Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich Meal and Combo Deals Guide

Every combo is one entree, one side and one drink. The usual side is Chick-fil-A Waffle Potato Fries, and the drink is a fountain drink, tea or lemonade, depending on what you pick at the order screen.

Kid’s meals follow the same idea with smaller portions. They add a small side, a kid’s size drink and a prize, so a child gets a full meal and something to play with.

Here is the short version:

Swaps and size upgrades are handled in the app or at the counter, and any extra charge shows up before you pay. Menus differ a little by restaurant, so treat the table as the common pattern, not a rule.

One thing worth knowing before you order: the price you see in a delivery app is not the price at the counter. Every price on this page comes from delivery-app listings, shown with a plus sign, and it runs higher than in-store pricing. Use the numbers to compare items with each other, not to budget a trip to the register.

Upgrading is cheap. The gap between a sandwich and its meal in the delivery-app prices covered later is only about $6 for the side and the drink.

The honest answer on coupons is that the company does not offer coupons or promo codes. The official support pages say Chick-fil-A restaurants do not offer discounts or promo codes at the corporate level.

Two things take the place of coupons. Individual restaurant operators can run their own offers, including free food, and those offers differ from one restaurant to the next. The second is the Chick-fil-A One program, where members earn points on purchases and turn them into rewards.

A third option shows up on some receipts. Some restaurants give a free sandwich or another reward for completing the receipt survey, and the offer is set by the restaurant.

Be careful with websites that list codes and discounts. If the company says it has none, a coupon page is guessing or copying an old offer. The safe sources are the Chick-fil-A app and your local restaurant.

The app is worth opening even if you never find a deal. It stores your usual order, shows which restaurants are open, and lets you order ahead so the food is ready when you arrive. That saves time, which is the one thing a coupon cannot buy.

Chick-fil-A Meal Deals You Can Actually Use

The offers that work are rewards, ordering habits and bundles. The first is the One program: sign up, order in the app and your purchases earn points that become free food. Higher membership tiers earn points faster, though the exact tier rules change, so read them in the app.

The second is a reward like a birthday treat, which the company has offered to members. Check your account instead of counting on one. The third is group ordering. A family style meal or a catering tray costs less per person than separate meals, and the catering trays for groups page shows the sizes.

Tuesday Specials, Holiday Offers and Black Friday Claims

Chick-fil-A has no company-wide Tuesday special, and no holiday or Black Friday promotion is guaranteed. If a search result says otherwise, look for the same offer in the Chick-fil-A app before you drive anywhere.

Any promotion that does run is announced by the company or by the restaurant operator, and it may only apply at participating locations. Because operators set their own offers, a deal you see in one town may not exist in the next. The restaurants are also closed on Sundays, so no offer applies that day.

A family can build its order in two ways: a few individual meals, or a family style meal. The family style meals are shareable bundles with a choice of 30 nuggets, 30 grilled nuggets or 10 Chick-n-Strips, along with four medium waffle fries and four desserts.

Chick-fil-A describes them as serving four people. The sides can be switched in some cases, and drinks are sold separately. They are offered at participating restaurants, so confirm yours has them before you plan dinner around one.

For a bigger group, move up to catering. A party of 10 or more is better off with a nugget tray and some sides than with a stack of separate meals. The catering trays for groups page covers sizes and serving counts.

Chick-fil-A Family Meal Deal Versus Buying Individual Meals

A family style bundle usually costs less than four separate meals. Chick-fil-A has said family meals cost an average of about 20 percent less than ordering the same food individually, and reported prices sit roughly between $30 and $40 depending on the restaurant.

Compare it with the delivery-app prices here. Four Sandwich Meals at $14.09+ each come to about $56.36, and four Nuggets Meals at $14.25+ each come to about $57. The family bundle also includes dessert. Delivery-app prices run higher than in-store prices, so the gap in the restaurant may be smaller.

The best-value meal is the one with the lowest upgrade cost for the entree you already want. In the delivery-app data, upgrading from an entree to a meal costs between about $6.10 and $6.26 across the board, so value comes down to the entree.

Here is the upgrade cost for each Chick-fil-A sandwich meal and its lookalikes (delivery-app prices, shown with +):

The upgrade is nearly flat, so the cheapest meal is simply the cheapest entree, which is the original sandwich. The grilled club costs the most because it is the priciest sandwich, not because the meal part costs more. Check the prices by category for the full list.

If you are choosing between a sandwich and nuggets, the original sandwich meal is about $0.16 cheaper than the Nuggets Meal. For most people, the chick fil a chicken sandwich meal is still the best price for a full plate.