# $15 Quick Meals Fade Across the U.S., Surviving Only in Certain Cities

Affordable $15 fast-food meals are vanishing in most of the United States as menu prices climb, leaving a handful of metropolitan areas as the last holdouts. The trend reflects broader inflation pressures on restaurants and highlights growing regional cost-of-living gaps for consumers.

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### Business
- [Fox News Business](https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/15-quick-meal-disappearing-except-american-cities) — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:03:52 GMT