$7.99 and 520 calories, the cheapest of the four salads Wendy's lists.
Cheapest of the four, and 30 cents more than a Baconator. The Wendy's Parmesan Caesar Salad price is $7.99 with 520 calories, both printed on the company's own ordering site. Across published US price lists the figures ran $7.99 to $9.99, the widest climb of any salad on the list. Only Apple Pecan Salad is lighter, at 510. Macros could not be read for any of them. Checked 19 August 2026.
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What you need
4 itemsParmesan Caesar Salad price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parmesan Caesar Salad | $7.99 official | $7.99 – $9.99 | 520 Cal |
If something goes wrong
The till charged $9.99 against a $7.99 listing
- Cause
- All four salads were recorded topping out at $9.99, whatever their listing. A restaurant that prices the section at one round number lifts the cheapest salad furthest, and this is the cheapest.
- Fix
- Set the restaurant in the Wendy's app before ordering. Expect a $2 gap here, against $1.80 on the other three rows.
The calorie figure says nothing about the dressing
- Cause
- One count is published per salad and no breakdown sits under it. Dressing is normally the largest single contributor on a salad, and the panel that would show it could not be read.
- Fix
- Read 520 as the company's total for the built salad, and ask at the counter whether the dressing comes separately. The listing does not say.
A burger costs less than this salad
- Cause
- Wendy's lists the Baconator at $7.69 with 890 calories, 30 cents below this row. Fifteen of the seventeen burgers list under $7.99.
- Fix
- Choose on calories, since the price gap is small. 520 against 890 is what those 30 cents actually buy.
There is no fat, sodium or protein figure
- Cause
- That panel is rendered by a script that runs after the page has loaded, and every read of it returned a placeholder. The allergen list behaves the same way.
- Fix
- Open the salad on the Wendy's ordering site and let the panel fill in. No figure above has been substituted from another source.
The cheapest salad, and the one with the furthest to climb
Twenty cents below the other three, and the only salad here under $8. Wendy's lists Parmesan Caesar Salad at $7.99 and gives it 520 calories, both figures printed side by side on the company's own ordering site.
What's in it
The name carries the description and the listing adds nothing to it. Wendy's counts the built salad at 520 calories and stops there. What a reader would want next is missing for one reason: the fat, sodium and protein panel is drawn in by a script after the page arrives, every read of it returned a placeholder, and the allergen list behaved the same way, so those figures could not be read. On a salad that gap matters more than on a burger, because dressing is usually where the calories sit, and there is no way to see how much of the 520 it accounts for.
Is it worth it
The honest comparison is with a burger, because that is what the price invites. Baconator lists at $7.69 with 890 calories. This salad lists at $7.99 with 520. Thirty cents more buys 370 fewer calories, a poor rate if calories are the thing being bought and a good one if they are not. Per dollar the burger returns about 116 and the salad 65.
Inside the section it is the value pick by default. Twenty cents separates it from Cobb Salad, Apple Pecan Salad and Taco Salad, all listed at $8.19, and only the Apple Pecan at 510 is lighter. Anyone choosing on price alone in this section has exactly one option.
The climb is the part worth watching. All four salads were recorded topping out at $9.99 across published US price lists in August 2026, which leaves the cheapest listing the furthest to travel. $7.99 to $9.99 is a $2 rise, a quarter on top of the listing, against $1.80 on the other rows. Franchisees run most Wendy's restaurants in the United States and set their own prices, and a section priced at one round number is the likeliest explanation for a ceiling that identical across four different items.
Set against the rest of the menu this is still the expensive end. Fifteen of the seventeen burgers list under $7.99, and nothing in Fries & Sides passes $4.39. What the money buys is the only meal on the Wendy's list that stays near 500 calories without being a snack.
Parmesan Caesar Salad at a glance
- Wendy's price
- $7.99
- Calories
- 520, from Wendy's
Questions people ask
How much is a Parmesan Caesar Salad at Wendy's?
$7.99 on the company's own listing, the cheapest of the four salads. Across published US price lists in August 2026 it was recorded as high as $9.99.
How many calories are in it?
520, printed beside the price. Apple Pecan Salad is lighter at 510, while Taco Salad carries 610 and Cobb Salad 660.
Is it cheaper than a Wendy's burger?
Rarely. Fifteen of the seventeen burgers list under $7.99, the Baconator among them at $7.69 with 890 calories.
Is this page an official Wendy's price list?
No. HelpMeLogin has no connection to Wendy's. The $7.99 and the 520 calories were read from Wendy's own ordering site on 19 August 2026, and the range beside them comes from published US prices.
Can this site tell me the price at my local Wendy's?
No. Franchisees price most Wendy's restaurants themselves, which is why this row was found at both $7.99 and $9.99. The Wendy's app answers for one address once a restaurant is set.