These Are The Fast Food Chains Where Prices Have Gone Up The Most
NOVATO, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Customers enter a Taco Bell restaurant on February 22, 2018 in Novato, California. Taco Bell has become the fourth-largest domestic restaurant brand by edging out Burger King. Taco Bell sits behind the top three restaurant chains McDonald's, Starbucks and Subway. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The fast food drive-thru used to be the place where you could always get a cheap tasty meal in a hurry, even if it wasn’t the most nutritious. But those days are over as paying for your order could easily give you sticker shock now. Inflation baby! Because of that naughty word “inflation” fast food has gotten a lot more expensive. But how much more? Which chains prices have gone up the most?
New research shows us just how much prices have gone up the most.
- FinanceBuzz crunched the numbers from 2014 and compared them to today’s prices to determine which fast food chains have raised prices the most in the past decade.
- McDonald’s tops the list with the highest increase in the last 10 years, with menu items going up an average of 100%.
- That’s three times the national rate of inflation during the same time period.
- For example, a 10-piece order of Chicken McNuggets that was once $5.99 is now $10.99.
- But Mickey D’s isn’t alone in their price hikes. Taco Bell, which used to be the place you could buy a meal with loose change found in your car, has raised prices 81%.
How Much Menu Prices Have Gone Up At Fast Food Chains Since 2014
- McDonald’s 100%
- Popeyes 86%
- Taco Bell 81%
- Chipotle 75%
- Jimmy John’s 62%
- Arby’s 55%
- Burger King 55%
- Chick-fil-A 55%
- Wendy’s 55%
- Panera 54%
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