Feast for a Fiver: Here Are 7 Fast Food Restaurants Where You Can Grab a Meal for $5 or Less!

Remember when every restaurant had a dollar menu?

At the risk of sounding like an old-timer, it wasn’t too long ago that you could leave the house with five bucks and easily come home with a full belly. These days, it’s hard to find a decent sandwich for $5, let alone a whole meal.

With elevated food prices here to stay, many people are cutting back on their fast food consumption to save money. Restaurants are now trying to lure customers back with new value menu items, cheap meal deals, and other promotions.

While the days of a true dollar menu may be in the rearview mirror, there are still some opportunities to grab a fast food meal for around five bucks, and more options are coming soon, too!

Here are the best fast food five-dollar meals you can buy:

Burger King is bringing back its $5 Your Way Meal.

Burger King has confirmed that it will be re-releasing its once-popular Your Way Meal very soon. This value meal is expected to include one of three sandwich choices along with nuggets, fries, and a drink.

While we don’t have an exact release date yet, we do know that BK hopes to have its $5 value meal on the menu before the rumored release of McDonald’s $5 value meal on June 25. Burger King’s $5 Your Way Meal is expected to remain on its menu for “several months” – hopefully longer!

Assemble a meal from Dairy Queen’s 2/$5 menu.

Dairy Queen has a 2/$5 menu that allows you to mix and match seven of its most popular menu items. Pair a cheeseburger or chicken strips with fries, soft pretzel sticks, a drink, or dessert!

Grab a Taste of KFC deal for $4.99.

KFC just launched new meal deals starting at $4.99! The Taste of KFC Deal includes two pieces of dark meat chicken (one drumstick and one thigh), a side of mashed potatoes and gravy, and a biscuit for just under five bucks.

McDonald’s has a rumored $5 value meal in the works.

While McDonald’s has been tight-lipped on the prospect of a new $5 value meal, CNBC confirmed with a McDonald’s insider that we’ll see this option on menus beginning June 25th.

McDonald’s new $5 value meal should include four items: your choice of a McChicken or a McDouble, a four-piece order of Chicken McNuggets, fries, and a drink.

McDonald’s $5 value meal is planned for a month-long promotion, but we hope this option will stick around longer if it resonates with customers! 🤞

Steak ‘n Shake has 4 meal deals for around $5.

Steak ‘n Shake offers 4 meal deals that will get you a juicy burger and fries for around $5, depending on your location. Choose from the Original Double Steakburger with Cheese, Garlic Single Steakburger, Butter Single Steakburger, or Bacon ‘N Cheese Single Steakburger.

Build Your Own Cravings Box for just $5 at Taco Bell.

Taco Bell has a Build Your Own Cravings Box for just $5. This option allows you to choose one specialty item, one classic item, one side, and a drink – all for just five bucks!

Wendy’s Meal Deals start at just $4!

Wendy’s has several Meal Deals on its menu starting at just $4! The Junior Bacon Cheeseburger 4 for $4 Meal includes a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger, 4-piece chicken nuggets, fries, and a drink for just four bucks.

Wendy’s also has several Biggie Bags, which come with one of five sandwich choices along with a 4-piece order of chicken nuggets, fries, and a drink. Wendy’s Biggie Bags are priced at either five or six dollars, depending on your choice of sandwich.

See our list of everywhere you can score cheap eats this week!