The same Whopper costs $5.79 in one part of Houston and $7.99 in another
Two Burger King restaurants in Houston, TX, selling the same Whopper from the same menu system, post prices $2.20 apart. Fast Food Index prices the complete menu at every restaurant it tracks, which makes gaps like this visible street by street.
$5.79 → $7.99
The Whopper at the Burger King on 14001 State Highway 249 in Houston costs $5.79. At the Burger King on 1154 Edgebrook Drive, the same sandwich costs $7.99 — 38% more.
Every Burger King in Houston is a dot. The green pin sells the Whopper for $5.79 — the cheapest in the city; the red pin charges $7.99.
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. Houston has 83 Burger King restaurants with a priced Whopper; the typical one charges $6.19. The cheapest and most expensive sit at opposite ends of a $2.20 range inside one city.
+38%
more for the same Whopper on the other side of Houston
Both prices checked November 4, 2026. See every Burger King price in the state on the Burger King menu prices page, or browse the price map.
The widest gap on each flagship
Chain
Item
City
Cheapest
Priciest
Gap
Burger King
Whopper
Houston, TX
$5.79
$7.99
+$2.20
McDonald's
Big Mac
Anchorage, AK
$7.20
$9.80
+$2.60
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. One price point was excluded before ranking: a $3.99 Whopper reading that appears at 262 stores, 261 of them priced in a single day's collection (November 4, 2026) — the signature of a collection artifact, not a price anyone could pay. It is excluded above, and disclosed here. The Burger King at 14001 State Highway 249 and the one at 1154 Edgebrook Drive were checked on November 4, 2026.
Citing this data: Source: Fast Food Index, prices checked November 4, 2026. You are welcome to quote any figure on this page.
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