The same Whopper costs $5.99 in one part of San Antonio and $7.89 in another

Two Burger King restaurants in San Antonio, TX, selling the same Whopper from the same menu system, post prices $1.90 apart. Fast Food Index prices the complete menu at every restaurant it tracks, which makes gaps like this visible street by street.

$5.99 → $7.89 The Whopper at the Burger King on 10903 Potranco Rd. in San Antonio costs $5.99. At the Burger King on 7400 San Pedro Ave, the same sandwich costs $7.89 — 32% more.
Map of San Antonio: every Burger King in the city, with the Whopper at $5.99 on 10903 Potranco Rd. and $7.89 on 7400 San Pedro Ave
Every Burger King in San Antonio is a dot. The green pin sells the Whopper for $5.99 — the cheapest in the city; the red pin charges $7.89.

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. San Antonio has 30 Burger King restaurants with a priced Whopper; the typical one charges $6.19. The cheapest and most expensive sit at opposite ends of a $1.90 range inside one city.

+32%

more for the same Whopper on the other side of San Antonio

Prices checked November 7, 2026 and November 9, 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

ChainItemCityCheapestPriciestGap
Burger KingWhopperSan Antonio, TX$5.99$7.89+$1.90
McDonald'sBig MacFountain Valley, CA$3.49$7.99+$4.50
Taco BellCrunchwrap SupremeChicago, IL$5.49$8.49+$3.00
Chick-fil-AChick-fil-A Chicken SandwichAtlanta, GA$4.99$7.00+$2.01

Across the four flagship items, 365 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 10903 Potranco Rd. and the one at 7400 San Pedro Ave were checked on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026.
Citing this data: Source: Fast Food Index, prices checked November 9, 2026. You are welcome to quote any figure on this page.

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