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[XiaNaphryz]

I guess it technically started last Fall with Wendy's 4 for 4:

Wendy's latest value play is the new 4 for $4 Meal, which features a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, four chicken nuggets, small fries, and a small drink for $4.

But now we have pretty much everyone trying to jump in on this.

Burger King has their 5 for $4 promotion:

This combo features a bacon cheeseburger, four chicken nuggets, small fries, small drink and a chocolate chip cookie for $4.

McDonald's McPick 2 for $2 will start in Feb:

Customers can mix and match the McDouble, McChicken, Small Fry and Mozzarella Sticks under the 2 for $2 promotion.

Pizza Hut's $5 value menu:

you need to buy two or more items to get them for $5 each.

The items on the new $5 menu include:

- A medium one-topping pizza
- 8 boneless wings (available flavors include Buffalo [Mild, Medium, or Burnin' Hot], Honey BBQ, Garlic Parmesan, Sweet Chili, Spicy BBQ, Honey Sriracha, or Naked i.e. unsauced)
- The Ultimate Hershey's Chocolate Chip Cookie
- The Hershey's Triple Chocolate Brownie
- Tuscani Pasta (a choice of either Creamy Chicken Alfredo or Meaty Marinara)
- A double order of breadsticks
- A double order of flavor sticks (available flavors include Hut Favorite, Toasted Cheddar, Fiery Red Pepper, Toasted Parmesan, Toasted Asiago, or Honey Sriracha)
- Four 20-oz Pepsi beverages

Dairy Queen is jumping in with their KC BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger $5 Buck Lunch:

This combo features the original DQ cheeseburger, topped with sweet and smoky Kansas City style BBQ sauce, American cheese, hickory smoked bacon, pickles and onion, and is served with fries, a drink and a signature sundae.

And now even Checkers/Rally's is offering a $2 Meal Deal of their own:

This $2 combo features your choice of the Checker/Rallyburger with cheese, the Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Crispy Fish Sandwich, Bacon Cheddar Crisp, or Chili Dog and a small Famous Seasoned Fries. Only valid at participating locations. Prices may vary.

Even Carl's Jr/Hardee's has something going, and they don't traditionally do these sorts of deals often.

Even Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s are in, despite those chains’ traditional hostility to discounting. But their Sausage & Egg Biscuit is being offered at a “2 for $3.50” price.

 

[NomarTyme]

Bring back the Big and Tasty!

 

[Sulik2]

They can't even make McDonalds burgers look good in the marketing.

 

[Beach]

Two McDoubles, 1 McChicken and fries for $4 is the real deal

 

[Warxard]

If you eat at Checkers and eat anything but the fries, you're a monster.

Wendy's is awesome though.

 

[smurfx]

the burger king rodeo burgers are the best dollar burgers by far.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Good time to be a broke college student.

 

[teruterubozu]

Wendy's 4 for 4 is still the king.

 

[Volimar]

I have a huge weakness for sausage egg and cheese biscuits. Too bad there's no Hardees/Carl Jr. in my area.

 

[neoanarch]

Someone should just make a spicy value meal. Id buy the shit out of a jalapeno or sriracha value meal.

 

[Guzim]

Why can't everyone just have a simple dollar/value menu?

They can't even make McDonalds burgers look good in the marketing.

I love the piece of lettuce that is not on the McChicken.

 

[DarknessTear]

Arby's is doing 2 for 5 roast beef and cheddar here too. The big ones.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

the burger king rodeo burgers are the best dollar burgers by far.

This is correct.

 

[Kitoro]

I'm so thankful that none of this appeals to me.

 

[BAW]

Wow amazing deals. Too bad nothing like that exists over here. These are seriously making me consider moving from Europe to US.

 

[TraBuch]

I feel like Hardee's has always done things like that, at least my local one. I'm always seeing "Two ____ for $3" signs out. Not to mention the $5 Big Bag thing.

 

[moggio]

Wow amazing deals. Too bad nothing like that exists over here. These are seriously making me consider moving from Europe to US.

You want to move to the US so you can get fat on cheap, low quality food?

Such a pity for all the animals that will live miserable lives and be killed to produce this shit.

 

[rezuth]

Wow amazing deals. Too bad nothing like that exists over here. These are seriously making me consider moving from Europe to US.

Its fine. That heartattack you'll have later won't cost you as much, evens out in the end.

 

[Machine]

But does any of that really matter when Arbys has loaded curly fries?

 

[maxcriden]

This is correct.

Toppings sure, but the patty at Wendy's is much better.

 

[Alrus]

Damn fast food is cheap as fuck in the states compared to Europe...

 

[GoldenEye 007]

You want to move to the US so you can get fat on cheap, low quality food?

Such a pity for all the animals that will live miserable lives and be killed to produce this shit.

I don't know. Wendy's makes pretty good burgers.

 

[ShowDog]

McPick 2 gets you a McChicken, fries, mozzarella sticks plus drink or dessert for $4? Sorry Wendy

 

[Tesseract]

time to get swole

x gon deliver to ya

open up yer mouf iz real

 

[jwk94]

The mcpick and Wendy's thing with a strawberry lemonade for $. 80 extra are thr best deals.

 

[Shig]

A welcome return to sanity. Fast food prices have been creeping up and overstepping their bounds something awful in the last decade. You can have a proper bar food entree at most sit-down places for a negligible amount more than the going rate of a lot of fast food combos now. Absolutely absurd considering the vast gulf of difference in the quality and portions of what's on the plate between the two.

Arby's is doing 2 for 5 roast beef and cheddar here too. The big ones.

It doesn't seem like that long ago that their recurring special for these was 4 for $5. 5 for $5 for the non-cheese.

 

[thekonamicode]

Meanwhile Chick Fil-A sits backs and watches while their same store sales keep increasing.

 

[teruterubozu]

Meanwhile Chick Fil-A sits backs and watches while their same store sales keep increasing.

McDonalds stock just hit an all-time high to close out 2015.
They ain't sweating either.

 

[BlackJace]

And college students rejoiced

 

[Ninhead]

Two McDoubles, 1 McChicken and fries for $4 is the real deal

Ah, the joys of the McGangbang.

 

[LogicStep]

Taco Bell isn't in on this?

 

[Dr_LucienSanchez]

Meat should not be this cheap.

 

[this_guy]

Europe needs these so no one should ever have a strugglewich again.

 

[YoYo Switch]

McPick these!

 

[maxcriden]

Meat should not be this cheap.

Define meat. You're also getting very very little actual meat for the price.

 

[Sub_Level]

I really noticed this starting with Wendys. Simply an amazing deal. As someone who eats fast food at least 3 times a week (usually more) its an amazing time.

But what is the endgame to all this? How low can the margins go?

 

[Your Entertainer]

McDonald's is stupid - those things all used to be a dollar normally. McDouble being $1.89 around here is a fucking travesty, especially since I still remember the days of $1 double cheeseburger.

And I don't get why anyone would want to waste valuable stomach space/calories on a soda with these, but whatevs

 

[Grover]

one of the best value deals ive ever experienced from fast food are those new crunchwraps from Taco Bell, they're tasty and quite substantial for just a dollar

id easily rather just get 5 of those for 5$ instead of buying a taco meal or w/e it is

 

[Persona7]

one of the best value deals ive ever experienced from fast food are those new chrunchwraps from Taco Bell, they're tasty and quite substantial for just a dollar

those are pretty good.

 

[paul187]

Mcchickens are American Junior Chickens? So what do they call Canadian Mcchickens?

 

[RPGCrazied]

That's a pretty sweet deal at Burger King. Cokes alone are like $2+ dollars.

 

[Shig]

Meat should not be this cheap.

Ain't like they're using better meat for their $7.50 combos. Shoveling garbage in your mouth for about what it's worth is vastly preferable to shoveling it in for way over market value.

 

[Bedameister]

If prices would be this low over here everybody would be fat, too. That's just crazy cheap

 

[butzopower]

the burger king rodeo burgers are the best dollar burgers by far.

Haven't had one since college but this was always my go to, and I can taste that smokey little sucker to this day.

 

[Dice]

Wendys >

 

[Sub_Level]

McDonald's is stupid - those things all used to be a dollar normally. McDouble being $1.89 around here is a fucking travesty, especially since I still remember the days of $1 double cheeseburger.

And I don't get why anyone would want to waste valuable stomach space/calories on a soda with these, but whatevs

If I'm going back home I don't get any drink. In that case these value combos aren't great. But if you're at lunch during school or work, you could just get a diet coke or the lemonade they usually offer.

 

[DominoKid]

Wendys and Checkers the only edible options of those so they win IMO.

 

[Walter White Walker]

This is what the prices should be. I've bitched before on here that taking my two kids to McDonalds, and ordering off the "value" menu, was costing me over $16. That's absurd given that food.

 

[Warxard]

If I'm going back home I don't get any drink. In that case these value combos aren't great. But if you're at lunch during school or work, you could just get a diet coke or the lemonade they usually offer.

Isn't the 'Soft Drink any size $1' a nationwide deal?

A large soda, plus two mc doubles seems like a solid deal for $3

 

[Butts-a-plenty]

McDonald's is stupid - those things all used to be a dollar normally. McDouble being $1.89 around here is a fucking travesty, especially since I still remember the days of $1 double cheeseburger.

And I don't get why anyone would want to waste valuable stomach space/calories on a soda with these, but whatevs

It's almost like food prices increase over time.