Fast food price insights
What the drive-thru really costs: prices from 225 fast food restaurants in Egypt across 3 chains, checked 2026-10-04. Every figure below compares each restaurant's own pickup price from the brand's ordering app, so the numbers are what you would actually pay at the window.
Data as of . Updated daily. Prices are in Egyptian pounds.
Key findings
- KFC has the biggest price gap between locations: its priciest restaurant charges 25% more than its cheapest for the same basket. Buffalo Burger has the smallest gap, 8%.
- Cairo, C is the biggest cluster of bargain fast food in Egypt: 84 of its 84 restaurants rank in their brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- Cairo is the cheapest governorate for fast food overall (Drive Thru Index 100, where 100 is the national typical price) and Alexandria the most expensive (100), averaging each brand against its own national prices.
- A Domino's Pepperoni pizza (medium) costs anywhere from EGP 199.00 to EGP 215.00 across 38 restaurants in Egypt; the typical price is EGP 199.00.
- Domino's charges about the same in every governorate: no governorate's typical basket is even 1% dearer than another's.
- A Buffalo Burger Old School burger costs anywhere from EGP 250.00 to EGP 260.00 across 26 restaurants in Egypt; the typical price is EGP 250.00.
- Buffalo Burger charges about the same in every governorate: no governorate's typical basket is even 1% dearer than another's.
- A KFC Zinger costs anywhere from EGP 125.00 to EGP 152.00 across 148 restaurants in Egypt; the typical price is EGP 125.00.
- KFC charges about the same in every governorate: no governorate's typical basket is even 1% dearer than another's.
- For Domino's, Cairo, C has the most bargain restaurants: 11 of 11 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- For Buffalo Burger, Cairo, C has the most bargain restaurants: 11 of 11 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- For KFC, Cairo, C has the most bargain restaurants: 62 of 62 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
Cheapest to most expensive governorates
Each governorate's Drive Thru Index score averages every brand's typical basket there against that brand's own national typical price, so 100 is the national norm, 90 is 10% cheaper and 120 is 20% pricier. Brands are never compared with each other.
| Rank | Governorate | Index | vs national | Brands | Restaurants compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairo | 100 | +0% | 3 | 96 |
| 2 | Giza | 100 | +0% | 3 | 43 |
| 3 | Alexandria | 100 | +0% | 2 | 20 |
Bargain clusters
Where cheap fast food clusters: the places with the most restaurants whose basket ranks in their own brand's cheapest fifth nationally. Each brand is judged against itself, never against another brand's prices.
| City, all brands | Bargain restaurants | Restaurants compared | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo, C | 84 | 84 | 100% |
| Giza, GZ | 38 | 38 | 100% |
| Alex, ALX | 15 | 15 | 100% |
| Alexandria, ALX | 5 | 6 | 83% |
| None, C | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Brand | Top bargain cities | Top bargain governorates |
|---|---|---|
| Domino's | Cairo, C (11 of 11), Giza, GZ (7 of 7), Alexandria, ALX (5 of 6) | C (21 of 21), GZ (10 of 10) |
| Buffalo Burger | Cairo, C (11 of 11), Giza, GZ (5 of 5) | C (11 of 11) |
| KFC | Cairo, C (62 of 62), Giza, GZ (26 of 26), Alex, ALX (14 of 14) | C (64 of 64), GZ (28 of 28), ALX (14 of 14) |
By brand
| Brand | Restaurants | Item | Typical price | Range | Cheapest governorate | Priciest governorate | Gap between locations | Delivery vs pickup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domino's | 38 | Pepperoni pizza (medium) | EGP 199.00 | EGP 199.00 to EGP 215.00 | Cairo | Alexandria | 9% | — |
| Buffalo Burger | 26 | Old School burger | EGP 250.00 | EGP 250.00 to EGP 260.00 | Giza | Cairo | 8% | — |
| KFC | 148 | Zinger | EGP 125.00 | EGP 125.00 to EGP 152.00 | Cairo | Alexandria | 25% | — |
Questions people ask
- How much does a Domino's Pepperoni pizza (medium) cost in Egypt?
- As of 2026-10-04, a Pepperoni pizza (medium) costs EGP 199.00 to EGP 215.00 at 38 Domino's restaurants, with a typical price of EGP 199.00.
- How much does a Buffalo Burger Old School burger cost in Egypt?
- As of 2026-10-04, a Old School burger costs EGP 250.00 to EGP 260.00 at 26 Buffalo Burger restaurants, with a typical price of EGP 250.00.
- How much does a KFC Zinger cost in Egypt?
- As of 2026-10-04, a Zinger costs EGP 125.00 to EGP 152.00 at 148 KFC restaurants, with a typical price of EGP 125.00.
How the index works
Every day we check the menu at every US restaurant of each chain, using the same ordering app its customers use, and record each item's pickup and delivery price. Restaurants are compared on a basket of items that every full-menu restaurant of that brand sells, so a comparison is never skewed by a missing item. Restaurants with a limited menu, and prices that are clearly a menu code error, are left out of comparisons. "Typical" means the median restaurant.
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Citing this data: Source: Drive Thru Index (https://drivethruindex.com), prices checked 2026-10-04. Journalists are welcome to quote any figure on this page.