{"id":27097,"date":"2025-05-21T12:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T12:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fast-food-isnt-so-affordable-anymore-here-are-the-u-s-cities-where-prices-are-the-highest\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T12:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T12:29:20","slug":"fast-food-isnt-so-affordable-anymore-here-are-the-u-s-cities-where-prices-are-the-highest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fast-food-isnt-so-affordable-anymore-here-are-the-u-s-cities-where-prices-are-the-highest\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast-food isn&#8217;t so affordable anymore. Here are the U.S. cities where prices are the highest."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Like Subway&#8217;s $5 footlong, affordable fast-food may soon be a thing of the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The average price of fast-food in larger U.S. cities is now in the double digits, with the typical meal costing $11.56, according to a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lendingtree.com\/debt-consolidation\/fast-food-workers-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">report<\/a> from LendingTree. Prices are highest in San Francisco, where the average fast-food meal costs $13.88, followed by Seattle at $13.48. Columbus, Ohio, has the most affordable fast-food, but meals still came to $10.01 on average.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-food has long been considered a more economical, if not more healthful, way to eat. Whether it&#8217;s Wendy&#8217;s &#8220;Biggie Bag&#8221; or McDonald&#8217;s &#8220;McValue&#8221; menu, most major fast-food chains offer some sort of meal deal for under $10. But as costs rise and inflation pinches Americans&#8217; wallets, the cost of burgers, fries and chicken nuggets may be slipping out of reach for many consumers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A FinanceBuzz <a href=\"https:\/\/financebuzz.com\/fast-food-prices-vs-inflation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">analysis<\/a>\u00a0found last year that average fast food prices have risen between 39% and 100% over the last decade. For example, a McDouble sandwich that cost $1.19 in 2014 would easily cost more than $3 in 2024, the personal finance site found.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:400px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-4vFQ4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/4vFQ4\/full.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/4vFQ4\/1\/\">  <\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>Thirty-nine percent of Americans expect to spend less on dining given heightened uncertainty about the economy, according to a recent Bankrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankrate.com\/credit-cards\/news\/discretionary-spending-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">survey<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to McDonald&#8217;s most recent earnings report, the company experienced a 3.6% drop in sales the first quarter, with executives citing tariffs as the reason behind the slower foot traffic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Heightened anxiety&#8221; about the economy is weighing on lower- and middle-income Americans, McDonald&#8217;s CEO Chris Kempczinski said in a May 1 earnings call.<\/p>\n<p>Among the consumers who may be struggling with the cost of fast-food \u2014 the low-income employees who make it. The average hourly wage for fast-food workers is $15.07, according to LendingTree. That means it takes workers more than two times longer than someone on an average wage in the U.S. to earn enough to afford a typical fast food meal, while factoring in the cost of other living expenses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one has ever expected to get rich off of fast-food wages, but the fact that these workers can&#8217;t even expect a livable wage is troubling,&#8221; LendingTree chief consumer finance analyst Matt Schulz said in the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LendingTree found that a fast-food worker who purchased three meals a day from their employer, seven days a week, would end up spending 40% of their salary on average \u2014 leaving them with just 60% of their paycheck to live on.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/mary-cunningham\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mary  Cunningham<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. 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