$5 is a floor McDonald's advertises rather than a price it prints; both builds were recorded at $5.00.
The McValue $5 Meal Deal is a tier rather than a single product, which is why a McDonald's McValue 5 Meal Deal price is hard to pin down. The deals page heads it Meal Deals starting at $5, and no dollar figure appears on either build page. Two builds sit inside the tier, The McChicken Meal Deal and The McDouble Meal Deal, each recorded at $5.00 and each counted at 990 calories.
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What you need
4 itemsMcValue $5 Meal Deal price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| McValue $5 Meal Deal | not published | — | — |
If something goes wrong
Searching for a McValue $5 Meal Deal page returns nothing
- Cause
- The tier is a heading, not a product. McDonald's sells the builds under their own names, The McChicken Meal Deal and The McDouble Meal Deal, and neither page carries a price.
- Fix
- Search for the sandwich name instead. The deals tab in the app lists whatever version is running locally.
The offer costs more than $5
- Cause
- Starting at $5 is a floor for the tier. Around 95% of US restaurants are franchised, so the operator decides both the price above that floor and whether to run the deal.
- Fix
- Price the four items separately in the app and compare. The deal still wins at any figure under about $11.
The deal looks different from the one remembered
- Cause
- An older standalone $5 Meal Deal now sits inside McValue, which also carries the $4 breakfast builds and the Under $3 Menu. The platform changed around the deal.
- Fix
- Read the tier heading on the deals page. It names the price floor and the daypart the deal belongs to.
Only one sandwich choice appears
- Cause
- The two builds are meant to be interchangeable, but a restaurant can list one and not the other, and limited-time versions come and go.
- Fix
- Take whichever is showing. Both were recorded at $5.00 and both come to 990 calories.
What starting at $5 actually means
McValue divides into three parts on McDonald's own deals page. One is The Under $3 Menu, described there as lots of choices. Another is $4 Meal Deals: Breakfast, which is the only part of the platform that prints a price on a product page. The third is the one this page covers, headed Meal Deals starting at $5: Lunch to late night. Read the wording closely. Starting at is a floor, and a floor tells a customer what the cheapest version costs and nothing about the one in front of them.
Two builds sit inside the tier and both were opened during checking. Neither carries a figure. Both were recorded at $5.00 across published US prices in August 2026, which lines up with the floor the company advertises, and both come to 990 calories on McDonald's own count. This site files the tier under Value & Deal Tiers so that the named builds keep their own pages.
What's in it?
A McChicken or a McDouble, a 4 piece Chicken McNuggets, a small World Famous Fries and a small Coca-Cola. Four items, which is one more than an Extra Value Meal carries, and the reason the calorie total sits so high for the money: 390 for either sandwich, 170 for the nuggets, 230 for the fries and 200 for the drink. Dips are extra and counted separately. Fat, sodium, carbohydrate and the allergen list could not be read, because that panel is generated in the browser after the page loads.
Is it worth it?
Priced item by item at the typical figures recorded in August 2026, the four lines come to roughly $10.96 with a McChicken and about $11.26 with a McDouble. A recorded $5.00 therefore removes more than half the cost of the contents, and only the $4 breakfast tiers come near that gap. The Extra Value Meals sitting above it are a different proposition: McDonald's priced a Big Mac Meal at $8.00 in September 2025, for three items rather than four.
Where the tier is weakest is certainty. A price nobody prints cannot be quoted back at a counter, the floor moves upward at the operator's discretion, and a deal that exists nationally may be absent from the restaurant on the corner. Checking on 19 August 2026 found the tier live on the deals page with no figure attached to either build, which is the honest summary of what McDonald's publishes here.
McValue $5 Meal Deal at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
Questions people ask
What is the McDonald's $5 Meal Deal?
A McValue tier headed Meal Deals starting at $5. It covers two builds, The McChicken Meal Deal and The McDouble Meal Deal, each a sandwich with a 4 piece Chicken McNuggets, small Fries and a small Coca-Cola.
Does McDonald's publish a price for it?
Only the floor. The deals page says starting at $5 and the individual build pages carry no figure at all, both of which were checked directly on 19 August 2026.
How many calories are in the $5 Meal Deal?
990 for either build, published by McDonald's. The two sandwiches are counted at 390 calories each, so the totals match exactly.
Is the $5 Meal Deal still running?
Yes, as part of McValue rather than as a standalone promotion. The tier was live on the deals page when this page was checked, though participation is decided restaurant by restaurant.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. HelpMeLogin is independent of McDonald's. The tier heading and the 990-calorie totals came from the company's own pages; the $5.00 was recorded from published US listings and checked on 19 August 2026.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No. About 95% of US restaurants are franchised and the tier is advertised as a floor, so the local figure can sit anywhere above it. The McDonald's app shows what a chosen restaurant charges.