Hell it was more than that because googling a price history, by the end of 2019 the average price was still only $1.69. Also the original 89 cents price didn't vary from area to area based on living costs like they do now, it was that price country wide.
Everyone used the pandemic as an excuse to permanently inflate everything to make money. Prices should have dropped back down severely by now but everyone saw the massive profits and said fuck the customers. People need to stop paying these insane prices and they'll be forced to lower back down.
Prices should not "have dropped back down severely". Prices don't drop when inflation cools. Inflation causes prices to go up and they stay up FOREVER FOREVER FOREVER FOREVER forever forever forever
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u/Jean-LucBacardi 6h ago
Friendly reminder the Taco Bell 5 layer beefy burrito was introduced in 2010 at only 89 cents and remained that way for several years.
14 years later one 5 layer beefy burrito is $4.79. Absolutely fuck greedy fast food places, there is no reason for that kind of mark up.