For decades, fast food filled a specific role in American life: quick, predictable, and cheap. Dollar menus, value combos, ...

Fast food isn’t cheap anymore – What used to be a quick, budget meal now routinely costs $13–$20, even at chains once known ...

Fast-food restaurants, once the first stop for Americans looking to get at least one meal in before a long workday, are fighting to win back customers. Breakfast sales across the fast-food sector have ...

Anyone who thinks fast food is now prohibitively expensive isn’t paying enough attention to the deals. Yes, most fast food meals out there will run you close to $15, which we admit is expensive. Why ...

Fast food is getting expensive. What used to be a cheap and easy pick-up is starting to break the bank, which may have changed some of your spending habits this year. But just because the typical ...

According to a report by the USDA’s Economic Research Service, spending on food away from home increased by 89% from 1997 to 2022, while spending on food at home went up by 53% in the same period.

Fast-food restaurants used to be a place where you could spend very little money and get a great deal of food in return. These chains get more expensive by the day now, but there are still dishes on ...

A group of millennials recently took to Reddit to reminisce about how cheap fast food used to be, as well as lament how much the price has risen since their childhoods. On a popular subreddit filled ...

Looking for a cheap burger? Fans say these five fast food chains offer the best value burgers under five dollars.