UK Fast Food Prices: Same Whopper Costs £6.49 to £8.69

The same Burger King Whopper can cost you £6.49 in one town and £8.69 in another. New price checks from 15 November 2026 show that fast food prices in the UK change a lot from place to place, even for the exact same meal from the same chain.

The Drive Thru Index checked prices at 6,896 fast food restaurants across 21 chains in the UK. It used each restaurant’s own pickup price from its ordering app, so the figures show what you would really pay at the counter. The results show big gaps between the cheapest and dearest branches of the same brand.

The Whopper gap: £6.49 to £8.69

A Burger King Whopper costs between £6.49 and £8.69 across 348 restaurants, with a typical price of £6.69. That means the dearest Whopper costs about a third more than the cheapest one. Scotland is the cheapest nation for Burger King, while Wales is the priciest.

KFC shows a similar pattern. A Zinger Burger costs between £5.99 and £6.99 at 976 restaurants, with a typical price of £5.99. England is the cheapest nation for KFC, and Northern Ireland is the priciest. A Five Guys Hamburger ranges from £9.85 to £11.55, with a typical price of £9.95, while a Wendy’s Single costs between £5.29 and £5.99, typically £5.49.

Not every chain changes its prices by location. Nando’s charges £5.95 for a quarter chicken at all 489 of its restaurants, and Byron charges £8.95 for its Classic Burger at every one of its 21 restaurants. These two brands keep one price across the whole country.

Pizza has the biggest price swings

The widest price gap belongs to YO! Sushi. Its basket runs from £16.80 at a store in York to £25.40 at a pricier site, a gap of 51 per cent. Domino’s is next: its priciest restaurant charges 41 per cent more than its cheapest for the same basket, which costs £39.32 in Ilford and £55.61 in Croydon.

A medium Domino’s Original Cheese and Tomato pizza costs between £14.99 and £22.99, with a typical price of £19.99. A large handcrafted Pizza Hut Margherita ranges from £19.49 to £25.98, typically £19.49. Prezzo’s Rigatoni Carbonara shows one of the biggest single-dish gaps, from £13.95 to £19.75.

Greggs, the biggest chain in the survey with 2,222 restaurants, sells its Sausage Roll for between £1.35 and £1.70, typically £1.35. But its airport sites charge about 25 per cent more than a typical Greggs. LEON airport sites charge 14 per cent more than usual too.

London has the most bargains

London is the biggest cluster of cheap fast food in the UK. Of its 470 restaurants, 198 rank in their brand’s cheapest fifth across the country. Glasgow follows, with 70 of its 96 restaurants in the cheapest fifth, and Manchester has 50 of 81.

Overall, England is the cheapest nation for fast food, and Northern Ireland is the most expensive, when each brand is judged against its own national prices. A GAIL’s Bakery Flat White costs between £3.90 and £4.60, typically £4.10, while a Greggs Sausage Roll stays at £1.35 in most places.

The findings land as food prices keep squeezing household budgets. UK Grocery Inflation Hits 2.6% as Shoppers Stock Up showed supermarket prices rising faster into November, and the same pressure is now clear at the drive-thru. The gap is even wider in the United States, where a US Burger Meal Now Costs $18.61 as Prices Keep Rising.

For now, the lesson is simple: where you buy your fast food matters as much as what you order. The same burger can cost £2 more just a few miles down the road.

Source: Drive Thru Index, price data checked 15 November 2026.