Fast food price history
Fast food price changes tracked daily since 30 September 2026: how many McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell, KFC, Popeyes and Chick-fil-A restaurants raised or cut prices, and by how much.
Updated . Download the daily record: history.csv.
Price changes
Drive Thru Index started recording every restaurant's prices on 30 September 2026. From then on, every time a restaurant raises or cuts the price of an item we track, it is recorded here, counted per brand and per day. The first changes appear after the second day of collection.
Price history
Drive Thru Index has recorded these prices every day since 30 September 2026. Each figure is the typical (median) price across the brand's restaurants here on that day. Comparisons with earlier dates appear here as the daily record builds up.
| Brand | Item | Today | 7 days ago | 30 days ago | 1 year ago | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | Big Mac | $5.99 | — | — | — | |
| Burger King | Whopper | $6.19 | — | — | — | |
| Wendy's | Dave's Single | $5.99 | — | — | — | |
| Taco Bell | Crunchwrap Supreme | $6.69 | — | — | — | |
| KFC | Chicken Sandwich | $5.39 | — | — | — | |
| Popeyes | Classic Chicken Sandwich | $5.79 | — | — | — | |
| Chick-fil-A | Chicken Sandwich | $5.25 | — | — | — |
Questions people ask
- Does McDonald's use dynamic pricing?
- Drive Thru Index records the price of every item at every McDonald's in the US each day, so any change in a restaurant's prices shows up on this page. Tracking began on 30 September 2026.
- Where can I download fast food price history?
- The full daily record for the US and every state is at https://drivethruindex.com/data/history.csv, free to use with credit to Drive Thru Index.
How these prices are measured
Every day we check the menu at every US restaurant of each chain, through the same ordering app its customers use, and record each item's pickup price. Restaurants are compared on a basket of items every full-menu restaurant of that brand sells. An index of 100 is the brand's typical (median) US restaurant, so 95 means 5% cheaper and 110 means 10% pricier. Brands are only ever compared with themselves, never with each other.
Citing this data: Source: Drive Thru Index (https://drivethruindex.com/history), prices checked 2026-09-30. You are welcome to quote any figure on this page.