Fast food can be a huge time-saver, especially if you’re trying to grab a quick bite on the way to work or feed a hungry family. But if you’re not careful, it can also bust your budget — unless you can plan ahead to take advantage of deals and promotions. Before heading to the drive-thru lane or ordering a pizza, check out these money-saving fast-food deals.
Prices and availability are subject to change.
Wendy’s: Free Fries
Wendy’s has all kinds of freebies and coupons in the Offers section of its mobile app this month, including free fries of any size with a $5 purchase. There are also offers for $2 off a breakfast combo, $1 off any soft drink with a $5 purchase, and coupons for $2 off premium combos and $4 off a $20 order. Plus, there’s always the $5 and $6 Biggie Bags that include a sandwich, chicken nuggets, fries, and a drink, making them one of the best deals at Wendy’s.
KFC: $30 Chicken and Tenders Feast
Big buckets of chicken are usually the best deal at KFC. You can get a family meal of six bone-in fried chicken pieces, six chicken tenders, two large sides, four biscuits, and dipping sauces for $30. There are also deals for an 8-piece bucket of chicken for $10 on Tuesdays.
Subway: $7 Meal Deals
The days of $5 Subway footlongs are long over, but you can still get a good deal on a combo meal. Each day of the week, a different sub will be available in a $7 meal deal with a 20-ounce drink and either a bag of chips or two cookies. Here are the daily specials.
- Monday: Cold Cut Combo
- Tuesday: All-Pro Sweet Onion Teriyaki
- Wednesday: Meatball Marinara
- Thursday: Baja Chipotle Chicken
- Friday: Tuna Sandwich
- Saturday: The Ultimate B.M.T.
- Sunday: The Philly
Plus, there’s currently a code for buy-one-get-one-for-$1 Footlongs for rewards club members. Just order online and use code FOOTLONGFAN at checkout.
Taco Bell: $7 Build Your Own Luxe Cravings Box
Taco Bell has a number of box meals to pick from for pretty cheap prices. For the $7 Build Your Own Luxe Cravings Box, choose a specialty like a Crunchwrap, plus a taco or Beefy 5-Layer Burrito, a side, and a drink. There’s also a Supreme version for a dollar more that comes with a Chalupa supreme, Beefy 5-Layer Burrito, taco, and side, and drink. And for only $5, you can once again get the Classic Luxe Box with a burrito, taco, side, and drink.
If it’s just an item or two you’re after, check out the new Cravings Value Menu with lots of under-$3 options like beef nachos, Double Stacked Tacos, and a 3-Cheese Flatbread Melt.
McDonald’s: Free Fries on Friday
McDonald’s has brought back its best deal for 2025: Free Fries Friday. Snag a free medium fries every Friday with a minimum $1 purchase through the app. If you’d rather not use the app, check out the new McValue menu that offers a lot of buy-one-get-one-for-$1 items, or snag a $5 sausage McMuffin with egg meal or an $8 Big Mac or 10-piece McNugget meal.
Plus, check the Deals section of the mobile app for offers like $1.49 any size fries, BOGO for 50 cents breakfast sandwiches, and free 10-piece McNuggets with a $15 purchase.
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Panera: $7 Tuna Sandwich and Tomato Soup
Panera has a current special on a classic soup and sandwich combo. You can get a cup of creamy tomato soup with croutons, half a tuna salad sandwich, and a side of French baguette, apple, or chips for just $7. You can also get six other value duets with various Panera soups, salads, and sandwiches for the same price.
Hardee’s: $6 Original Bag Meals
Hardee’s has a great meal deal right now. The $6 Original Bag comes with a small fries and drink, plus you get to choose two entrees: hot ham and cheese sandwiches, double cheeseburgers, or chicken tender wraps. You can also get two for $5 select breakfast items right now as well.
Popeyes: $6 Big Box
The popular Big Box promotion is back at Popeyes. You get two pieces of bone-in classic or spicy fried chicken along with two sides and a biscuit for only $6. You can also get it with three chicken tenders for the same price.
Plus, check the Offers section of the website, where you can score lots of other great deals like a free chicken sandwich with a $10 purchase, a 10-piece family meal for $26, or the ever-popular $13 Two Can Dine meal with five pieces of chicken or six tenders plus two sides and biscuits.
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Little Caesars: $7 Extra Most Bestest Pepperoni
Little Caesars does cheap pizza well, but the chain has raised prices a couple times in the last few years. The cheapest option will now run you $6 instead of $5. We still recommend paying a dollar more to get Extra Most Bestest pies for more cheese and more pepperoni, making the chain noticeably better than cheaper pizza chains. The upgrade is worth the extra change.
You can also get a mix-and-match deal for a limited time. Pick two or more select items, including classic pepperoni pizza, large pineapple pizza, or wings, and you only pay $6 each.
Burger King: Free Fries
Burger King is continuing its free fries promotion in 2025. You can get one free any size fry each week with purchase when you use the mobile app. There’s also a couple rotating two-for-$5 and three-for-$7 deals as well. And don’t forget to check the offers page on the restaurant’s website, which has rotating deals like a $4 breakfast biscuit and hash browns meal, BOGO free original chicken sandwiches, and a $6 double cheeseburger and small fries meal.
Domino’s: $7 Mix ‘n Match Deal
Your best bet for cheap pizza at Domino’s is the long-running $7 Mix ‘n Match deal. Just order two or more items and they’re all $7 each, including two-topping medium pizzas, bread, chicken, sandwiches, pastas, salads, and desserts. For $8, you can get large one-topping pizzas for carryout.
Panda Express: $35 Family Meal
Family meals at Panda Express are a crowd pleaser. For $35, order your choice of three large entrees and two large sides that will feed a small family. Who doesn’t like orange chicken and fried rice?
Pizza Hut: $7 Deal Lover’s Menu
For once, Pizza Hut’s deals recently got better. The new $7 Deal Lover’s Menu is the same mix-and-match-at-least-two-items deal that other pizza chains offer. Options include medium one-topping pizzas, Melts, boneless wings, cheese sticks, breadsticks, pastas, and desserts. You can also try the new Crafted Flatzz pizzas for only $5 each before 5 p.m. every day, get a one-topping large carryout pizza for $10, or get a Big Dinner Box for $20.
Wingstop: $18 Boneless Meal Deal
You can feed three or four people (or just two really hungry ones) at Wingstop right now for $18. The Boneless Meal Deal comes with 20 boneless wings tossed in up to four sauce or rub flavors, plus a large fries and two dips.
Trying to decide which flavors to order? We ranked the best Wingstop flavors to help you make the call.
Papa Johns: $7 Papa Pairings
Like Domino’s and Pizza Hut, Papa Johns has a buy-two-or-more deal. Items are $7 each as long as you buy at least two, and there are a lot of options, such as a medium one-topping pizza, Papadias, 10-piece Chicken Poppers, cheese sticks, garlic knots, and three desserts. That’s a lot of variety to satisfy everyone.
There’s also an ongoing carryout special where you can get a large one-topping pizza for $8, or 50% off regular menu priced carryout pizzas.
Sonic: Free Coke
There’s a great deal on trendy dirty sodas right now at Sonic. You can get free any size Cokes with unlimited add-ins with any purchase. Members of the rewards program can redeem it once per day through December 28th.
Plus, you can still get happy hour deals. All you have to do is order online or in the app to get half price slushes and drinks. There’s also $2 crispy tender wraps and junior deluxe cheeseburgers.
Del Taco: Taco Nights
The best deal at Del Taco is the long-running Taco Nights promotion. On Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., you can get three snack tacos for $2.49, and on Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., you can get three grilled chicken tacos for $3.59. Sure, the prices have gone up recently thanks to inflation, but it’s still a heck of a deal.
If a combo meal is what you’re after, there’s three new El Big Boxes that range in price from $5 to $9 and are a pretty good deal with items like burritos, fries, and quesadillas.
Dairy Queen: $7 Cheeseburger Meal Deal
A classic cheeseburger combo is the best deal right now at DQ. For $7, you’ll get a cheeseburger, regular-size fries, a 21-ounce drink, and a small sundae. You can also grab the three-piece chicken strip meal deal for $7. There’s also a mix and match two for $5 deal with options like a small sundae or cheeseburger.
Church’s Chicken: $20 10-Piece Family Meal
There’s decent prices on big buckets of fried chicken at Church’s right now. For $20, you can get 10 pieces of bone-in legs and thighs or 10 chicken tenders, plus two large sides and five biscuits. If you’re just feeding yourself, there’s a Texas Two-piece Fest for $3.49 that comes with two legs and thighs or tender, a biscuit, and the chain’s signature jalapeno.
Jack in the Box: Two for $5 Biscuit Sandwiches
There’s a bunch of great two-for deals at Jack in the Box this month. They include two sausage or bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit sandwiches for $5, two sausage croissant sandwiches for $5.50, and two Jumbo Jack burgers for $5. Plus, you can always get two tacos for $1.29.
Taco John’s: $5 Meal Steal
There’s an affordable $5 combo meal at Taco John’s right now. It includes a crispy beef taco, bean burrito, junior Potato Olés, and a small drink. For $2 more, you can get an upgraded meal with two crispy beef tacos, nacho crunch beef burrito, small Potato Olés, and a small drink. And you can get two junior crispy chicken wraps for $3 as well.
White Castle: $5 BBQ Pulled Pork Slider Combo
White Castle’s sliders scratch a very specific itch for a lot of people, but there’s a new item to try and it’s on sale right now. For $5, you can get two barbecue pulled pork sliders, a small fries, and a small drink.
Shake Shack: Free Chicken Shack
Shake Shack isn’t exactly known for being inexpensive, so when a good deal comes along, you have to grab it. From now through the end of the year, you can get a free Chicken Shack (that’s what the chain calls its fried chicken sandwich) on Sundays by using the code CHICKENSUNDAY at checkout when you make a $10 purchase.
And through November, you can get buy-one-get-one-free Smoke Shack burgers when you use the code SMOKESHACK when ordering.
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