eggs and all of that involved but it just seemed very uh
like I said unremarkable but that sauce this is a good example of when a sauce ties it all together
because you have the creaminess of the jalapeno sauce that gives it that much needed moisture
and gives it what I would describe as a very flavorful spice because sometimes you have
these levels of spiciness where it's just you know it's just going to put you in an
excruciating State almost and this on the other hand isn't overwhelming it's not overbearing
but it's just enough spice that it really ties everything together and it just gives
it that little bit of a kick and a little bit of a boost that it kind of bumps it up to what
I would say is average something that might otherwise be a bit below average where again
it's just a little bit Bland everything kind of just Blends together unremarkably
and it just kind of is a bit dry then you have the sauce that like I said gives it that little
bit of a kick that little bit of a boost gives it that little bit of life that it desperately needs
and add at least kicks it up a notch now the breakfast salsa on the other hand I really don't
think this is an item that needs it the salsa to me seemed very watered down it seemed very watery
and just generally unremarkable I think that the sauce that suits this best is the creamy jalapeno
sauce that already comes on it and I would almost be willing to say that a better sauce to use for
their breakfast items is really just their own regular hot sauce just in the standard sauce
packets I think that quality wise it's higher than the salsa because the salsa just seems very
lackluster it's just more watery than anything and a bit disappointing in that regard but I
will say that their Crunchwrap it's all right I think I did have one of these a few years ago
maybe five or six years ago if I had to take a guess and I remember being much more impressed
by it at that at that point and uh it is a bit more disappointing and much more lackluster but
at least compared to the experiences that I had service and logistic wise and just how frustrating
it all has has been as of late at least the item isn't that bad so I would say out of 10
just factoring in the quality of the item price is four dollars you're getting a decent portion
All Things Considered at least not ton of empty space there so factoring that in I would give the
Breakfast Crunchwrap with bacon a 6.5 out of 10. it's one of those items we'd kind of say yeah it's
all right not necessarily raving about it as to how good it might be but not necessarily giving
it an excoriating excoriation harsh excoriation I'm trying to say and let's say it's the worst
thing ever either so at least the thing that I'm reviewing on the side is all right but like I
said logistically and service wise and it's just been with Taco Bell one problem after the next
after the next with them I I try a lot of these places I got a lot of things from these places
and for some reason it's always Taco Bell that has these problems have you noticed
that why is it just Taco Bell because I I am at a total loss here that's all that I
have for you thank you for watching and until next time I'm your host the report of the week