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Nugget Watch

Chicken nuggets are the one thing nearly every chain sells, in packs with the count on the box. So here is the one fair fight in fast food: what a single nugget costs at each brand.

Pickup prices at 723 restaurants in Canada, checked . Prices are in Canadian dollars.

Key findings

Price per nugget, cheapest first

Each brand's best-value pack: the one with the lowest typical price per nugget.

RankBrandBest-value packTypical pricePer nugget
1Burger King8 Pc. Chicken Nuggets$4.9962¢
2Popeyes36Pc Nuggets$28.6980¢

Every pack size

BrandPackTypicalRangePer nugget
Burger King4 Pc. Chicken Nuggets$2.99$2.99 to $4.5075¢
Burger King8 Pc. Chicken Nuggets$4.99$3.99 to $8.8862¢
Popeyes5Pc Nuggets$4.00$4.00 to $4.0080¢
Popeyes6Pc Nugget$6.49$6.49 to $8.49$1.08
Popeyes8Pc Nuggets$7.99$6.49 to $10.49100¢
Popeyes12Pc Nuggets$10.99$10.99 to $13.2992¢
Popeyes18Pc Nuggets$14.49$12.99 to $17.9980¢
Popeyes24Pc Nuggets$19.99$19.99 to $24.2983¢
Popeyes36Pc Nuggets$28.69$28.69 to $33.9980¢

Questions people ask

Who has the cheapest chicken nuggets?
Burger King, at 62¢ a nugget in its 8-piece pack (typical US price $4.99, Drive Thru Index, 2026-09-30).

How Nugget Watch works

We read every restaurant's menu from its own ordering app each day and pick out each brand's plain nugget packs by the count in the name (not spicy, grilled or meal versions). The typical price is the median restaurant; price per nugget divides it by the count. Unlike our baskets, nuggets are close enough across brands to compare, though sizes and recipes differ.

Citing this data: Source: Drive Thru Index (https://drivethruindex.com/nuggets), prices checked 2026-09-30. You are welcome to quote any figure on this page.