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KFC cole slaw price and the size word that explains the gap

$2.99 is the typical KFC cole slaw price, in a band from $2.49 to $3.79 across four readings.

Four readings gave a typical KFC cole slaw price of $2.99 inside a band of $2.49 to $3.79. The spread is mostly a portion effect rather than a disagreement: the $2.99 was recorded against a row labelled individual, while both $3.79 readings came from sets that applied that same figure to five other sides. Slaw is one of only three rows in this section with four separate readings behind it.

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What you need

5 items
KFC published priceNone published
Calories, company figureCould not be read
Typical price$2.99
Menu sectionSides, Sweets & Sauces
Checked on2026-08-19

Cole Slaw price and calories

ItemTypical pricePrice rangeCalories
Cole Slaw$2.99$2.49 – $3.79
Published US price listings recorded in August 2026, checked on 19 August 2026; prices vary by restaurant.

If something goes wrong

Why is KFC coleslaw $2.99 in some places and $3.79 in others?

Cause
The lower figure was recorded against an individual portion and the higher against an unlabelled cup that shares its price with five other sides. Two portions, two prices.
Fix
Ask which size is being quoted. Without a size word, a slaw price cannot be compared with another slaw price.

How much is a large coleslaw?

Cause
No reading carried the word large for this row. The highest recorded figure is $3.79 and the only explicit large anywhere in this section was a mac and cheese at $5.49.
Fix
Expect a large slaw above $3.79 and ask before ordering, since no published figure covers it.

Is coleslaw included with a chicken meal?

Cause
Meals in this brand are described as carrying sides without naming them, so nothing readable confirms which side arrives with which meal.
Fix
Specify the slaw when ordering a meal rather than assuming it is the default side.

Four readings that mostly measure portion size

What's in it

Shredded cabbage and carrot in a sweet dressing, sold cold in a cup. Description there comes from the item name and general shape of the row, because the company's page returns a title and no contents. The display name itself derives from KFC's own URL slug, which prints it as two words where most published lists run them together.

No calorie figure could be read for it. Company nutrition pages are browser-built and return nothing countable to anything reading them from outside.

Is it worth it

Sorted, the four readings run $2.49, $2.99, $3.79 and $3.79. Typical is $2.99. The band spans 52 per cent, which looks alarming until the labels are read.

Only one reading carried a size word, and it is the $2.99: that row was marked individual. Both $3.79 readings came from publishers who applied the identical figure to mac and cheese, fries, sweet corn and both mashed potato rows, so $3.79 is a cup price for the format rather than a considered price for slaw. The $2.49 arrived as an approximation with no size attached at all.

Read that way, the spread stops being a contradiction. An individual portion at $2.99 and a standard cup at $3.79 are two products eighty cents apart, which is a perfectly ordinary size ladder. What the record cannot say is which of the two a given restaurant will hand over when slaw is ordered without qualification.

Value is easier to judge than price. At $2.99 the individual slaw is one of the cheaper sides recorded here, undercut only by a biscuit at $1.19 to $1.79 and matched by an individual portion of fries at the same $2.99. Against the mashed potato and corn rows at $3.79 it is eighty cents better, assuming the smaller portion is enough.

The comparison worth making runs against the wedges. Side Wedges came in at $3.89, ten cents above the flat rate and 90 cents above the individual slaw, which makes the wedge the most expensive standard side in this section and the slaw one of the least. A customer swapping one for the other saves roughly a dollar without leaving the side menu.

For anyone ordering by price rather than preference, the working rule is short. Ask for the individual size. It was recorded at $2.99 across this section and it is the cheapest way to add a cold side to an order.

Prices vary by restaurant and the company publishes none of its own until a location has been chosen.

Cole Slaw at a glance

KFC price
not published
Typical price
$2.99

Questions people ask

How much is KFC coleslaw?

$2.99 typical, in a recorded band of $2.49 to $3.79. The lower end describes an individual portion and the upper a standard cup.

Is coleslaw the cheapest KFC side?

Close to it. Only a biscuit was recorded lower, from $1.19 to $1.79. An individual portion of secret recipe fries matched the slaw exactly at $2.99.

What size is an individual coleslaw?

No weight or volume is published for it. The only thing the record establishes is that the individual portion was priced 80 cents below the standard cup.

Why do two listings both say $3.79?

Because both applied that figure across six different sides. It reads as a flat cup price for the format rather than a price arrived at for slaw specifically.

Is this page an official KFC price list?

No. Both the item name and its menu section come from KFC's own published sitemap; the four price readings come from independent published US listings recorded in August 2026.

Can this site tell me the price at my local KFC?

No. Restaurants set their own figures and the company shows none until one is selected. Asking for the individual size is worth more locally than any national average.

helpmelogin.net is not affiliated with KFC or Yum! Brands. The prices here are compiled from published US price listings for comparison; KFC sets its own prices, which vary by restaurant and change without notice.