Champaign Voices

Fast Food Chains Test Dynamic Pricing That Changes While You're in Line

Published: June 02, 2026

Restaurants experimented with prices that adjust by time and demand, ensuring your burger costs more because you had the audacity to be hungry at noon. What do you think?

“The dollar menu died and this is the funeral.”
Harlan Zerkle, Value Menu Archaeologist
“If the price moves, I'm reversing.”
Denise Bodey, Drive-Thru Diplomat
“Just write the number in stone like a normal country.”
Mitch Grove, Fries-as-a-Side Constitutional Scholar