Taco Bell overhauled its value menu, and these four items are off the menu permanently

Fast food chain Taco Bell shakes up value menu by removing items and replacing them with meal-sized foods as consumers hunt for bargains.

• Taco Bell is revamping its Cravings Value Menu with six new items for $3 or less.
• Five items, including the popular Beefy Melt Burrito, have been cut from the new value menu.
• The chain said the revamped 10-item value menu features "more satiating, meal-sized items."

Taco Bell is overhauling its Cravings Value Menu by adding six new "meal-sized" items to the menu, which features items under $3.

To make room for the new additions, Taco Bell is booting five items from the old value menu.

Four items have been permanently deleted from the menu: the chipotle ranch grilled chicken burrito, beefy melt burrito, fiesta veggie burrito, and classic combo.

Cinnamon twists are also off the value menu.

But don't fret.

Taco Bell said the sweet dessert "will remain at $1.19 and will move to the Drinks and Sweets menu."

The value menu revamp went into effect on Thursday, January 11.

In a press release, the chain said the refreshed 10-item value menu features "more satiating, meal-sized items." The menu update comes as customers seek more value, but have found rising prices at fast food chains. McDonald's, for example,is losing visits from lower-income diners, and has raised prices by 20% over a two-year period.

One of the new beefier items is the cheesy double beef burrito, whose makeup is similar to the beefy melt burrito but with more meat. The $2.79 value burrito contains beef, rice, nacho cheese sauce, tortilla strips, a three-cheese blend, and reduced-fat sour cream.

Taco Bell said four "classic" value items remain on the menu, including the cheesy roll-up ($1.19), the spicy potato soft taco ($1.29), the cheesy bean & rice burrito ($1.49), and the cheesy fiesta potatoes ($2.49).

The five other items debuting on the value menu include:

• Double-stacked taco ($1.99): This taco is a crunchy taco shell filled with beef, fiesta strips, lettuce, and cheddar cheese. It is wrapped in a soft tortilla filled with nacho cheese sauce.

• Stacker ($2.19): A tortilla filled with beef, nacho cheese sauce, and a three-cheese blend.

• 3-cheese chicken flatbread melt ($2.29): A flatbread stuffed with grilled chicken, creamy chipotle sauce, and a three-cheese blend.

• Chicken enchilada burrito ($2.49):  A burrito with grilled chicken, rice, red sauce, three-cheese blend, and reduced-fat sour cream.

• Loaded beef nachos ($2.99) Chips topped with beef, beans, nacho cheese sauce, red sauce, reduced fat sour cream, and guacamole.

  Taco Bell said the 3-cheese chicken flatbread melt, the cheesy double beef burrito, and the loaded beef nachos are completely new additions to the national menu.

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  Editor's note January 11, 2024: Taco Bell updated its list of discontinued menu items after publication. The story has been updated to reflect the new discontinued items.