Checkers & Rally’s Holiday Menu Is The Cheapest Around

We’re in a blizzard. A blizzard of holiday menus, that is! Once Halloween was through, every fast food chain in the land mobilized to get their holiday offers out as soon as possible, and in the last seven days alone, we’ve been walking about (pause for breath) Denny’s, Dutch Bros., Chick-fil-A, Wawa, Cinnabon, Dairy Queen, and TGI Fridays. They’ve been busy, and so have we.

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As you’d probably expect, though, the focus of these menus, and others that have already dropped, is on festive flavors. Festive vibes. And not necessarily on price. Checkers & Rally’s holiday menu, meanwhile, takes a different route entirely, with a clear emphasis on value. Let’s discuss.

Checkers & Rally’s Holiday Menu

Checkers & Rally’s has just announced its Cha-Ching Menu, with a suite of items now available for under $2 (although prices may vary by location). The first thing to note here is that this menu is very much not delivering sage, onion, turkey, cookie butter, and snickerdoodle flavors, like almost every other festive menu out there – and so there’s a question mark over whether it’s a true holiday menu at all. Checkers & Rally’s, though, is framing it in its press release as a response to its guests “looking for ways to make their dollars go further, especially during the holidays” – so maybe it’s a holiday-adjacent menu. 

Look, it doesn’t really matter what it is: What matters is what you can get for that sweet, sweet, under-$2 price. And it’s a lot. Checkers & Rally’s Cha-Ching Menu includes: 

• Smokehouse Cheddar Burger: A new sandwich made with a beef patty, cheddar cheese, grilled onions, and BBQ sauce.
• All American Cheeseburger
• 8-Piece Chicken Bites
• Grilled Hot Dog
• Value Fry
• Apple Pie
• Value Soft Drink

You can either mix and match with these items, or you can add them to your standard order. It’s up to you, folks.

And What Do We Think?

So, it would have, of course, been nice to see Checkers & Rally’s put out some food that feels bathed in the Christmas spirit in some flavorful way. But that’s not really what this place is about: Checkers & Rally’s focuses on classic, down-the-line food at an affordable price. To be honest, I remain impressed with its commitment to value and affordability in a fast-food landscape that feels like it’s becoming increasingly out of some people’s reach, cost-wise. It’s not innovating here, but it is understanding where customers are sitting right now. I respect it.