3 Pc. Tenders
3 Pc. Tenders at Wendy's. 420 calories, $5.49, 33 g protein.
Photograph from Wendy's, as published on its own menu.
How it compares on the Wendy's menu
At 420 calories it is lighter than 53% of the 184 Wendy's items we track, against a menu median of 420. It delivers 7.9 g of protein per 100 calories, 3rd of 151 items with published protein. At 77 calories per dollar it is 135th of 171 priced items on value.
Lighter choices at Wendy's
| Item | Calories | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Chicken Grill Sandwich | 404 | −16 |
| Medium Seasoned Potatoes | 400 | −20 |
| Medium Classic Chocolate Frosty® | 390 | −30 |
| Classic Chocolate Frosty® | 390 | −30 |
| Vanilla Frosty® | 390 | −30 |
The same thing at other chains
| Chain | Item | Calories | Nutrient density |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | 3 Piece Chicken Tenders | 370 | — |
| McDonald's | 4 Piece Chicken Tenders | 500 | — |
What a 3 PC. Tenders costs across America
Priced at 3783 Wendy's restaurants in 45 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $5.39 and $5.99, a spread of 11%.
Each bar is the number of restaurants charging that price, and the gold bar holds the median. The last gathers everything at that price and above, so one distant outlier cannot flatten the rest.
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The cheapest 3 PC. Tenders in the sample is $4.99 in WESTERVILLE, OH, and the most expensive is $8.29 in HONOLULU, HI. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.
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By state, for what it is worth
About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 44 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 36 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | $4.99 | 63 | cheapest |
| NM | $4.99 | 12 | cheapest |
| CO | $5.29 | 82 | cheapest |
| DE | $5.30 | 12 | cheapest |
| HI | $8.29 | 10 | most expensive |
| CT | $6.29 | 51 | most expensive |
| NE | $6.29 | 4 | most expensive |
| IA | $6.19 | 10 | most expensive |
What it has cost since we started watching
36 of the 4,054 restaurants we price have changed this since 2026-09-08. Where it moved, the typical change was +2.1%. A typical one now charges $5.49.
Priced like this at Wendy's
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the 3 Pc. Tenders’s $5.49. The spread is the middle 80% of restaurants, so a wide one means the same item costs noticeably different amounts depending where you buy it.
| Item | Median | Spread | Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Large Cookie Dough Frosty Fusion®, Vanilla | $5.49 | 7% | 3,698 |
| Large Cookie Dough Frosty Fusion®, Chocolate | $5.49 | 7% | 3,698 |
| Large Caramel Crunch Chocolate Frosty Fusion™ | $5.49 | 7% | 3,662 |
| Large OREO® Brownie Chocolate Frosty Fusion™ | $5.49 | 7% | 3,662 |
| Large Caramel Crunch Vanilla Frosty Fusion™ | $5.49 | 7% | 3,657 |
Full nutrient panel
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Calcium | 2 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Iron | 4 mg |
| Potassium | 10 mg |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3.5 g |
| Sodium | 1050 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Total Fat | 22 g |
| Trans Fat | 0 g |
| Vitamin A | 0 mcg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg |
The nutrition label as Wendy's publishes it for this item, matched to the current menu, alongside the store-level price above.