Social media users are stunned after discovering the high price of a single chicken drumstick at KFC.
A Reddit user from Kentucky, known as Eraos_MSM, was placing an order when they noticed that drumsticks were priced at $4.79 each.
Some customers believe inflation is to blame, while others argue that the ‘ludicrous’ price is driven by corporate greed.
‘$4.19 here in NYC on Grubhub. $3.49 if I select pickup instead of delivery. $2.69 when I put in my mom’s address (Maryland). The markup is crazy,’ one KFC customer wrote on the thread.
Some commenters weren’t surprised at the $4.79 price since the drumstick was on Uber Eats. They pointed out that prices on food delivery apps often exceed in-store prices.
‘You’re on a third party app. Everyone knows they inflate the prices on there,’ a person wrote.
But the original poster wrote: ‘At that price you have to assume that even the regular price is over $3 or close to it which is still insane.’
The largest drumstick price mentioned in the post was $4.89 in California.
A Reddit user discovered one chicken drumstick at KFC in Kentucky costs $4.79
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KFC is one of many restaurant chains that have noticeably hiked its menu prices.
However, some of its most recent raises were implemented only in stores in China and .
It has since become a topic of conversation in part due to its parent company Yum! Brands history of sales drops.
It also shuttered up to 25 KFC restaurants in the US and opened a concept restaurant named Saucy in Florida last year.
Third-party food delivery prices in apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash have slowly risen its ‘insane’ fees over the past year.
‘I feel like I remember a time when they used to not be as high, maybe four years ago, but it just seems like it keeps increasing,’ California resident Zainab Batool told CNBC.
Delivery app fees can depend on various factors such as order location and volume.
Another factor that play a part in the rising prices include high labor costs, and tipping culture has slowly become an influence in how restaurants price delivery items.
KFC suffered low same-store sales in the US and lost its reign of being the biggest chicken chain in the nation
Social media users were stunned about the prices and more than one person blamed inflation as the cause
KFC is known for joining in on trends like the value meal and chicken sandwich wars to compete with its competition.
Its worked paid off in 2021 after Yum Brands! announced its then-revamped chicken sandwich sold more than twice the volume of past versions.
It entered the value meal war ring in 2024 after introducing the ‘Taste of KFC Deals.’
KFC grew in sales during its most recent quarter, but the new deals weren’t enough to stop it from its same-store revenue decline nationwide.
It also lost its longtime reign of the biggest chicken chain in the US after being overtaken by Popeyes.
Despite the financial setback, KFC is continuing ahead, and plans to use Saucy as a way to keep participating in the chicken tender battle.
Daily Mail has reached out to KFC for comment.