What the big chains actually charge in Raleigh — read from each chain's own ordering system at 110 restaurants, with the cheapest and priciest locations named.
Prices checked November 5, 2026 · 9 chains priced in Raleigh
Every figure below comes from Raleigh 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 | Raleigh typical | US typical | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | 28 | Big Mac® | $5.59 | $6.09 | -8.2% |
| Domino's | 17 | Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza | $14.25 | $14.99 | -4.9% |
| Chick-fil-A | 14 | Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich | $4.99 | $5.25 | -5.0% |
| Chipotle | 11 | Chicken Burrito | $9.20 | $9.80 | -6.1% |
| Burger King | 10 | Whopper | $5.89 | $6.19 | -4.8% |
| Taco Bell | 9 | Crunchwrap Supreme® | $6.99 | $6.79 | +2.9% |
| Wendy's | 9 | Dave's Single® | $5.89 | $5.99 | -1.7% |
| Papa John's | 8 | 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | $16.79 | $17.50 | -4.1% |
| Popeyes | 4 | Classic Chicken Sandwich | $5.39 | $5.79 | -6.9% |
One gap in this guide: KFC has 2 restaurants in our Raleigh store list, but their Raleigh prices have not been collected yet — KFC joined the collection on November 4, 2026 and its weekly rotation is still filling in. The guide covers the 9 chains priced in Raleigh so far.
Typical prices in Raleigh: Big Mac® $5.59 · Quarter Pounder® with Cheese $5.99 · McCrispy™ $5.39
Cheapest Big Mac®: $4.99 at 4212 Wake Forest Road · priciest: $5.99 at 3508 Millbrook Rd.
Typical prices in Raleigh: Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza $14.25 · Medium (12") Hand Tossed Pizza $10.75 · Stuffed Cheesy Bread $8.99
Cheapest Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza: $13.99 at 4237 Louisburg Road #103 (one of 3 at this price) · priciest: $16.89 at 1121 Falls River Ave #Ste 104 (one of 2 at this price).
Typical prices in Raleigh: Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich $4.99 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.39 · 8 ct Chick-fil-A® Nuggets $5.09
Cheapest Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich: $4.99 at 6701 Falls of Neuse Rd (one of 8 at this price) · priciest: $5.29 at 1400 Edwards Mill Rd (one of 4 at this price).
Typical prices in Raleigh: Chicken Burrito $9.20 · Chicken Bowl $9.20 · Steak Burrito $11.20
Cheapest Chicken Burrito: $8.45 at 2316 Hillsborough St (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $9.95 at 5101 Forestville Rd.
Typical prices in Raleigh: Whopper $5.89 · Whopper with Cheese $5.89 · Original Chicken Sandwich $5.89
Cheapest Whopper: $5.59 at 3500 Poole Road · priciest: $6.19 at 3955 New Bern Ave (one of 4 at this price).
Typical prices in Raleigh: Crunchwrap Supreme® $6.99 · Mexican Pizza $6.79 · Burrito Supreme® $6.49
Every priced Taco Bell in Raleigh charges $6.99 for a Crunchwrap Supreme®.
Typical prices in Raleigh: Dave's Single® $5.89 · Baconator® $8.59 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.99
Every priced Wendy's in Raleigh charges $5.89 for a Dave's Single®.
Typical prices in Raleigh: 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza $16.79 · 14 Inch Original Create Your Own $16.79 · 14 Inch Thin Pepperoni Pizza $16.79
Cheapest 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza: $15.99 at 7238 Nc Highway 42 West · priciest: $16.89 at 9611 Strickland Road (one of 4 at this price).
Typical prices in Raleigh: Classic Chicken Sandwich $5.39 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.39 · Regular Cajun Fries $2.99
The typical price is $5.59 across the 28 McDonald's restaurants we price in Raleigh (checked November 5, 2026). The US typical price is $6.09.
The same Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza costs $13.99 at the Domino's on 4237 Louisburg Road #103 and $16.89 at 1121 Falls River Ave #Ste 104 — 21% more, inside one city. (3 Raleigh locations charge the low price and 2 charge the high; the two named are examples.)
McDonald's, with prices tracked at 28 Raleigh restaurants, of the 110 restaurants across 9 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.