Wendy’s Crispy Chicken Sandwich Price: $2.99, 340 Calories

$2.99 and 340 calories from Wendy's, and every figure logged came in at that or less.

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The one row where the company price is the ceiling

Fifteen chicken items were checked against what the published lists actually showed, and fourteen tell the same story. The company figure sits at or near the bottom and the counter climbs from there. This sandwich is the exception. Wendy's lists it at $2.99, and $2.99 is the highest price anyone was recorded charging for it.

What's in it

A small breaded chicken fillet on a bun, the junior end of the range instead of a full-size sandwich. At 340 calories it is the lightest item in the section, 80 under the Grilled Chicken Wrap and 220 under the Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Calories are all the record carries. The ordering site builds its fat, sodium, carbohydrate and protein panel with script that runs after the page has loaded, and it could not be read on 19 August 2026; the allergen list came back empty for the same reason.

Is it worth it

$2.99 for 340 calories is decent value on this list, and the recorded prices improve it. The tied middle is $2.49 or $2.67, both below the listing, and the lowest logged figure was $2.39. Because every other row runs the other way, this is the single item where the national number should be read as a worst case. Against the Crispy Chicken BLT the comparison turns strange. That sandwich lists thirty cents cheaper at $2.69 for 80 more calories, then typically sells for $3.49, a dollar above this one's own middle. Which of the two is cheaper depends entirely on which column is being read.

Four prices were logged for this sandwich across published US listings in August 2026, running $2.39 to $2.99 with $2.49 and $2.67 tied in the middle. Sixty cents covers the whole band, tight for a menu where most operators push upward. Franchisees run most Wendy's restaurants in the United States and set their own boards, and on this row a good many of them appear to have set it below the national figure.

No meal price was recorded for the Crispy Chicken Sandwich and none appears in the table, which fits an item this size. Meals in the chicken section start around $8.89 and this sandwich costs roughly a third of that. Nugget boxes make the closer comparison. A 6 PC Chicken Nuggets lists at $2.89 for 260 calories, ten cents under this sandwich and 80 calories lighter.

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