McDonald's Frequently Asked Questions

Because there is no single price to publish. Every McDonald's franchise sets its own prices based on its costs and its market, so a Big Mac in one town genuinely costs a different amount from one twenty miles away. The official site lists the menu and the nutrition but leaves price out entirely, which is the gap this site fills.

A Big Mac is around $7.59, based on listings at 12 restaurants ranging from $6.39 to $8.89. That spread is normal and reflects real differences between franchises.

Apple Slices at $1.35 is the lowest priced food item we track, at 15 calories. The McValue menu collects the rest of the low priced range.

Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal at $13.89 tops the list. Meals sit above individual items generally, since a meal bundles a main, fries and a drink into one price.

Each price is the median of listings from many restaurants, currently averaging over twenty per item, so one unusual location cannot skew it. Two caveats we state openly: delivery listing prices run above counter prices, and where a listing named a different size from the published item we label which size the figure came from.

The whole site rebuilds weekly and every figure is recomputed from source data at that point. The "Updated" date on each page is when that page's data was last refreshed.

Because no restaurant listing publishes one. Sauce packets come free with an order, a few sizes and piece counts are only sold in restaurant, and some items appear on too few listings to be reliable. We leave those blank rather than guessing, since a wrong price is worse than none.

Usually, yes, though the gap is narrower than most people assume. Compare a main and its meal version on any item page to see the difference for that specific item, or use the group order calculator to price a whole order both ways.

We track 156 items across 12 categories: Breakfast, Burgers, Chicken & Fish Sandwiches, McNuggets & McCrispy Strips, Snack Wrap, Fries & Sides and more. The full list is on the homepage with prices and calories.

No. All Day Breakfast ran in the US from 2015 until 2020 and was withdrawn. Breakfast now ends at 10:30 AM on weekdays and 11:00 AM at weekends at most restaurants. The breakfast hours page covers the timing and why the kitchens cannot run both menus together.

33 items, from McMuffins and McGriddles to biscuits, hotcakes and hash browns, priced from $2.99. Every one is listed with its price and calories on the breakfast menu page.

McValue is McDonald's current value range in the US, replacing the older Dollar Menu and $1 $2 $3 branding. It collects the lower priced items and bundle deals into one menu, and the McValue page lists what is on it.

The McRib is a limited run item rather than a permanent one. It returns for a period, usually in the colder months, and availability varies between restaurants even during a run. It is not on the standard menu the rest of the year.

Big Breakfast with Hotcakes at 1340 calories. Full meals climb quickly because the fries and the drink add as much as the main does. The nutrition calculator shows a whole order adding up.

Iced Bold Blend Coffee Black (small) at 5 calories is the lightest item we track. Swapping a regular soft drink for water or unsweetened iced tea is the single biggest saving on a typical order.

A McChicken is 390 calories and Small French Fries is 230, so together around 620 before a drink. Add both in the nutrition calculator to see fat, protein, carbs and sodium too.

Directly from McDonald's own published nutrition information for the US menu. We do not estimate or calculate any of it. Where the brand publishes nothing for an item, the field stays empty.

Yes, and we carry it for 92 items alongside full ingredient lists. Kitchens share equipment and surfaces, so cross contact is possible even where an allergen is not listed. For a serious allergy, confirm with the restaurant.

In the US the choices are limited: fries, hash browns, apple slices, the plain bagel, McCafé drinks and most of the sweet range. Nothing is prepared in a dedicated vegetarian area, so check with the restaurant if that matters.

13,441 across 51 states and 6,409 cities. Texas has the most at 1246, followed by California at 1207. This site covers the menu and prices rather than individual restaurants.

Use McDonald's own restaurant locator or a maps app. This site is a menu and price reference and does not list individual restaurants. For scale, Houston has the most of any US city at 129.

2,770 restaurants trade around the clock, about 21% of the total. Hours are set by each franchise owner, so they differ restaurant to restaurant.

Those two days are the exceptions. Most restaurants close on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, while trading normally on almost every other public holiday. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are usually open with early closing. The hours page has the full year with dates.

12,996 of the 13,441 in the United States. The exceptions are mostly in dense city centres, airports and shopping centres where the site cannot fit a lane.

No. Independent site. Not affiliated with McDonald's Corporation. We are an independent information site. For anything involving an order, a refund or a complaint, contact McDonald's directly.

We cannot. We have no connection to McDonald's and no access to any of their systems. The phone number for every restaurant is in the store locator, which is usually the quickest route to a real answer.

Through the contact page. Corrections are the most useful thing anyone sends us and they get looked at first. Include the item or the restaurant address if you can.