Fast food price insights
What the drive-thru really costs: prices from 420 fast food restaurants in Finland across 4 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 euros.
Key findings
- Picnic has the biggest price gap between locations: its priciest restaurant charges 16% more than its cheapest for the same basket. Kotipizza has the smallest gap, 0%.
- Helsinki, 18 is the biggest cluster of bargain fast food in Finland: 61 of its 61 restaurants rank in their brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- A Kotipizza Americana (medium) costs €13.60 at every one of its 322 restaurants in Finland: the brand charges one price nationwide.
- A Pizza Hut Pepperoni Pan Pizza costs €14.70 at every one of its 23 restaurants in Finland: the brand charges one price nationwide.
- A Friends & Brgrs Friends Brgr costs €9.90 at every one of its 35 restaurants in Finland: the brand charges one price nationwide.
- A Picnic Paahtopaistipatonki costs anywhere from €8.90 to €9.50 across 40 restaurants in Finland; the typical price is €8.90.
- Picnic charges about the same in every region: no region's typical basket is even 1% dearer than another's.
- For Kotipizza, Helsinki, 18 has the most bargain restaurants: 29 of 29 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- For Pizza Hut, Helsinki, 18 has the most bargain restaurants: 8 of 8 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- For Friends & Brgrs, Helsinki, 18 has the most bargain restaurants: 7 of 7 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- For Picnic, Helsinki, 18 has the most bargain restaurants: 17 of 17 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
The scoop
Picnic’s Helsinki–Vantaa gap leads FinlandPicnic’s basket is €39.40 in Helsinki, Uusimaa, and €45.70 in Vantaa, Uusimaa. That makes Vantaa 16% above its cheapest store, with Paahtopaistipatonki rising from €8.90 to €9.50.
Three brands keep prices locked nationwideKotipizza, Pizza Hut and Friends & Brgrs all have identical prices at every location in view. Kotipizza’s Americana Medium is €13.60 everywhere, Pizza Hut’s Pepperoni Pan Pizza is €14.70, and Friends & Brgrs’ Friends Brgr is €9.90.
Kotipizza covers Finland most widelyKotipizza is the biggest presence on the map, with 321 stores compared. Its median basket is €56.70 in Kainuu, Uusimaa, Southwest Finland, Central Ostrobothnia, Ostrobothnia and North Karelia alike.
Friends & Brgrs sets the consistency markFriends & Brgrs is named the most consistent brand, with its prices identical across 35 stores. Its median basket is €27.50 nationwide.
Cheapest to most expensive regions
Each region'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 | Region | Index | vs national | Brands | Restaurants compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uusimaa | 100 | +0% | 4 | 142 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helsinki, 18 | 61 | 61 | 100% |
| Espoo, 18 | 24 | 24 | 100% |
| Tampere, 11 | 22 | 22 | 100% |
| Vantaa, 18 | 21 | 22 | 95% |
| Oulu, 14 | 15 | 15 | 100% |
| Brand | Top bargain cities | Top bargain regions |
|---|---|---|
| Kotipizza | Helsinki, 18 (29 of 29), Tampere, 11 (17 of 17), Espoo, 18 (14 of 14) | 18 (83 of 83), 11 (40 of 40), 19 (25 of 25) |
| Pizza Hut | Helsinki, 18 (8 of 8) | 18 (15 of 15) |
| Friends & Brgrs | Helsinki, 18 (7 of 7) | 18 (16 of 16) |
| Picnic | Helsinki, 18 (17 of 17), Vantaa, 18 (4 of 5) | 18 (27 of 28) |
By brand
| Brand | Restaurants | Item | Typical price | Range | Cheapest region | Priciest region | Gap between locations | Delivery vs pickup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotipizza | 322 | Americana (medium) | €13.60 | €13.60 to €13.60 | Pirkanmaa | Kanta-Häme | 0% | — |
| Pizza Hut | 23 | Pepperoni Pan Pizza | €14.70 | €14.70 to €14.70 | Uusimaa | Uusimaa | 0% | — |
| Friends & Brgrs | 35 | Friends Brgr | €9.90 | €9.90 to €9.90 | Uusimaa | Uusimaa | 0% | — |
| Picnic | 40 | Paahtopaistipatonki | €8.90 | €8.90 to €9.50 | Uusimaa | Uusimaa | 16% | — |
Questions people ask
- How much does a Kotipizza Americana (medium) cost in Finland?
- As of 2026-10-04, a Americana (medium) costs €13.60 at all 322 Kotipizza restaurants.
- How much does a Pizza Hut Pepperoni Pan Pizza cost in Finland?
- As of 2026-10-04, a Pepperoni Pan Pizza costs €14.70 at all 23 Pizza Hut restaurants.
- How much does a Friends & Brgrs Friends Brgr cost in Finland?
- As of 2026-10-04, a Friends Brgr costs €9.90 at all 35 Friends & Brgrs restaurants.
- How much does a Picnic Paahtopaistipatonki cost in Finland?
- As of 2026-10-04, a Paahtopaistipatonki costs €8.90 to €9.50 at 40 Picnic restaurants, with a typical price of €8.90.
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.