The same Big Mac costs $7.20 in one part of Anchorage and $9.80 in another
Two McDonald's restaurants in Anchorage, AK, selling the same Big Mac from the same menu system, post prices $2.60 apart. Fast Food Index prices the complete menu at every restaurant it tracks, which makes gaps like this visible street by street.
$7.20 → $9.80
The Big Mac at the McDonald's on 255 Muldoon Rd in Anchorage costs $7.20. At the McDonald's on 5000 W Intl Airport Rd Ste C-2327, the same sandwich costs $9.80 — 36% more.
Why the same sandwich has two prices
Franchisees set their own prices, and most customers never see the spread because they only ever visit one store. Anchorage has 14 McDonald's restaurants with a priced Big Mac; the typical one charges $6.19. The cheapest and most expensive sit at opposite ends of a $2.60 range inside one city.
Both prices checked November 7, 2026. See every McDonald's price in the state on the McDonald's menu prices page, or browse the price map.
The widest gap on each flagship
Chain
Item
City
Cheapest
Priciest
Gap
McDonald's
Big Mac
Anchorage, AK
$7.20
$9.80
+$2.60
Burger King
Whopper
Chicago, IL
$5.89
$9.19
+$3.30
Taco Bell
Crunchwrap Supreme
Chicago, IL
$5.49
$8.49
+$3.00
Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich
Atlanta, GA
$4.99
$7.00
+$2.01
Across the four flagship items, 363 cities have a same-chain gap of $1.00 or more.
How this was computed. Prices are the current price state: each store's price as read from the chain's own ordering system, refreshed weekly. A store's price counts only inside a sanity band around the item's national typical (half to 1.75 times), which drops placeholder and mis-listed prices no customer could actually pay. The McDonald's at 255 Muldoon Rd and the one at 5000 W Intl Airport Rd Ste C-2327 were checked on November 7, 2026.
Citing this data: Source: Fast Food Index, prices checked November 7, 2026. You are welcome to quote any figure on this page.