Taco Bell’s New Taco Tuesday Deal Is Actually Pretty Good
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Fast food has pretty much lost its reputation for being budget-friendly these days (good luck finding a value meal for under $10), so when we see deals, we pounce on them. Now that Taco Bell has the freedom to use the term “Taco Tuesday,” it’s taking that opportunity to run a promotional blitz, and it’s announced that it’ll be featuring a new meal deal on Tuesdays only, all for a cool $5. That’s nice on paper, but what does it actually get you? The new deal, called the Taco Discovery Box, nets...

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