Taco Bell concerned that obesity rates not rising fast enough

From an e-mail that just landed in my inbox:

Irvine, Calif., April 30, 2008 – Is that a rumble of hunger in your stomach, or a rumble of anticipation as you stare at Taco Bell’s all-new Big Bell Box Meal? Hunger will meet its match beginning today with a Bacon Club Chalupa, Beef Crunchy Taco, Bean Burrito and Cinnamon Twists loaded into one big box and paired with a large drink, all for only $4.99 for a limited time at participating Taco Bell® restaurants!

“The Big Bell Box will satisfy even the biggest hunger at a great value for your money,” said David Ovens, Chief Marketing Officer, Taco Bell Corp. “By combining some of Taco Bell’s favorite items and packaging them together in a convenient and portable box, we provide even better value for the hungry man.”

Taco Bell is supporting the launch of the new Big Bell Box with broadcast TV advertising featuring comedic radio personality Adam Corolla who prompts viewers to “eat like a man” and that they “deserve a meal made for men.” …

A meal made for fat men, that is. Or for a family of three (I’m figuring they share the Cinnamon Twists for dessert) looking to make ends meet in these semi-recessionary times.

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  • That Anonymous Dude

    no raggin on the bell dude. go pick on mcdonald’s or subway or somethin.

  • Mike at About.com

    That’s the most disgusting thing I’ve heard in a while. Ugh. The nutritional information is available here:

    http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutrition-calories/food/taco-bell/big-bell-box-meal

    1180 calories?!? 57 grams of fat?!?

    For me that’s over a day’s worth of fat – in just one meal. Mind you, my fitness challenge has turned me into an obsessive health nut, but still.

  • odograph

    You shouldn’t make me laugh like that in cube-land(*) … people will wonder

    * – actually some charming, left-over, dot-com, non-cube architecture

  • John

    Yeah, I hate when companies give me more food per dollar. Storage costs for all this surplus food is a real pain.

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