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Four fast food chains including Wendy’s and Taco Bell making major change to its menus - with prices starting at $1

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Samuel Coleman

Published Sep 22, 2026

FAST food chains are making a major change to menus - and it's good news for Americans.

Restaurants, including Wendy's and Taco Bell, are offering value meals to customers to help their dollar stretch further.

Fast food chains are adding value deals to their menus

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Diners are becoming more conscious and businesses are looking for ways to drive foot traffic and sales, as soaring inflation cuts into consumers' wallets.

After reports that chains were scaling back value meals, big name brands are now putting them back on the menu.

Below, we round-up the chains offering value meals and what you could expect to get for your cash.

Wendy's - from $4

Wendy's currently has three value meals up for grabs.

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One of the deals is the $5 Biggie Bag.

This deal includes a choice of a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger, a Double Stack, or a Crispy Chicken BLT to go with your four-piece nuggets, small fries, and small drink.

Last year, Wendy's announced a big change to its popular four for $4 deal.

When customers ordered a four for $4, they could pick from a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger, the Crispy Chicken sandwich, the Doublestack, or a Junior Cheeseburger. 

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But now, customers are offered one choice of hamburger in the deal.

Wendy's now only offers the 4 for $4 with a Junior Cheeseburger.

So the deal now includes a Junior Cheeseburger, a four-piece chicken nuggets, a Junior Fry, and a value drink.

Finally, Wendy's has introduced a new two for $6 deal.

It is available now for a limited time at participating Wendy's restaurants nationwide.

The deal includes a choice of two from the following: a Dave's Single burger, a Spicy Chicken Sandwich, 10 chicken nuggets, and a medium lemonade.

McDonald's - from $1

McDonald's doesn't have a specific value meal, but it does have a $1, $2, and $3 menu.

The menu includes the following items:

  • Sausage Biscuit
  • Sausage McMuffin
  • Sausage McGriddles
  • Hash Browns
  • McDouble
  • McChicken
  • Chicken McNuggets
  • World Famous Fries
  • Coca-Cola
  • Sprite
  • Fanta Orange
  • Dr Pepper
  • Diet Coke
  • Hi-C Orange Lavaburst
  • Unsweetened Iced Tea
  • Sweet Tea

Burger King - $5

The $5 Your Way Meal is Burger King's value menu option.

It includes a choice of either a Whopper Jr., Bacon Cheeseburger, or Chicken Jr. to go with a small order of fries, a four-piece order of chicken nuggets, and a small soft drink.

You can see if your local Burger King offers the deal by visiting the chain's website.

Taco Bell - from $1

Taco Bell's Craving Value Menu gives diners a choice of low-cost items.

It also offers a $5 meal combo, which includes a large fountain drink, a beefy five-layer burrito, a crunchy taco, and chips and nacho cheese sauce.

Below is a full list of menu items you can get from the Taco Bell Craving Value Menu:

  • Spicy potato soft taco - $1
  • Chipotle ranch grilled chicken burrito - $2
  • Beefy melt burrito - $2
  • Cheesy bean and rice burrito - $1
  • Fiesta veggie burrito - $2
  • Cheesy roll up - $1
  • Cinnamon twists - $1
  • Classic combo - $5

You can order the value menu online, or at your nearest Taco Bell.

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Meanwhile, Dunkin’ has added three new items to its menu for Valentine’s Day – but there’s a catch.

Plus, KFC has added a new chicken item to its menu - but it will be here for only a limited time.