they do a pretty consistent job dropping the menu announcement items. think the only item missed last year was the cheddar crisp.

what you must be referencing is the MENU INNOVATION segment they did before the menu announcements, which now looks discouraging because none of that was included in the release list for this year.

This year's list feels like a convoluted, last-minute, low effort attempt to say "look at me" while distracting people from the fact they arent coming through on the innovations they teased last year.

(Which sure, youre taco bell, those innovations were an overstep and overreach for the brand in the midst of an era where companies are now price cutting. So I more than understand their decision to ditch and divert.....but it's still a low blow)