McDonald’s Value Menu & Deals (2026)
$5 Meal Deal, McValue under-$3 menu, $4 breakfast deal — every current offer, updated October 2026
Last checked: Oct 14, 2026~13,500 US locationsIndependent guide
Quick answer
💰 $5 Meal Deal (McDouble/McChicken + small fries + 4-pc nuggets + small drink) is still current — extended into December 2026. McValue (revamped April 2026) centers on under-$3 items and a $4 Breakfast Meal Deal. The old Dollar Menu is long gone.
📋 Deal details below are from McDonald’s USA announcements and 2026 press. Prices vary by franchise — McDonald’s publishes no national price list.
Current McDonald’s Deals (October 2026)
🔥 $5 Meal Deal — current through December 2026
$5 for a McDouble or McChicken + small fries + 4-piece Chicken McNuggets + small soft drink, at participating US restaurants. Launched June 2024 and extended repeatedly — most recently “into December” per McDonald’s USA (March 2026 announcement). Management says it “continues to perform well” (Oct 2026).
⚠️ In some markets the McDouble version costs $6 (higher local operating costs) — confirm at your restaurant.
💵 McValue: Under-$3 Menu — current
The revamped McValue platform (live April 21, 2026) centers on items priced under $3: Sausage McMuffin, Sausage Biscuit, Sausage Burrito, Hash Browns, McChicken, McDouble, 4-pc McNuggets, small fries, and medium Premium Roast Coffee (McDonald’s USA press release, April 2026).
Note: only about 60–65% of the US system was executing the recommended under-$3 pricing as of mid-2026 (Zacks, Oct 2026) — which is why prices differ between locations.
🍳 $4 Breakfast Meal Deal — current
$4 for a Sausage McMuffin or Sausage Biscuit + hash browns + small McCafé coffee, at participating restaurants. Launched April 21, 2026 (McDonald’s USA press release). Full details on our breakfast page.
🍔 Extra Value Meals — back, ~15% off
Bundled meals (entrée + fries/hash browns + drink) at roughly 15% less than ordering separately. Relaunched September 8, 2025 (McDonald’s USA via PR Newswire) and still a core part of the value lineup in 2026 — Zacks reported in January 2026 that $5 and $8 Extra Value Meals account for about 30% of U.S. transactions.
The $5/$8 price points are limited-time spotlights that rotate: the launch pair was a $5 Sausage McMuffin with Egg Meal and an $8 Big Mac Meal (Sept 2025), with more price-pointed meals in the months after. Because the spotlights rotate, confirm the current ones in the McDonald’s app.
$8 Big Mac Meal — limited-time Extra Value spotlight
Free Fries Friday: free medium fries with $1+ app order
📱 Free Fries Friday — current in 2026
Free medium fries with any $1+ purchase through Mobile Order & Pay in the McDonald’s app, every Friday. Deal trackers report it running through December 31, 2026 — confirm in the app.
🎲 Monopoly US 2026 — Oct 6 to Nov 1
McDonald’s Monopoly returned to the US after roughly a decade: October 6 – November 1, 2026, $1M grand prize, app-based peel-and-scan gameplay (Oct 2026 reports). While supplies last.
MyMcDonald’s Rewards + weekly app-exclusive deals
Under-$3 McValue Items
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Sausage McMuffin | Under $3 |
| Sausage Biscuit | Under $3 |
| Sausage Burrito | Under $3 |
| Hash Browns | Under $3 |
| McChicken | Under $3 |
| McDouble | Under $3 |
| 4-pc Chicken McNuggets | Under $3 |
| Small Fries | Under $3 |
| Medium Premium Roast Coffee | Under $3 |
McDonald’s USA press release via PR Newswire (April 2026); TMJ4 / AP (April 2026). Participation and exact prices vary by franchise.
What’s Gone (Don’t Expect These)
❌ Dollar Menu — long gone
The original $1 Dollar Menu ended over a decade ago. It was replaced by the $1 $2 $3 Menu in 2018, which was itself replaced by McValue on January 7, 2025. Any site still listing a “Dollar Menu” as current is outdated.
❌ Buy One, Add One for $1 — ended April 2026
McValue’s launch offer (add a second item for $1) was removed in the April 2026 revamp and replaced by the Under-$3 menu. Don’t expect it at the counter.