Parmesan Caesar Salad

Parmesan Caesar Salad at Wendy's. 520 calories, $8.59, 34 g protein.

Parmesan Caesar Salad

Photograph from Wendy's, as published on its own menu.

520calories
$8.59price
34 gprotein
+5label score
61calories per dollar

How it compares on the Wendy's menu

At 520 calories it is heavier than 66% of the 184 Wendy's items we track, against a menu median of 420. Scored on Wendy's own printed label, it comes to +5 on the label score, 34th of 74 Wendy's items we can score that way. It delivers 6.5 g of protein per 100 calories, 15th of 151 items with published protein. At 61 calories per dollar it is 154th of 171 priced items on value.

Lighter choices at Wendy's

ItemCaloriesSaving
Large Vanilla Frosty®510−10
Large Classic Chocolate Frosty®510−10
Large Seasoned Potatoes510−10
Apple Pecan Salad510−10
Chili & Cheese Baked Potato490−30

What a Parmesan Caesar Salad costs across America

Priced at 3716 Wendy's restaurants in 45 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $8.19 and $9.29, a spread of 13%.

$8.59median price
$8.19–$9.29middle 80%
3716restaurants priced
45states
291 restaurants at $7.99–$8.10294 restaurants at $8.10–$8.22413 restaurants at $8.22–$8.33203 restaurants at $8.33–$8.45523 restaurants at $8.45–$8.56229 restaurants at $8.56–$8.68626 restaurants at $8.68–$8.79150 restaurants at $8.79–$8.90424 restaurants at $8.90–$9.0219 restaurants at $9.02–$9.13115 restaurants at $9.13–$9.2581 restaurants at $9.25–$9.3638 restaurants at $9.36–$9.48310 restaurants at $9.48 and above$7.99$9.48+

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$6.99cheapest sampled — GALION, OH
$10.99most expensive sampled — SAN JOSE, CA

The cheapest Parmesan Caesar Salad in the sample is $6.99 in GALION, OH, and the most expensive is $10.99 in SAN JOSE, CA. 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.

StateMedianRestaurantsEnd
WV$7.9939cheapest
AR$8.0923cheapest
WA$8.1984cheapest
MS$8.1930cheapest
CT$9.5951most expensive
OR$9.4926most expensive
OK$9.4925most expensive
DC$9.393most expensive

What it has cost since we started watching

19 of the 3,987 restaurants we price have changed this since 2026-09-08. Where it moved, the typical change was +2.7%. A typical one now charges $8.59.

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Priced like this at Wendy's

The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the Parmesan Caesar Salad’s $8.59. 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.

ItemMedianSpreadRestaurants
Baconator®$8.5923%3,777
Taco Salad$8.5915%3,726
Apple Pecan Salad$8.5913%3,716
Cobb Salad$8.5913%3,711
Big Bacon Classic® Double$8.4919%3,788

Full nutrient panel

NutrientAmount
Calcium25 mg
Dietary Fiber3 g
Iron10 mg
Potassium15 mg
Protein34 g
Saturated Fat10 g
Sodium1240 mg
Sugars3 g
Total Fat36 g
Trans Fat0.5 g
Vitamin A0 mcg
Vitamin C0 mg

The nutrition label as Wendy's publishes it for this item, matched to the current menu, alongside the store-level price above.