Sauce Shortages at Taco Bell?

I had the same problem.I just started going in to place my order so I
could help myself to all the sauce I needed. The bins are always
overflowing so I don't feel like I'm taking too much.

Oh and the Taco Bell sauce that you can buy at the grocery store
tastes nothing like the stuff in the packets. I wonder why?

Instead of asking for lots of hot sauce, it would be better to say I
want 7 packages of the hot sauce. Your idea of "lots" maybe different
than mine.

psssttt..... instead of buying Pace... you could buy the Taco Bell
brand of hot sauce or whatever you use. they sell it in the grocery
store...

just saying...

I can kind of relate to Taco Bell on this one.

I work in a pizza parlor, and I give out peppers, cheese, napkins, and
plates...

Those items aren't free for us! In fact, it can get very pricy for us
if we do not monitor or have some kind of system when we give them
out.

If a customer asks for peppers and cheese, I will puposely hand them
more peppers than cheese because of the cost difference. It may seem
petty when you look on it at a 1-on-1 level, but imagine how many
transactions a Taco Bell does a week. I know for pizza we are doing
about 1300 or so. It adds up!

In order to provide these services and condiments, there has to be a
system. Otherwise, places are just going to cut it...

I usually check before I leave and even then things get mixed up.Maybe
they're trying to cut corners

I don't know if it's a regional thing. I'm on the east coast and
recently have been buying a lot of fast food. I have a bowlful of
extra sauces and condiments. Taco Bell put a handfull or more packs
and I ordered for two people. Same with Burger King. I know I'll use
them but I can imagine a lot of people just tossing them out.

That's ironic that you posted this today. My husband just made a late
night border run to our local store because we were craving nachos.
THEY WERE OUT OF NACHO CHEESE sauce!

How can Taco Bell be out of Nacho Cheese. That's like being out of
tortilla shells, y'know?

Maybe they are having supplier issues this week.

While this complaint is very valid, i just have to ask one question
.and lets take the 4bags/4people: How many actual tacos did you order?
because most fast food restaurants don't just hand out dozen sauces
out the window unless you are specific as it cost money! And if you
only ordered 5 tacos..then you got lots of sauce as isnt it 1 sauce
per taco? or something like that! I know the fast food restaurant (not
taco bell) that i work in, we only give 2 ketchup/1 salt for each fry
unless otherwise specified..and as someone else said, lots to one
person may mean something totally different to another! i.e. a few to
me means 3, handful to me means 4 or 5, a couple means 2, lots means
maybe 5 or 6....and when people ask for a dozen ketchup, half the time
it goes into there fridge and we arent a grocery store...we are a
restaurant and when people start doing that, then we start charging
for extra condiments as its not free!

Just because you ask for "lots" doesnt mean you will get them. They
are probably told there is a limit to how many they can give out.
Although, isnt that stuff in bowls inside for people to get how many
they want? Cant you just go in and take a handful like most greedy
people do?

Taco Bell food does NOT taste best with their sauce in MY opinion. In
MY opinion it tastes best with NO sauce.

While 1 is clear not "lots," it's a non-specific term. You need to
ask for what you want. They, on the other hand, have the right to
turn you down. In my opinion, 1 sauce per item ordered is fair.
1.5-2 per item would be nice.

Here's the thing: you had the Pace at home. Why not use it? Or buy
other kinds of sauce. There are some excellent hot ones out there.
You can even buy Taco Bell sauce in the grocery.

That way, you can avoid this issue.

Next time be specific. Say 'five each' or 'half dozen' or something
like that. One person's lots and lots is another's 'two'.