Chili's puts fast food value meals on notice with Big Crispy meal.
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Chili's puts fast food value meals on notice with Big Crispy meal. April 16, 2026 Chili's is taking direct aim at fast food value meals with its $10.99 3 For Me offer, now built around the new Big Crispy and Spicy Big Crispy chicken sandwiches. The meal includes an entrée, fries, bottomless chips and salsa, and an unlimited fountain drink, with the brand framing it as a better deal for customers who are paying close attention to price. Fast Company reported that Chili's is pushing this launch straight into the chicken sandwich fight, saying its sandwiches are larger than McDonald's and come with a full meal for less money. That gives the campaign a simple message, bigger food, fuller plate, lower total. Clearly, Chili's is leaning into frustration over shrinkflation, the feeling that prices stay high while portions quietly get smaller. What are diners really buying? For one example, Chili's says the average Big Crispy filet was more than 80% bigger than the average McCrispy breaded filet in a local study. According to Chili's, that size claim sits at the center of the launch, with the Big Crispy and Spicy Big Crispy positioned as the headline items on the $10.99 meal. George Felix, the company's chief marketing officer, said the brand had already used burgers on the 3 For Me menu to expose what he called fast food shrinkflation, and now it is shifting that fight to...
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