What the big chains actually charge in Charlotte — read from each chain's own ordering system at 177 restaurants, with the cheapest and priciest locations named.
Prices checked November 5, 2026 · 10 chains priced in Charlotte
Every figure below comes from Charlotte restaurants' own listed prices. North Carolina ranks #45 of 51 in our fast food prices by state index, paying 1.5% below the national typical price.
| Chain | Restaurants | Signature item | Charlotte typical | US typical | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | 36 | Big Mac® | $5.59 | $6.09 | -8.2% |
| Chick-fil-A | 24 | Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich | $5.04 | $5.25 | -4.0% |
| Chipotle | 22 | Chicken Burrito | $9.35 | $9.80 | -4.6% |
| Domino's | 21 | Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza | $13.74 | $14.99 | -8.3% |
| Papa John's | 18 | 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | $16.39 | $17.50 | -6.3% |
| Wendy's | 17 | Dave's Single® | $5.89 | $5.99 | -1.7% |
| Taco Bell | 16 | Crunchwrap Supreme® | $6.69 | $6.79 | -1.5% |
| Burger King | 12 | Whopper | $6.39 | $6.19 | +3.2% |
| Popeyes | 7 | Classic Chicken Sandwich | $5.49 | $5.79 | -5.2% |
| KFC | 4 | 8 pc. Chicken Only | $19.99 | $20.99 | -4.8% |
Typical prices in Charlotte: Big Mac® $5.59 · Quarter Pounder® with Cheese $5.59 · McCrispy™ $4.54
Cheapest Big Mac®: $4.99 at 10720 Woodland Beaver Rd (one of 3 at this price) · priciest: $6.19 at 2625 South Blvd (one of 2 at this price).
Typical prices in Charlotte: Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich $5.04 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.44 · 8 ct Chick-fil-A® Nuggets $5.12
Cheapest Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich: $4.99 at 8032 S Tryon St (one of 12 at this price) · priciest: $10.50 at 333 E Trade St.
Typical prices in Charlotte: Chicken Burrito $9.35 · Chicken Bowl $9.35 · Steak Burrito $11.35
Cheapest Chicken Burrito: $8.60 at 2109 South Blvd · priciest: $9.95 at 4022 Connection Point Blvd (one of 2 at this price).
Typical prices in Charlotte: Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza $13.74 · Medium (12") Hand Tossed Pizza $10.24 · Stuffed Cheesy Bread $8.99
Cheapest Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza: $13.24 at 4922 Trojan Drive Unit 180 · priciest: $13.74 at 9020 A2 Albemarle Road (one of 20 at this price).
Typical prices in Charlotte: 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza $16.39 · 14 Inch Original Create Your Own $16.39 · 14 Inch Thin Pepperoni Pizza $16.39
Cheapest 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza: $16.39 at 6530 Statesville Rd (one of 13 at this price) · priciest: $16.89 at 7741 Colony Road (one of 4 at this price).
Typical prices in Charlotte: Dave's Single® $5.89 · Baconator® $7.89 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.89
Every priced Wendy's in Charlotte charges $5.89 for a Dave's Single®.
Typical prices in Charlotte: Crunchwrap Supreme® $6.69 · Mexican Pizza $6.29 · Burrito Supreme® $5.99
Cheapest Crunchwrap Supreme®: $6.29 at 1910 Sardis Road N (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $6.99 at 2834 Boyer Street (one of 4 at this price).
Typical prices in Charlotte: Whopper $6.39 · Whopper with Cheese $6.39 · Original Chicken Sandwich $6.30
Cheapest Whopper: $5.99 at 5200 Central Avenue (one of 5 at this price) · priciest: $6.50 at 7615 Nations Ford Road (one of 6 at this price).
Typical prices in Charlotte: Classic Chicken Sandwich $5.49 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.49 · Regular Cajun Fries $3.59
Every priced Popeyes in Charlotte charges $5.49 for a Classic Chicken Sandwich.
Typical prices in Charlotte: 8 pc. Chicken Only $19.99 · Famous Bowl $6.99 · 3 pc. Chicken Combo $11.69
The typical price is $5.59 across the 36 McDonald's restaurants we price in Charlotte (checked November 5, 2026). The US typical price is $6.09.
The same Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich costs $4.99 at the Chick-fil-A on 8032 S Tryon St and $10.50 at 333 E Trade St — 110% more, inside one city. (12 Charlotte locations charge the low price and 1 charge the high; the two named are examples.)
McDonald's, with prices tracked at 36 Charlotte restaurants, of the 177 restaurants across 10 chains in this guide.
We read the price of every item on the menu at each restaurant from the chain's own ordering system, every week. A "typical" price is the median across the restaurants named on the page, and every restaurant counts once: when a menu lists the same item twice under two spellings, the restaurant still contributes one price. The cheapest and priciest restaurants named on this page exclude the handful of listings whose price sits outside 0.4–2.5× the item's national typical price — a $99 sauce cup is a till glitch, not a price, and it should not be able to win "priciest" either. Named extremes also exclude one-day pricing anomalies: a price that appears at dozens of restaurants in a single day's collection and nowhere else in our archive is treated as a collection glitch, not a price, though those restaurants still count toward every typical price. State and city indexes average each menu item's local typical price against its national typical price, so every item counts once and no single chain dominates.