What the big chains actually charge in Columbia — read from each chain's own ordering system at 80 restaurants, with the cheapest and priciest locations named.
Prices checked November 5, 2026 · 10 chains priced in Columbia
Every figure below comes from Columbia restaurants' own listed prices. South Carolina ranks #46 of 51 in our fast food prices by state index, paying 1.5% below the national typical price.
| Chain | Restaurants | Signature item | Columbia typical | US typical | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | 16 | Big Mac® | $5.74 | $6.09 | -5.7% |
| Wendy's | 11 | Dave's Single® | $5.39 | $5.99 | -10.0% |
| Chick-fil-A | 10 | Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich | $4.99 | $5.25 | -5.0% |
| Burger King | 8 | Whopper | $6.99 | $6.19 | +12.9% |
| Taco Bell | 7 | Crunchwrap Supreme® | $5.89 | $6.79 | -13.3% |
| Domino's | 7 | Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza | $15.49 | $14.99 | +3.3% |
| Chipotle | 6 | Chicken Burrito | $9.20 | $9.80 | -6.1% |
| Popeyes | 5 | Classic Chicken Sandwich | $5.99 | $5.79 | +3.5% |
| Papa John's | 5 | 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | $16.49 | $17.50 | -5.8% |
| KFC | 5 | 8 pc. Chicken Only | $22.99 | $20.99 | +9.5% |
Typical prices in Columbia: Big Mac® $5.74 · Quarter Pounder® with Cheese $5.99 · McCrispy™ $4.79
Cheapest Big Mac®: $5.29 at 7501 Garners Ferry Rd (one of 3 at this price) · priciest: $5.99 at 4801 Garners Ferry Rd (one of 4 at this price).
Typical prices in Columbia: Dave's Single® $5.39 · Baconator® $7.89 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.59
Cheapest Dave's Single®: $5.39 at 300 Bush River Rd. (one of 6 at this price) · priciest: $5.89 at 100 Newland Road (one of 5 at this price).
Typical prices in Columbia: 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 10136 Two Notch Rd Ste 103 (one of 9 at this price) · priciest: $5.29 at 100 Columbiana Cir Ste 1284.
Typical prices in Columbia: Whopper $6.99 · Whopper with Cheese $6.99 · Original Chicken Sandwich $6.19
Every priced Burger King in Columbia charges $6.99 for a Whopper.
Typical prices in Columbia: Crunchwrap Supreme® $5.89 · Mexican Pizza $5.99 · Burrito Supreme® $4.89
Cheapest Crunchwrap Supreme®: $5.89 at 9802 Two Notch Rd (one of 6 at this price) · priciest: $6.09 at 7400 Wilson Blvd.
Typical prices in Columbia: Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza $15.49 · Medium (12") Hand Tossed Pizza $12.99 · Stuffed Cheesy Bread $8.49
Every priced Domino's in Columbia charges $15.49 for a Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza.
Typical prices in Columbia: Chicken Burrito $9.20 · Chicken Bowl $9.20 · Steak Burrito $11.20
Cheapest Chicken Burrito: $8.75 at 619 Gervais St (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $9.50 at 10136 Two Notch Rd.
Typical prices in Columbia: Classic Chicken Sandwich $5.99 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.99 · Regular Cajun Fries $3.99
Cheapest Classic Chicken Sandwich: $5.49 at 7540 Garners Ferry Rd (one of 2 at this price) · priciest: $6.99 at (Military Post Access Required) 5650 Lee Rd.
Typical prices in Columbia: 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza $16.49 · 14 Inch Original Create Your Own $16.49 · 14 Inch Thin Pepperoni Pizza $16.49
Cheapest 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza: $16.49 at 10008 Two Notch Rd (one of 4 at this price) · priciest: $19.24 at 3730 North Main.
Typical prices in Columbia: 8 pc. Chicken Only $22.99 · Famous Bowl $6.49 · 3 pc. Chicken Combo $9.49
Every priced KFC in Columbia charges $22.99 for the 8 pc. Chicken Only.
The typical price is $5.74 across the 16 McDonald's restaurants we price in Columbia (checked November 5, 2026). The US typical price is $6.09.
The same Classic Chicken Sandwich costs $5.49 at the Popeyes on 7540 Garners Ferry Rd and $6.99 at (Military Post Access Required) 5650 Lee Rd — 27% more, inside one city. (2 Columbia locations charge the low price and 1 charge the high; the two named are examples.)
McDonald's, with prices tracked at 16 Columbia restaurants, of the 80 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.