Advertised at $5.49. The typical Taco Bell charges $5.99.
Taco Bell relaunched the Flamin' Hot Grilled Cheese Burrito on November 12, 2026, with the new Flamin' Hot Mini Taco Salad beside it (also advertised, at $2.49), advertised from $5.49. Fast Food Index reads the actual menu price at every Taco Bell it tracks — 3,132 stores list the Flamin' Hot Grilled Cheese Burrito — and the advertised price is one of the rarest prices on the menu: just 48 stores charge it.
One item, 37 different prices
The most common price is the typical one: $5.99, at 928 stores. After that the menu fragments — 37 distinct prices in all, running from $4.99 to $9.99. The top of the range is $9.99 at a single store, $4.50 over the advertised starting price. Even the cheapest store, at $4.99, undercuts the advertised price by only $0.50.
| Price | Stores charging it | Share of stores |
|---|---|---|
| $5.99 | 928 | 29.6% |
| $6.49 | 353 | 11.3% |
| $5.79 | 250 | 8.0% |
| $6.39 | 234 | 7.5% |
| $6.79 | 185 | 5.9% |
| $6.19 | 121 | 3.9% |
| $6.29 | 121 | 3.9% |
| $5.89 | 116 | 3.7% |
| $5.49 (advertised) | 48 | 1.5% |
Prices checked November 14, 2026. See every Taco Bell price on the Taco Bell menu prices page, or browse the price map.
of Taco Bell stores charge more than the advertised $5.49 for the Flamin' Hot Grilled Cheese Burrito
Also relaunched: the Flamin' Hot Mini Taco Salad
Its advertised price holds at the typical store: the median is $2.49, and 1,969 of 3,128 stores (62.9%) charge precisely that. But the tail runs long: 1,159 stores (37.1%) charge more, across 23 distinct prices, up to $6.99 — 2.8 times the advertised price. The second most common price is $2.99, at 523 stores.
| Price | Stores charging it | Share of stores |
|---|---|---|
| $2.49 (advertised) | 1,969 | 62.9% |
| $2.99 | 523 | 16.7% |
| $2.79 | 283 | 9.0% |
| $2.69 | 105 | 3.4% |
| $2.59 | 79 | 2.5% |
| $3.49 | 50 | 1.6% |
What "starting at" means at the counter
Franchisees set their own prices, so a launch announcement's "starting at" figure is a floor that a minority of stores stand on — not a price any customer is promised. A store is about 60 times as likely to charge more than the advertised price as to charge it. The Flamin' Hot Grilled Cheese Burrito's floor is real, but it is stood on by 1.5% of stores.
The practical move is the boring one: check the price at your store before you go. The same item runs $4.99 to $9.99 nationally, and the store, not the announcement, sets what you pay.
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